Wednesday: The number of coronavirus death in the United States is that of the world, and Facebook warns that it could withdraw from Europe.
by Tamara Howie
Hello, it is Tamara Howie who presents the main stories and must-sees of Wednesday, September 23.
The United States has surpassed 200,000 Covid-related deaths, the highest death toll in the world, but the figure was not discussed through President Donald Trump in his pre-recorded speech at the UN General Assembly, where he called Beijing guilty of what he called a “Chinese virus. “China’s representative to the UN responded by rejecting the accusations, and President Xi Jinping called for cooperation in the face of the pandemic.
The Coalition will today announce a $3. 5 billion upgrade to Australia’s national broadband network, promising that 75% of homes will have ultra-fast broadband speeds until 2023. after the Coalition criticized the abandonment of the fiber optic style to the site of the former government and the adoption of a combination of technologies to supply the NBN. Opposition communications spokeswoman Michelle Rowland attacked the government by saying, “This means Australian taxpayers have paid more for a network that is doing less, and now more cash is needed to catch up. “
UK citizens face new restrictions over the next six months as Covid numbers increase. Boris Johnson told MPs that the UK was at a “dangerous turning point,” pronouncing new restrictions, adding a last hour at 10pm for pubs, mandatory masking for retail and personal hospitality, and repainting from home. “After six months of restrictions, it would be tempting to expect the risk to have subsided and seek solace in the confidence that if you have strayed from the virus so far, it is Immune,” Johnson said. This kind of complacency may be our loss. “
The labour party’s proposed new energy policy platform supports the progression of “safe and science-based” fuel amid the party’s internal department on power policies. The policy commits a long-term Albanian government to the “responsible” and “ecologically sustainable” progression of fuel, while recognizing renewable energy as “essential to our long economic term. “
The leading genuine real estate developer, Maas Group Properties, was fined only $563 as a “management fee” after being accused of throwing tons of asbestos-contaminated structures at a looming site in Dubbo.
A conspiracy theorist who accused Parliament Member Anne Webster of being “a member of a secret network of paedophiles” on social media was ordered to pay $875,000 in damages. A federal court issued a ruling calling the allegations “embarrassing and inexplicable. “
The federal government cut $100 million in earnings because passport programs fell due to Covid. Passport programs dropped to 400,000 in the first part of 2020 after restrictions were imposed at the beginning of the pandemic, meaning the government will run out of earnings from application fees. .
The Chinese government is in the process of particularly expanding a mass painting program in Tibet, with reports that around 500,000 rural employees were forced into “military-style” facilities. China has been criticized for remediating Uighurs and other ethnic minorities.
Trump has shown that he will announce his nominee to occupy the Supreme Court on Saturday. Mitt Romney has said it will be the continuation of Trump’s Nominee to the Supreme Court as controversy breaks out over whether a new ruling deserves to be appointed before the US election in November.
Facebook warns that it could withdraw from Europe if Ireland’s knowledge coverage commissioner imposes a ban on sharing knowledge with the US. But it’s not the first time Caution comes after a landmark ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union found that there were inadequate safeguards for the espionage of US intelligence agencies.
A former transit policeman who claimed to be the reincarnation of Jesus was arrested in Russia after leading a cult in the depths of Siberia for 3 decades. The Russian Investigative Committee said it would rate Sergei Torop, known to his followers as Vissarion, claiming that the cult extorted his supporters and subjected them to emotional abuse.
New Zealand opposition leader Judith Collins won the first electoral debate opposed to Jacinda Ardern “without passion” for the slightest margin.
Isn’t the long term so much like the past?Van Gogh Alive! Resurrect the dead in a brilliant, impersonal blockbuster with a soft, sound display that projects Vincent Van Gogh’s works onto the walls and floors of the giant showroom. Everything new is old again in a tribute to the wonderful painter who has an aesthetic similar to that of a walk in an airport.
As a self-employed person working from home, Nadine von Cohen is used to making friends in coffee shops. Most of these relationships are casual, but there’s one that stands out: “Over time, I’ve learned fragments of your life. ; she grew up in New Zealand; I had two daughters. But when he casually talked about me working at British Vogue in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, I almost spit out my coffee.
In an exclusive interview with The Guardian, former style Amy Dorris told Lucy Osborne about allegations that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her at the US Open tennis tournament more than two decades ago, in an alleged incident that left her “sick” and “raped. “
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Authorities have announced an investigation at an Italian university on allegations that Barcelona striker Luis Suarez cheated on an Italian exam. The Uruguayan player, who is not being investigated, had to pass the exam to unload a European passport that could help him move on to a new one. Club.
French rugby president Bernard Laporte says he has been caught up in a corruption investigation in a coup d’etion to get him out of power.
The federal government plans to spend heaps of millions of dollars to save college jobs, according to the Australian. Wastewater testing will provide a major early warning of additional coronavirus outbreaks in Victoria, reports The Age. Judy Dent, the wife of the first Resident Northern Territory to die from assisted suicide, turns to NT News, arguing that others have the right to choose. And in Tasmania, the Hobart Mercury reports that a liberal MLC, Jane Howlett, says it’s not a smart time to debate the voluntary law on assisted dying in parliament.
Employment Minister Martin Pakula and Minister of Emergency Services Lisa Neville will testify in Victoria’s quarantine program survey.
A rescue project to rescue an organization of pilot whales stranded on sandbanks on the west coast of Tasmania enters at the time of day.
While cancelled flights and disruptions at Sydney Airport have been a major headache for most, silent runways have opened up an exclusive opportunity for amateur pilots to land there for the first time. “For many of the pilots involved, adding a dream of years of training to land at a large foreign airport like this,” Sydney Flight College club captain Tim Lindley said.
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