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TikTok unveils Sh20bn fund to pay content creators
Before this move, creators could monetise livestreams, but the new programme will pay people directly for making videos. The fund, which will be handed out over the following year and is expected to grow, is part of TikTok's broader plans to support users to gain additional earnings on its platform, through which some star creators have signed brand partnership and sponsorship deals. [Full Article...]
Five Rafale jets take off from France to India
By Wednesday, the five planes should be at the Ambala airbase in northern India, some 200km (125 miles) from the Pakistani and Chinese borders. "All five Rafales have landed safely in Al Dhafra airbase in United Arab Emirates (UAE) after a sortie in excess of seven hours", the IAF said on Monday evening. [Full Article...]
Trump national security adviser O'Brien tests positive for coronavirus
O'Brien "has mild symptoms and has been self-isolating and working from a secure location off site", the White House said in a statement, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report. "Yet, in many states people can drink in bars, get a haircut, eat inside a restaurant, get a tattoo, get a massage, and do myriad other normal, pleasant, but non-essential activities", they added. [Full Article...]
Tui cancels all flights to Spain and Canary Islands
BA said the decision had thrown thousands of Briton's travel plans into chaos and described it as "yet another blow for British holidaymakers". Wizz Air said it will continue to operate flights to Spain "as scheduled for the time being", but admitted it is "re-evaluating this schedule in light of potential diminished demand". [Full Article...]
GOP to Propose Aid Bill with Extra Jobless Benefits Set to Expire
White House negotiators have been working with Senate Republicans on "technical issues" in the package this weekend, Mnuchin told host Chris Wallace . For example, the White House zeroed out funding for testing and wanted to funnel it into paying for a new Federal Bureau of Investigation headquarters. [Full Article...]
Trump's national security adviser has coronavirus
He is the latest in a number of known cases in the Trump orbit. "The work of the National Security Council continues uninterrupted", the White House said in a statement Monday morning. The president's adviser also recently returned from Europe, where he met with officials from the United Kingdom, France, Germany and Italy. Kimberly Guilfoyle, the President's son's girlfriend and top campaign fundr... [Full Article...]
A Third of Patients Feel Symptoms of Coronavirus for Weeks: CDC
Anthony Fauci believes that vaccines will stop the pandemic, but not before 2021. "A couple months ago, I couldn't tell you that, if you're a survivor of coronavirus, that you're going to have long-term effects that may turn into lifelong disabilities, but that's new information that we have now, and that we're trying to get out to the public", Rattan said. [Full Article...]
Portland racial injustice protesters breach fence, police declare riot
The Epoch Times reached out to the bureau for comment, but didn't immediately hear back. In Los Angeles, protesters clashed with officers in front of the federal courthouse downtown. Sunday was the 60th consecutive day of protests, which have often turned unruly and violent. In the hours leading up to the riot declaration, thousands of people marched through parts of the city. [Full Article...]