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Breonna Taylor: Protests erupt after officer charged but not over her death A police officer has been charged over the drugs raid that resulted in the fatal shooting of a black woman at her home in Kentucky, US.  Breonna Taylor, 26, a hospital worker, was shot multiple times as officers stormed her home on 13 March.  Officer Brett Hankison has been charged, but not with Ms Taylor’s death, but with “wanton endangerment” for firing into a neighbour’s apartment.  Two other officers who were involved have not been charged.  Kentucky law states someone is guilty of wanton endangerment if they commit…

Thursday 24 September coronavirus updates BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFINGThursday 24 September News Briefing – Today’s headlines are dominated by the global Coronavirus Pandemic. As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active numbers.Global COVID-19 UPDATECoronavirus Cases: 32,097,561Deaths: 981,968Recovered: 23,680,153 Trudeau declares second wave is underway in most of CanadaAirlines push for coronavirus tests before international flightsIsrael tightens lockdownSunak unveils emergency job scheme Previous Next Headlines: What the papers say? Sunak unveils emergency job scheme.Israel tightens lockdown.Belgium loosens restrictions despite cases growing.Airlines push for coronavirus tests before international flights.UAE reports 1,083 new Covid-19 cases, a hike from the previous…

INSTA Talk Arabi رنامج Insta Talk يلتقي بالسيد ناصر زهير ، مستشار العلاقات الدولية والاقتصاد السياسي في مركز جنيف للحديث عن اخر المستجدات المحلية والعالمية بخصوص فيروس كورونا والبريكست والاقتصاد العالمي. In English Nasser Zouhir, a senior consultant on #international relations and political economy joins us on Insta talk to talk about the latest global developments on COVID-19, Brexit and the financial dilemmas following the pandemic. https://youtu.be/zbK_YG2hRSk Insta Talk Arabic Show with Naser Zouhir مستشار العلاقات الدولية والاقتصاد السياسي في مركز جنيف Insta Talk – the show from WTX News – covering all things social – presented by @deena_fayezz_official_tv – today’s guests…

2020 US Election: Key developments from the last 24 hours 2020 US Election: Key Developments, latest polls in 24 hours — Cindy McCain and Barack Obama back Biden — Trump says he’s handled Covid-19 better than Biden handled the 2009 Swine Flu when he was VP — Trump makes bizarre claims that Biden is “against God” and on drugs — Democratic VP candidate Kamala Harris visits Flint — 2 swing states have Biden and Trump tied and latest national polls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfJ85qAl9SA&feature=youtu.be A GUIDE TO THE 2020 US ELECTION WHEN IS THE ELECTION? The US presidential election always falls on the first Tuesday after the first…

India building collapse sees death toll top 30 as rescue continues Rescuers in India are battling rain and cramped conditions to search through the rubble and look for possible survivors as the toll from the apartment building collapse rose to 35, a senior government official said on Wednesday.  “It’s been more than three days, so we don’t know if there are any survivors any more, but we are not losing hope,” Satya Pradhan, the head of the National Disaster Response Force, told Reuters.  At least eight people are still missing and rescue personnel are clearing debris to look for them,…

Raab defends new Covid-19 measures Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has defended the “balanced, targeted and proportionate” new Covid-19 measures amid criticism from some scientists.  In England, people are once again being told to work from home if they can and rules on face coverings have been expanded.  Prof John Edmunds, who advises the government said they did not go “anywhere near far enough.” But other scientists say they are hoping for a shift towards a more coherent policy.   Tighter restrictions have been announced in all four UK nations. Other measures introduced in England include a 10 pm closing time for…

Wednesday 23 September coronavirus updates BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING Wednesday 23 September 2020 News Briefing – Today’s headlines are dominated by the global Coronavirus Pandemic. As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active numbers. Global COVID-19 UPDATE Coronavirus Cases: 31,783,764 Deaths: 975,471 Recovered: 23,400,905 US passes 200,000 cases, still rising Record rise in weekly Covid-19 cases, but deaths down says WHO Coronavirus cases and deaths rise in Middle East countries Czech Republic appoints new health minister as second Covid-19 lockdown looms Follow new Covid-19 restrictions or risk second lockdown, PM says …

Tuesday 22 Spetember coronavirus updates BRIEF – ME! – DAILY NEWS BRIEFING Tuesday 22 September 2020 News Briefing – Today’s headlines are dominated by the global Coronavirus Pandemic. As of 6:30 am (GMT), these are the global active numbers. Global COVID-19 UPDATE Coronavirus Cases: 31,488,661 Deaths: 969,362 Recovered: 23,115,456 US Covid-19 deaths near 200,000, one in five of global death Saudi health authorities ready to join trails of Covid-19 vaccine Iran records highest daily coronavirus cases since early June Czech PM says he got carried away reopening too soon English pubs to close at 10 pm amid…

Twitter investigates racial bias in image previews Twitter announced it is investigating after users discovered its picture-cropping algorithm sometimes prefers white faces to black ones.  Users realised when two photos – one of a black face and the other a white face – were in the same post, Twitter often showed only the white face on mobiles.  Twitter says it had tested for racial and gender bias during the algorithm’s development. But added: “It’s clear that we’ve got more analysis to do.” Twitter’s chief technology officer tweeted: “We did analysis on our model when we shipped it – but [it]…

World’s richest 1% cause more than double CO2 emissions of the poorest 50% – Oxfam  Oxfam and the Stockholm Environment Insitute released a report revealing carbon dioxide emissions rose by 60 per cent from 1990 to 2015 and their research blames the wealthiest one per cent for 15 per cent of those emissions.  That is more than twice as much carbon dioxide as emitted by the poorer half of the world. The research also showed that the richest 10 per cent of the global population, comprising of about 630 million people, was responsible for about 52 per cent of global…