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Tuesday, December 15, 2020

Facebook, Twitter face British fines if fail on harmful content
Europe

Facebook, Twitter face British fines if fail on harmful content

  • Facebook, Twitter and Chinese-owned TikTok face fines of up to 10% of turnover if they fail to remove and limit the spread of illegal content under laws proposed by Britain on Tuesday.
  • Tech platforms will also need to do more to protect children from being exposed to grooming, bullying and pornography, the government said, to ensure the safety of children online.
Published 15 Dec, 2020 08:02pm
Sweden failed to protect elderly in COVID pandemic, commission finds
Europe

Sweden failed to protect elderly in COVID pandemic, commission finds

  • When announced during the spring, the strategy was coupled with a goal to “ring-fence” the elderly from COVID-19.
  • In the commission’s first findings, it said the overall spread and previously known structural problems within the elderly care system, for which the current and previous governments were ultimately responsible, were to blame for the many deaths.
Published 15 Dec, 2020 06:35pm
Fresh off Electoral College win, Biden to stump in Georgia for Democratic Senate candidates
USA

Fresh off Electoral College win, Biden to stump in Georgia for Democratic Senate candidates

  • A day after the Electoral College confirmed his presidential victory, Joe Biden will travel to Georgia on Tuesday to campaign for two Democratic U.S. Senate candidates.
  • Biden’s narrow win in the Southern state in November’s presidential election completed its transformation from Republican stronghold to one of the country’s most competitive political battlegrounds.
Updated 15 Dec, 2020 06:57pm
UK PM Johnson to visit India in January to strengthen trade ties
South Asia

UK PM Johnson to visit India in January to strengthen trade ties

  • British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will travel to India in January, his first bilateral visit since taking office, to try to strengthen trade and investment ties and work together on tackling climate change.
  • Since leaving the European Union in January, Johnson wants to promote what he calls “global Britain”.
Published 15 Dec, 2020 06:27pm
J&K govt identifies 25-acre land for military colony for ex-servicemen
South Asia

J&K govt identifies 25-acre land for military colony for ex-servicemen

  • The Jammu and Kashmir government has identified 25 acres of land in the Budgam district, to set up Kashmir's first military housing facility.
  • The colony is being primarily set up to provide housing facilities for retired armed forces personnel and their families, in addition to catering to widows and families of deceased personnel.
Updated 15 Dec, 2020 06:25pm
New kinds of loans and bonds could fill $28 billion COVID funding gap: WHO
World

New kinds of loans and bonds could fill $28 billion COVID funding gap: WHO

  • The WHO and GAVI vaccine alliance aim to provide poor and middle-income countries with diagnostic tests and vaccines through a fund known as the Access to COVID-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator
  • Senior WHO adviser says financing is what stands between us and getting out of this pandemic as rapidly as possible
Published 15 Dec, 2020 05:01pm
UK's Christmas plans will cost many lives, say top health journals
Europe

UK's Christmas plans will cost many lives, say top health journals

  • “We believe the government is about to blunder into another major error that will cost many lives,” the editorial said.
  • The joint editorial came a day after the government announced that due to a surge in cases London would be moving up into “High Alert” level, the most restrictive of England’s tiered system of rules to try to contain the virus.
Published 15 Dec, 2020 03:49pm
UN decries 66 massacres in Colombia in 2020
USA

UN decries 66 massacres in Colombia in 2020

  • She stressed the need for the country to develop a public policy to dismantle "the criminal groups that succeeded paramilitary structures and their support networks," as was stipulated in the 2016 peace agreement.
Published 15 Dec, 2020 03:19pm
Amid pandemic, Jakarta burials 61% higher in first 10 months of 2020
Asia

Amid pandemic, Jakarta burials 61% higher in first 10 months of 2020

  • The Eijkman-Oxford study, led by biostatistician Dr. Iqbal Elyazar noted that “burial records indicated substantially increased mortality associated with the onset of and ongoing COVID-19 epidemic in Jakarta”.
  • Jakarta, a sprawling metropolis that is home to more than 10 million people, has officially recorded more than 154,000 cases of the coronavirus as of Dec. 14, with 2,963 deaths from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
Published 15 Dec, 2020 03:14pm
UK's Johnson to visit India in first major trip as PM
World

UK's Johnson to visit India in first major trip as PM

  • Johnson's office highlighted the two countries' burgeoning trade and investment relationship, which it said is worth £24 billion ($32 billion, 26 billion euros) annually and supports more than half a million jobs.
Published 15 Dec, 2020 02:54pm
Gunmen kill 28, burn 800 houses in Niger attack blamed on Boko Haram
Africa

Gunmen kill 28, burn 800 houses in Niger attack blamed on Boko Haram

  • An attack blamed on Boko Haram killed 28 people and burned 800 homes in an attack in Niger’s Diffa region on Saturday.
  • The Islamist militant group has been waging attacks in the region around Lake Chad since 2009, causing about 250,000 people to flee, according to U.N. figures.
Published 15 Dec, 2020 11:52am
US imposes sanctions on Turkey for purchasing Russian S-400 missile system
Middle East

US imposes sanctions on Turkey for purchasing Russian S-400 missile system

  • As of today, the United States is imposing sanctions on the Republic of Turkey's Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), under the auspices of the "Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act" (CAATSA).
  • These sanctions are predicated on Turkey's main defense procurement entity knowingly engaging in a significant transaction with Rosoboronexport (ROE), Russia’s main arms export body, by procuring the S-400 surface-to-air missile system.
Updated 15 Dec, 2020 01:42pm
In past 30 years: 508 PSOs among 1,700 cops killed in IIOJK
World

In past 30 years: 508 PSOs among 1,700 cops killed in IIOJK

  • Police say majority of the PSOs lost their lives while protecting the person or a politician they were deployed with
  • Police official says a fresh security advisory is on cards for the PSOs given the fact that many political leaders are taking part in rallies and campaigning in the wake of ongoing District Development Council
Published 15 Dec, 2020 11:26am
Pentagon chief receives Covid-19 vaccine
World

Pentagon chief receives Covid-19 vaccine

  • The Pentagon announced last week that the secretary and top military officers would get vaccinated voluntarily and publicly to help spread the message about the treatment's effectiveness and safety.
Published 15 Dec, 2020 11:15am
Column slamming Jill Biden's 'Dr' title sparks anger in US
World

Column slamming Jill Biden's 'Dr' title sparks anger in US

  • Northwestern University, where Epstein had taught until 2003, was quick to distance itself from him, saying in a statement that the article "casts unmerited aspersion on Dr Jill Biden's rightful public claiming of her doctoral credentials and expertise."
Published 15 Dec, 2020 10:53am
US takes Sudan off sponsors of terror blacklist
World

US takes Sudan off sponsors of terror blacklist

  • The move opens the way for aid, debt relief and investment to a country going though a rocky political transition and struggling under a severe economic crisis exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Published 15 Dec, 2020 10:44am
Teachers should receive vaccine priority: UNICEF
World

Teachers should receive vaccine priority: UNICEF

  • Assuming that schools are not the main driver of community transmission, UNICEF said in its statement that unfortunately, classes currently remain closed for "nearly one in five schoolchildren globally -- or 320 million children."
Published 15 Dec, 2020 10:38am
US Attorney General Barr steps down as Trump election defeat confirmed
World

US Attorney General Barr steps down as Trump election defeat confirmed

  • In May 2019, Barr tapped federal prosecutor John Durham to investigate Obama-era intelligence and law enforcement officials for possible crimes in connection with their early stage probe into whether Trump's 2016 presidential campaign colluded with the Russian government.
Published 15 Dec, 2020 09:20am