News Headlines - 25 August 2020
▽UN security council rejects US attempt to extend Iran sanctions | The Guardian
America was rebuffed last week when 13 countries on the security council argued that the US had no legal right to “snap back” sanctions because it had already walked out of the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran.
On Tuesday, Indonesia - which this month holds the security council’s rotating presidency - said that no further action could be taken on the US request, because there was no consensus on the 15-nation body.
The announcement prompted an angry response from Kelly Craft, the US envoy to the UN, who said: “Let me just make it really, really clear: the Trump administration has no fear in standing in limited company on this matter. I only regret that other members of this council have lost their way and now find themselves standing in the company of terrorists.”
▽Thailand approves new warrant against Red Bull heir over hit-and-run case - CNA
A Thai court on Tuesday (Aug 25) issued a new arrest warrant for the heir to the Red Bull energy drink fortune over his alleged involvement in a fatal hit-and-run accident in 2012, police said.
Vorayuth Yoovidhya was accused of crashing his Ferrari into a policeman, Wichien Klanprasert, and dragging his body for dozens of metres before fleeing.
Authorities last month unexpectedly dropped the case, sparking public criticism that prompted a government review.
▽Mexico rocked by claims of corruption against three former presidents | The Guardian
Mexico’s political establishment has been shaken by claims that three former Mexican presidents and an all-star cast of lawmakers and aides may have been involved in alleged acts of corruption.
The accusations were leveled by Emilio Lozoya, the former head of Mexico’s state oil company Pemex, and will boost efforts by the country’s current president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to portray himself as an anti-corruption crusader... In a leaked 63-page deposition, Lozoya, who was extradited from Spain in July to face corruption charges of his own, dragged some of Mexico’s best-known politicians into a rapidly unfolding scandal.
▽Africa now free of wild poliovirus, the World Health Organization says | Euronews
Africa is now free of the wild poliovirus disease, which can cause paralysis in children, The World Health Organization said on Tuesday.
The announcement comes after no cases were reported for four years on the continent, with the last case detected in Nigeria... Pakistan and Afghanistan are now the only two countries believed to still have the wild poliovirus.
▽Man who believed virus was hoax loses wife to Covid-19 - BBC News
A Florida taxi driver, who believed false claims that coronavirus was a hoax, has lost his wife to Covid-19.
Brian Lee Hitchens and his wife, Erin, had read claims online that the virus was fabricated, linked to 5G or similar to the flu.
The couple didn't follow health guidance or seek help when they fell ill in early May. Brian recovered but his 46-year-old wife became critically ill and died this month from heart problems linked to the virus.
