YOUR WEEKLY NEWS UPDATE
- Rivalry takes place between the republicans and President Joe Biden, as the vote for control of both chambers of Congress draws near (8 November 2022). Donald Trump and his supporters were accused of undermining democracy by US President Joe Biden, it was said that former President Trump caused hatred, violence and anger due to not accepting the 2020 election. This caused the republicans to strike back, believing that President Biden is trying to distract and divide them from his low approval ratings and the US inflation.
- Imran Khan (Pakistan’s former prime minister) after being removed from the elections in April, led a march in the Capital of Islamabad to command snap elections. During the march, the ex-prime minister was shot and members of his PTI party reported four others being hurt. The police are yet to confirm if he was the target (a senior aide mentioned that ‘it was meant to kill Imran Khan). It was reported that the former prime minister was in stable condition. A man was arrested who confessed to the attempted murder of the former prime minister.
- The staff of the iPhone company felt the need to escape for their safety after rumours had spread that the army would take control and enforce a huge “living with Covid” experiment. This meant that everyone in Zhengzhou would get sick. As the rumours spread, the people were confined to the workers dormitories and had been ordered not to leave, which caused more fear. The rumours became worse and it was said that the plan would be to keep people confined with the sickness to see how many lived and died, which caused a massive breakout.
- TikTok reported to users that a few employees in China have access to the UK and European Union’s data of accounts. This has caused disturbance all over the world, including in the United States and the United Kingdom over concerns that data might be passed to the Chinese government. The app is to be banned in America. The European user data is being kept in the US and Singapore. Ms. Fox, the head of privacy for Europe, said that only certain employees within their corporate group have remote access to European user data.
- James Web (telescope) is a project of the United States, Canadian and European space agencies and the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. A second image of the “Pillars of Creation” was taken by the new telescope and launched by Nasa. Webb’s MIRI could see an active star-forming region, and in the past week, the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) called attention to the location approximately 6 500 light-years from Earth. The pillars are at the heart of what astronomers named the sight Messier or the Eagle Nebula (the subject of intense study).
- It has been reported by the United Nations that the last glaciers in Africa and around the world will be non-existent by 2050 due to climate change. UNESCO found that a third of the UN’s World Heritage sites’ glaciers will melt within three decades. The glaciers in the Alps, Yosemite National Park in the United States, and Mount Kilimanjaro will all vanish whether the world decides to fight against climate change or not. 18 600 glaciers have been found and that number only represents 10% of the Earth’s glacier area including local populations.
Date: 04/11/22
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