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Auto whistleblower gets record US $24M
WASHINGTON, USA - The US auto safety regulator announced on Tuesday its first-ever reward to a whistleblower, handing out more than $24 million to a former Hyundai employee who provided key information about safety lapses at the South Korean carmaker.
Nicaragua’s Ortega secures another term
REUTERS
SAN JOSE, NICARAGUA - Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega easily locked in a fourth consecutive term after suppressing political rivals, results showed yesterday, leading the United States to warn of possible sanctions and press for free and fair elections.
US mothers divided on vaccines for young children
BBC
NEW YORK, USA - Everyone in the Simon family contracted Covid-19, but their nine-year-old daughter McKenna went to hospital.
She developed pneumonia and anaemia after getting the virus.
While McKenna's parents say an earlier vaccine authorisation could have helped her, a rising group called Moms for Liberty have reservations about the vaccine's safety.
Facebook to end use of facial recognition software
BBC
CALIFORNIA, USA - Facebook has announced it will no longer use facial-recognition software to identify faces in photographs and videos. There have been growing concerns about the ethics of facial recognition technology, with questions raised over privacy, racial bias, and accuracy.
Britain can't decide whether to send looted treasures back to rightful owners
CNN
Britain is once again reckoning with its imperial history during a week in which two ceremonies were held to mark the return of ancient looted artifacts to Nigeria from the UK.
NASA discovers first possible planet outside our galaxy
CNN
WASHINGTON, USA - Scientists may have detected signs of a planet transiting a star outside of the Milky Way, in what could be the first planet ever to be discovered outside our galaxy.
COVID-19: Brazilian senators wants criminal charges for Bolsonaro
ALJAZEERA
BRASILIA, Brazil - A Brazilian Senate investigative committee has approved a report that calls for President Jair Bolsonaro to be indicted for nine crimes related to his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, including crimes against humanity.
UK has more new Covid cases than France, Germany, Italy & Spain combined
CNN
Last December, as the first of several worrying Covid-19 variants ripped through the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson made the unwelcome decision to cancel Christmas plans for millions of Brits.
School shooter pleads guilty to murdering 17
BBC NEWS
A Florida man has pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people in a 2018 mass shooting at a high school campus in Parkland, Florida.
Colin Powell, first Black US secretary of state, dies of COVID
ALJAZEERA
WASHINGTON, USA - olin Powell, the former United States Secretary of State and the first Black person in the country’s history to fill the position, has died due to complications from COVID-19, his family has said.
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