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California imposes overnight curfew to stem coronavirus

Source: Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is imposing an overnight curfew on most residents as the most populous state tries to head off a surge in coronavirus cases that it fears could tax the state’s health care system, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Thursday.

What officials are calling a limited stay-at-home order requires nonessential residents to stay home from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. starting Saturday.

It affects counties with the most severe restrictions, 41 of the state’s 58 counties that are in the “purple” tier under California’s color-coded system for reopening the economy. That covers 94% of the state’s nearly 40 million residents.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/us-news-gavin-newsom-california-coronavirus-pandemic-47ec9b65c376bf64ccd8460978b9f6fb

California inmate fought wildfires, now faces deportation

Source: Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Among the thousands of firefighters who battled record-setting wildfires in California this year was Bounchan Keola, a 39-year-old immigrant from Laos serving a 28-year prison sentence for a gang-related shooting when he was 16.

One of roughly 1,800 inmates fighting fires, Keola said he struggled to see through the smoke during his first assignment while getting doused with chemicals used to fight the flames. When it was over, he was stunned to see people from the community lining up to thank him as he walked back to the bus.

“For the first time in my life, I felt good about myself,” he said.

Read more: https://apnews.com/article/laos-california-immigration-prisons-dd11ab47d4cbffe475e8633e5d93cfda

Televised executions of public officials

What would you say if you saw this in another country?

There is new and disturbing information in the alleged militia plot against the governor of Michigan.

The 14 men charged had far more violent plans than just a kidnapping, according to federal and state authorities

Read more https://digbysblog.net/2020/11/televised-executions-of-public-officials/

TikTok lives to see another day in US

Source: BBC

The order would have prevented the app from being downloaded in the US.

The Commerce Department delayed the ban "pending further legal developments," citing a Philadelphia court ruling from September where three prominent TikTokers had argued the app should be allowed to operate in America.

The decision will be a relief to the estimated 100 million US TikTok users.

In September, TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance announced a deal with Walmart and Oracle to shift TikTok's US assets into a new entity called TikTok Global.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54926759

Jerry Rawlings: Ghana's ex-president dies aged 73

Source: BBC

Ghana's former President Jerry John Rawlings has died at the age of 73.

Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo, who is from a rival political party, announced seven days of national mourning.

While Liberian President George Weah said "Ghana, Liberia and Africa will miss a great leader".

On behalf of the government and people of the Republic of Liberia, and in my own name, I wish to convey deepest and profound sympathy to the government and people of Ghana, the Rawlings family and the entire Africa for the death of a great statesman, Former President.... pic

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China Muslims: Volkswagen says 'no forced labour' at Xinjiang plant

Source: BBC

In an interview with the BBC in Beijing, the company's CEO in China, Stephan Wollenstein, defended Volkswagen's presence in Xinjiang's capital, Urumqi, where it runs a factory with 600 workers, producing up to 20,000 vehicles a year.

While China insists it has been providing de-extremification training for Xinjiang's traditionally Muslim minorities, and running large-scale job creation schemes, the real aim appears to be the forced assimilation of identities and cultures now viewed by the state as inherently disloyal.

With the number of cars being produced currently less than 10% of capacity of some of the company's 32 other plants in China, Dr Wollenstein said they would "Love to do more."

"And as much as we are to a certain extent dependent on China, probably China is also dependent on us.

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-54918309

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: 'Civilians massacred', says Amnesty International

Source: BBC

Fighting between government forces and the TPLF broke out last week.

There has been long-standing tension between Ethiopia's government and the TPLF, which controls Tigray, the country's northernmost state, and it has boiled over into military clashes, including air strikes by federal forces.

Some witnesses said the attacks were carried out by forces loyal to the TPLF after they had been defeated by federal troops in an area called Lugdi.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered government forces to engage forces loyal to the TPLF on 4 November after he said military camps had been attacked.



Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54922971