Many areas in England will be placed under stricter restrictions from Boxing day over fears of two new Covid variants – one originated in Kent, the other in South Africa.
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In a new flurry of pardons before his presidency comes to a close, President Trump has pardoned Paul Manafort, Roger Stone, and Charles Kushner. Aired on 12/23/2020.
President-elect Joe Biden could use a wartime law to fight the coronavirus pandemic when he becomes president. Biden’s aids are talking about using the Defense Production Act to get vaccines out to the public. NBC News’ Heidi Przybyla reports.
Antarctica is no longer the last continent on the planet to be COVID-19 free. Chile’s military said this week, that dozens of people had been infected at its Bernardo O’Higgins base had been infected with coronavirus, including army personnel and civilian contractors. Now Chile’s health and army officials are scrambling to clear out and quarantine staff from a remote research station.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged Canadians, once again, not to gather during the holiday season and to continue holding on to curb the spread of COVID-19. He called on people to reach out to each other and gather virtually for Christmas, because “if we loosen up before time all of those sacrifices could’ve been for nothing.” His plea came as provinces like Ontario and Quebec are under lockdown amid sharp rise in cases and hospitalizations, but with some good news of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine being approved by Health Canada. Trudeau asked people to show love for each other and for their loved ones by “not showing up to give them a hug this Christmas.”
With Covid-19 deaths continuing to soar, the president issued a slew of pardons including for some convicted of murder and fraud while he keeps digging in on his election conspiracy theories. Aired on 12/23/2020.
Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to the U.S., joined CBC’s Power and Politics to talk about what future U.S.-Canada relations could look like as U.S. president-elect Joe Biden and his campaign indicate America will be getting back to multilateralism and diplomacy on the world stage.
2020 was a year like no other. From the devastating California wildfires to the coronavirus pandemic. NBC News’ Isa Gutiérrez takes a look back at the biggest international newsmakers of the year.
Hundreds of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are undertaking hazardous journeys by boat to escape overcrowded living conditions in refugee camps. Many pay people smugglers to escape to Malaysia. Some make it, many don’t. Some even end up in Indonesia after floating for months out in the open sea, because no country will allow them entry. At least a million Rohingya live as refugees in Bangladesh. Most escaped a brutal military crackdown in their home, Myanmar in 2017. And now their latest attempts at finding a place to call home have also been met with tragedy.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivered an address from Wilmington, Delaware on Tuesday, where he discussed the COVID-19 pandemic and a widespread data breach. During his address, Biden said he has “absolute confidence” in the COVID-19 vaccine, but that “taking a vaccine from a vial into the arm of millions of Americans” is “one of the biggest operational challenges” the U.S. has faced. The president-elect also said his administration will put forward another COVID-19 relief package next year, including a new round of stimulus payments. He added that a $900 billion relief package passed by Congress this week was a “first step” but that the government will have to do more. “Here is the simple truth: Our darkest days in the battle against COVID are ahead of us, not behind us,” he said. Biden also discussed a widespread data breach of the government apparently carried out by the Russian government, saying it poses a “grave risk” to national security that cannot “go unanswered.” “The Trump administration failed to prioritize cyber security,” he said, adding that cyber attacks “must be treated as a serious threat by our leadership.”