News Headlines - 22 September 2020

▽US-China tensions shadow United Nations meeting | TheHill

President Trump delivered short, blistering remarks against China at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, highlighting divisions among the world nations amid calls for unity over the coronavirus crisis that has transformed the annual gathering into a largely virtual session.
The president called for the international body to hold China accountable for the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic and attacked the World Health Organization as complicit in the crisis with Beijing... His statements were immediately rebutted by the Chinese representative to the U.N., Zhang Jun, rejecting “baseless” accusations and arguing for “not spreading of a political virus.”

▽Deutsche Bank to shut down one in five German branches - The Local

Deutsche Bank said Tuesday it will close one-fifth of its German branches to cut costs and adapt to changing consumer habits in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Germany's largest bank plans to reduce its high-street footprint from 500 to 400 branches "as quickly as possible," said Philipp Gossow, head of the private banking division.

▽Old TV caused village broadband outages for 18 months - BBC News

The mystery of why an entire village lost its broadband every morning at 7am was solved when engineers discovered an old television was to blame.
An unnamed householder in Aberhosan, Powys, was unaware the old set would emit a signal which would interfere with the entire village's broadband.
After 18 months engineers began an investigation after a cable replacement programme failed to fix the issue.

▽John Lennon killer says sorry for 'despicable act' - BBC News

Mark Chapman, the man who killed John Lennon, has apologised to the late Beatle's widow, Yoko Ono, 40 years after his death... He was denied parole for the eleventh time following a hearing last month.
During the hearing, Chapman said he killed the 40-year-old rock star for "glory" and that he deserved the death penalty.
He added that he thinks about the "despicable act" all the time, and accepts he may spend the rest of his life in prison.

▽Former pop star Tatsuya Yamaguchi arrested for drunken driving | The Japan Times

Tatsuya Yamaguchi, a former member of all-male pop idol group Tokio, has been arrested on suspicion of drunken driving, it was learned Tuesday.
Yamaguchi, 48, is suspected of driving a motorcycle under the influence of alcohol, investigative sources said. He was arrested in Tokyo's Nerima Ward after colliding with a car waiting at a traffic light around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday... Tokio made its music debut in 1994 as a five-member group, but the number dropped to four after the group's talent agency Johnny & Associates terminated Yamaguchi's contract for forcibly kissing a female high school student, whom he met through work, at his home in April 2018.