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More than 60 detained during anti-lockdown protests in London
Officers grappled with people on the ground in attempts to detain them at different locations as onlookers jeered and filmed on their phones. The main crowd of protesters appeared to disperse near Piccadilly Circus before reforming elsewhere in the shopping district. [Full Article...]
Chinese scientists say COVID-19 came from India or Bangladesh
The Chinese argument states that it is possible to arrive at the origin of the virus by finding and studying the strain with the fewest mutations. By working again through these mutations, they concluded that the virus originated in one of the nine countries mentioned above. [Full Article...]
Indian NSA urges PM to initiate regional dialogue on COVID recovery
This is the first time that NSA Ajit Doval participated in the trilateral dialogue as the group has not met since March 2014. This is important since India has been concerned over the increased aggressive behaviour by China in the Indo-Pacific region, especially this year, in the middle of the pandemic . [Full Article...]
Global Covid-19 cases surpass 61 mn mark: Johns Hopkins (Ld)
According to the COVID Tracking Project , the number of Americans now hospitalized with COVID-19 is almost 90,000. "Not many weeks ago we were anxious about the potential of 100,000 new cases in a day". Last week, the country's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, warned that Thanksgiving could mark the beginning of a risky holiday season. [Full Article...]
Protests spread as police violence outrages France
The three police officers identified in the video have been suspended and are taken in custody for further investigation, according to the Paris Prosecutor's office. Some clashes broke out amid tense scenes with debate on the issue boiling over after recent incidents of police violence. The article would criminalise the publication of images of on-duty police officers with the intent of ha... [Full Article...]
I won't take virus vaccine, says Bolsonaro
Bolsonaro faces criticism for his handling of the pandemic, which has included playing down the virus, opposing lockdown measures and relentlessly promoting the drug hydroxychloroquine despite studies showing it is ineffective against Covid-19. [Full Article...]
Dozens arrested in London anti-lockdown protests
A large crowd of demonstrators chanting "freedom" left the park near Marble Arch and marched along a road parallel to Oxford Street. London's Metropolitan Police said they had intercepted and turned back coaches full of people wanting to join the demonstrations. [Full Article...]
Trump loosens U.S. execution rules, allowing poison gas, firing squads
These could include death by electrocution or firing squads . The Justice Department under President Trump and Attorney General William P. Barr has revived and reinvigorated use of the federal death penalty, carrying out the first federal execution in 17 years and executing more federal inmates in the past four months than the total number over the previous three decades. [Full Article...]