Month: December 2020

If the current trend in rising coronavirus cases continues, then raising the social distancing measure to the highest level would be unavoidable, South Korean Prime Minister, Chung Sye-kyun warned on Saturday. 

He posted the warning on his verified Facebook account as he held an emergency meeting to discuss surging coronavirus cases on Saturday.

A raise in the alert level would mean a ban on gathering of more than 10 people, work from home for all non-essential employees and a shift to online for all schools and church services.

https://edition.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-vaccine-updates-12-12-20-intl/index.html

#Iran's Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the death sentence of Zam, who was captured in 2019 after years in exile. Ruhollah Zam was executed on Saturday.https://t.co/E8sASRhWFf

— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) December 12, 2020

(CNN)During the past four years, President Donald Trump has challenged the integrity of the Supreme Court and tried to drag the justices into the legal muck with him.His arguments have pushed the boundaries of the law and his assertions have tested the impartiality of individual justices. But Trump’s meritless attack on the November election and his loss to Joe Biden in a brazen lawsuit initiated by the Texas attorney general brought the court into a wholly new realm.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/11/politics/trump-turmoil-supreme-court/index.html

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea reported a record 950 daily coronavirus cases on Saturday, exceeding the late February peak of 909, with the president calling the country’s third wave of COVID-19 an “emergency”.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-southkorea/south-korea-reports-record-950-cases-in-covid-19-emergency-idUSKBN28M010

(CNN)The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid from Texas’ attorney general — supported by President Donald Trump — to block the ballots of millions of voters in battleground states that went in favor of President-elect Joe Biden.The court’s order, issued with no public dissents, to dismiss the challenge is the strongest indication yet that Trump has no chance of overturning election results in court, and that even the justices whom he placed there have no interest in allowing his desperate legal bids to continue.

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/12/11/politics/supreme-court-texas-trump-biden/index.html

NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York City’s restaurants must stop serving meals indoors on Monday as COVID-19 hospitalizations fail to stabilize and the infection rate for the virus rises in the densely populated metropolis, Governor Andrew Cuomo said on Friday.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-usa-new-york/new-york-city-restaurants-lose-indoor-dining-as-infection-rate-rises-idUSKBN28L2F0

KABUL (Reuters) – At least one person was killed and two were injured on Saturday in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul as ten rockets hit various parts on the city, officials said.

A Taliban spokesman said that his group was not behind the attack as they continued talks with the Afghan government’s representatives to end nearly two decades of war.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-attack/rocket-attacks-in-kabul-kills-one-idUSKBN28M093?il=0

JUST IN – Twitter just went into war mode. Tweets that show the message 'This claim about election fraud is disputed' are prevented from being liked, replied to, bookmarked, or retweeted without a quote. pic.twitter.com/rkPkshsNKN

— Disclose.tv 🚨 (@disclosetv) December 12, 2020