News Headlines - 23 November 2019
▽Donald Tusk lands new job as EPP president with pledge to fight populism | Euronews
He may be stepping down as President of the European Council, but Donald Tusk is stepping up for a new challenge after being elected to lead the centre-right European People’s Party.
The EPP is the largest political grouping across the continent, but has suffered losses amid the rise in populism and extremist parties.
▽VW to Spend $4.4 Billion at China Ventures Defying Industry Woes - Bloomberg
Volkswagen AG and its Chinese joint-venture partners will invest more than 4 billion euros ($4.4 billion) next year to rev up electric-car production and add more SUVs to its lineup, defying broader industry woes.
“Of course, we closely watch the up- and down-turns of the new energy vehicle market,” VW China chief Stephan Woellenstein said in prepared remarks at the Guangzhou auto show. “Still, its ongoing long-term growth excites us, as our electrification accelerates.”
▽UAW president resigns after union accuses him of false accounting - Reuters
United Auto Workers President Gary Jones resigned on Wednesday shortly after the union moved to remove him office amid a widening corruption probe from U.S. prosecutors, a union source told Reuters.
A judge late Wednesday blocked the Trump administration’s plans to resume federal executions next month, determining that the Justice Department’s proposed lethal injection procedure “is not authorized” by federal law.
The order at least temporarily calls off four executions scheduled for December and January, which would have been the first carried out by the federal government since 2003. The Justice Department filed a notice Thursday that it intends to appeal and filed a request to stay the judge’s injunction.
▽World's first printed Christmas card goes on display at Dickens museum | The Guardian
The world’s first printed Christmas card, an artwork created in 1843 that went on to spawn a global industry, has gone on show at the Charles Dickens Museum in London.
Designed by Henry Cole and illustrated by John Callcott Horsley, in the same year that Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was published, the hand-coloured card shows a family gathered around a table enjoying a glass of wine with a message: “A merry Christmas and a happy new year to you.”
