Politico reports on why President-elect Biden is campaigning for Democrats in Georgia’s runoff election. And Politico also reveals that President Trump is using the Georgia race to fundraise for his own PAC. The Guardian dives into a recent report that found significant evidence that China may be forcing members of ethnic minority groups, including Uighurs, to pick cotton on a scale far greater than previously thought. The jihadi group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for kidnapping more than 300 schoolboys in Nigeria. The Wall Street Journal has the story. The Wall Street Journal says there are major delays to package deliveries, and warns that with the backlog only set to worsen, it’s past time to finish up online holiday shopping.

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