Canada is on track to reach between 531,300 and 577,000 total COVID-19 cases by Christmas Day, and up to 14,920 deaths, according to the latest national modelling released on Friday.
Category: december 2020
Chinese scientists have announced their development of the most powerful quantum computer in the world. It works 100 trillion times faster than the fastest supercomputers out there and comes little more than a year after Google unveiled Sycamore, their own quantum computer. President Xi Jinping has said research and development in quantum science is an urgent matter of national concern. And the country has invested heavily in this technology, spending billions in recent years. It has become a world leader in the field.
Jhon Jairo Vasquez rescues and rehabilitates primates who have fallen victim to hunters in the Colombian Amazon. He also works to change attitudes in the region, where the animals are targeted for meat, for their fur and to sell on as pets. This is his story.
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the Jewish community to get creative with Hanukkah celebrations this year. As Melissa Nakhavoly reports, the message of perseverance and resilience is taking on greater meaning this year than in most.
Time says Biden and Harris won the honour for “changing the American story, for showing that the forces of empathy are greater than the furies of division, for sharing a vision of healing in a grieving world.”
PM Trudeau says there’s no vaccine against a polluted planet and gives an update on measures being taken to combat climate change.
Attorney General of Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro blasts the Republican attorneys general and lawmakers who ‘act as though they swore an oath to Donald Trump’ instead of to our country, with their support of the Texas lawsuit that is challenging votes in 4 battleground states, one of which is Shapiro’s own state of Pennsylvania Aired on 12/11/2020.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper breaks down the various efforts by President Trump and the GOP to overturn the election results.
Millions of people are at risk of hunger because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even in the US and Europe, more and more individuals are relying on food handouts just to get by as the coronavirus crisis hits their livelihoods. And while the disease doesn’t discriminate, the way it impacts disadvantaged people reveals society’s inequalities.
On November 9, 2018, Thuch Salik’s life changed when a tourist posted a video of him selling souvenirs in Angkor while speaking multiple languages. The Facebook video got over 33,000 shares, while CNA’s feature on this Cambodian boy amassed nearly 6 million views on YouTube (watch the video here: CLICK ) How has his life changed since then?