More People May Die If Trump Doesn’t Cooperate – Biden
US President-elect, Joe Biden, has expressed frustration about Donald Trump’s refusal to cooperate on the White House transition process. According to Biden, “more people may die” without a coordinated fight on COVID-19. He stated this while speaking to reporters in Wilmington when asked what is the greatest threat from Trump blocking a smooth transfer of power. “More people may die if we...
NBC New York Reporter, Katherine Creag, Dies At 47
Katherine Creag, a popular television news anchor with NBC New York, has died. She was 47. Ms. Creag, who was among the presenters on NBC’s “New York Today” morning show, was said to have died unexpectedly on Wednesday evening January 10. Her death “was unexpected”, NBC New York said, and “she had not been ill and was working as recently as...
South Korea’s First Transgender Soldier, Byun-Hee Confirmed Dead At Age 23
Byun-Hee who was identified as the first transgender in South Korea which led to his sack in the South Korean military is reported dead. Firefighters found 23-year-old Byun Hee-soo at her home in Cheongju, south of Seoul, after a mental health counselor called emergency services to report that she had not been heard from since Sunday. Yonhap news agency reported...
Queen Elizabeth Loses Husband Prince Philip At 99
The Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen’s “strength and stay” for 73 years, has died aged 99. Flags on landmark buildings in Britain were being lowered to half-mast as a period of mourning was announced. Prince Philip’s health had been slowly deteriorating for some time. He announced he was stepping down from royal engagements in May 2017, joking that he could no...
Zambia’s First President Kaunda To Be Buried On July 7
Zambia's founding president Kenneth Kaunda will be buried on July 7, three weeks after he died aged 97, the presidency announced on Monday. The hero of the struggle against white rule in southern Africa "shall be put to rest... at a very private ceremony for family and selected invited mourners," Vice President Inonge Wina said on state television. He will be...
Taliban Govt Says Girls No More Allowed In Afghan Schools, Closes Down Ministry Of Women Affairs
Girls were excluded from returning to secondary school in Afghanistan on Saturday, after the country’s new Taliban rulers ordered only boys and male teachers back to the classroom. The hardline Islamist group ousted the US-backed government last month, promising a softer brand of rule than their repressive reign in the 1990s, when women were mostly banned from education and work. But...
France’s Ex-President Sentenced To Jail Over Illegal Campaign Financing
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced on Thursday to one year in prison for illegal campaign financing in his failed 2012 re-election bid. The judge said Sarkozy could serve the sentence by wearing an electronic bracelet at home. All 13 co-defendants have been found guilty. “Nicolas Sarkozy knew the spending limit,” the judge said. “He knew he shouldn’t exceed it.” According...
US Accuses China Of Trying To Steal COVID-19 Vaccine Research
US authorities warned that Chinese hackers were attempting to steal COVID-19 data research on treatments and vaccines, adding fuel to Washington’s war with Beijing over the pandemic. The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said organizations researching COVID-19 were at risk of “targeting and network compromise” by China. They warned that Chinese government-affiliated groups and others were attempting...
Wuhan Officially Bans Eating Of Wild Animals
Authorities in Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, have officially banned eating, hunting and breeding wild animals. A notice on the city's municipal government website said the ban will come into immediate effect and will last for five years. ABN TV reported that the novel coronavirus was first recorded in Wuhan late last year and the outbreak was linked to a seafood market where live animals...
China Warns US Against Sparking Cold War
Wang Yi, the Chinese foreign minister, said Sunday that the U.S. should “give up on its wishful thinking of changing China” and avoid bringing the two countries to a “new Cold War.” “China has no intention to change, still replace, the United States,” he said, according to the Washington Post. “It is time for the United States to give up...
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