POLITICS 🏛️

Trump made false claims in attempts to reverse Biden win in GA

• President Trump made claims that were “provably false” in a phone conversation with Georgia’s secretary of state in an attempt to reverse Joe Biden’s state win
• Gabriel Sterling, Georgia’s voting system implementation manager, provided a point-by-point refutation of the allegations in a press conference
• Sterling also stated that Trump campaign lawyers “intentionally misled” the public by claiming that a video recording showed fraudulent votes being given to Biden

WORLD 🌎

India's emergency approval of vaccine criticized

• India has granted emergency approval to Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN Covid-19 vaccine
• The approval has been met with questions and criticisms from industry experts and opposition lawmakers after the approval was granted without publishing efficacy data
• The news was praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a victory in the country’s push for self-reliance
• The government also granted approval for the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine, which will lead India’s vaccination efforts

BUSINESS 💰

NYSE to no longer suspend three Chinese telecom giants

• The NYSE has said that it no longer plans to delist three Chinese telecom companies - China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom
• The Exchange initially planned to delist the companies as a result of an executive order signed by President Trump
• The order was intended to stop American companies and individuals from investing in companies that the Trump administration claimed aided the Chinese military

US 🦅

Proud Boys leader arrested

• The leader of the Proud Boys, Henry “Enrique” Tarrio, was arrested on Monday in Washington DC for allegedly burning a BLM banner taken from a Black church during last month’s protests
• A law enforcement officials told CNN that DC police has charged Tarrio with destruction of property

TECH 📱

Apple asks Foxconn for foldable iPhone prototypes, rumors indicate

• Apple might be moving forward in its development of a foldable iPhone
• The tech company has apparently asked Foxconn to create two prototype foldable shells with displays
• These reports combined with the recent patent application published by the USPTO have spurred rumors about a foldable iPhone

CORONAVIRUS 💉

People need both doses of coronavirus vaccines, FDA says

• According to two top US FDA officials, anyone that receives the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine must get two full doses
• The officials refuted ideas about stretching the vaccine supply and suggested that anyone who proposes cutting doses in half in order to increase the vaccinated populous are misinterpreting the data

EXTRA BLING ✨

• Environment 🌍. 5 sustainable packaging developments to lookout for in 2021
• Celebrity ⭐. Actress Tanya Roberts still alive, says publicist
• Space 🌠. Largest canyon in solar system
• Interesting. Psychedelic stock picks for 2021
• Coronavirus 😷. LA hospitals unable to keep up with Covid surge

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