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Thursday, December 31, 2020
Cuban school teachers, journalists, lion tamers and doctors-in-training will earn same salary under reforms taking effect in new year. Changes will quintuple minimum salary to equivalent of $87 month and prices will jump as part of overhaul in which two currencies will be unified.
'See your own back yard' – just don't poo in it, New Zealanders told: New Zealanders have been called on to show greater respect for their environment amid a boom in domestic tourism that has been accompanied by reports of littering, human waste and wildlife disturbance.
NATO is furious at Trump delaying the military handover to Biden while 'there's a significant security situation underway with Iran that could explode at any time'
Wednesday, December 30, 2020
China Is Suppressing Research on COVID Origins on Xi Jinping's Orders. More than a year after the first known person was infected with the coronavirus in Wuhan, China, the nation's government continues to keep much of its research about the virus in the dark.
Antibiotics banned in UK but fed to US animals ‘may undermine drugs for cancer, Covid and infections’: Ban on hormone beef and chlorinated chicken in UK-US trade deal would not be enough to protect consumers, report warns.
Whales alive: beaked species spotted for first time by Chinese scientists. Three whales seen in South China Sea were Deraniyagala’s beaked whales or ginkgo-toothed beaked whales. The least-known marine mammals, these species have previously been spotted only dead and stranded.
Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Many Syrians forced from their homes by their country's brutal, decade-old war are now shocked to discover that their family farms have been taken over by regime loyalists and cronies. The government has staged auctions to effectively "confiscate" fertile land and punish opponents
Around the world, people yearn for significant change rather than a return to a “pre-COVID normal”. The survey of more than 21,000 adults from 27 countries finds that 72% would prefer their life to change significantly rather than go back to how it was before the COVID-19 crisis started.
Japan's new Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, says he plans to make coronavirus measures mandatory for the first time, punish rule violators and provide economic compensation as his government struggles to slow the ongoing virus upsurge.
7 year old girl first killed then Gang Raped by her own cousins in Pakistan , her body later found in a Drain in a shocking incident of Paedophilia,Necrophilia,Incest all at the same time
Spain is to set up a registry of people who refuse to be vaccinated against coronavirus and share it with other European Union nations, the health minister has said. The list would not be made accessible to the public or to employers.
Monday, December 28, 2020
Fifty journalists and media workers were killed in connection with their work in 2020, the majority in countries that are not at war, Reporters Without Borders said. The figure shows an increase in the targeting of reporters investigating organized crime, corruption or environmental issues
Rio de Janeiro authorities announced Monday they will block beach access the night of December 31 to prevent crowds in one of Brazil's worst-hit cities by the coronavirus pandemic
Adidas developing plant-based leather material that will be used to make shoes...material made from mycelium, which is part of fungus. Company produced 15 million pairs of shoes in 2020 made from recycled plastic waste collected from beaches and coastal regions.
Sunday, December 27, 2020
An Indian army officer and 2 associates are accused of planting weapons on the bodies of 3 labourers killed in Kashmir to make it look as though they were militants in a staged gun battle
Soldier's 1827 diary reveals another dark episode in Tasmanian history: A soldier's diary disintegrating in Ireland's national library has revealed disturbing evidence of an undocumented massacre of Aboriginal people in Tasmania in the colony's early years.
Supermarkets in England to be barred from displaying unhealthy food and drinks at checkouts or using them in buy one, get one free offers, as part of proposed government crackdown on obesity. No 10 also plans to stop multi-buy offers on foodstuffs high in sugar and fat from 2022.
China's "skillful management" of Covid 19 thought to have accelerated their overtaking the United States as the biggest economic power by 5 years. Now expected to occur by 2028
Regulatory loophole blamed for asbestos detected in bath mats: Series of bath mats and other items containing asbestos discovered among "hometown tax" gifts offered by local government in western Japan, as well as products offered by major Japanese furniture retailers, prompting large-scale recalls.
Saturday, December 26, 2020
London ambulances ‘can no longer guarantee’ response to home-birth emergencies' ‘Critical that this information is communicated to [pregnant] women, to inform their planning and future choices,’ says London Ambulance Service NHS Trust
Food scraps for cleaners: Internal emails from the company that has a multimillion-dollar contract to clean Melbourne’s tram network suggest that cleaning standards were impossible to maintain while staff were underpaid and worked so hard they were put at risk of injury.
Several tech giants, including Microsoft, Google, Cisco and VMware, have filed a brief backing Facebook's lawsuit against Israel-based spyware firm NSO Group, which has been accused of hacking into Facebook-owned WhatsApp's instant messaging app to enable spying by the company's clients
Cat rescued from central Russian waste processing plant named assistant to regional environment minister. Widely circulated surveillance footage this week showed plant worker retrieving cat from tied plastic bag on conveyor belt.
Friday, December 25, 2020
Japan is "extremely behind" in promoting gender equality its government said Friday, as it delayed almost two decades-old target to have at least 30% of leadership positions occupied by women by end of 2020. Just 14.8% of leadership positions in politics and business in Japan are occupied by women.
UK television station Channel 4 has come under fire for a digitally altered video of Queen Elizabeth II giving her annual Christmas message, but the station says the segment is "a stark warning" about deepfake technology and the "proliferation of misinformation" in the digital age.
Thursday, December 24, 2020
Germans spread Christmas charity despite coronavirus: Germany has experienced second wave of COVID-19 with Christmas approaching, but it doesn’t seem to be diminishing people’s willingness to donate to charity. In 2020 private donations set to reach record levels.
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