News Headlines - 02 November 2020
▽Osaka metropolis plan rejected by slim margin in 2nd referendum
Voters once again opposed by a slim margin reorganizing Osaka city into a metropolis akin to Tokyo in a second referendum on the proposal Sunday, bringing uncertainty to local and national politics as it effectively ended the career of a key proponent.
The so-called Osaka metropolis plan, which was backed by Osaka Mayor Ichiro Matsui and Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura, was aimed at correcting the overconcentration of population and power in Tokyo as the major western Japan city faces a shrinking economy.
▽‘Act of terror’: At least 22 killed in Kabul University attack | Al Jazeera
At least 22 people were killed and 22 other wounded when gunmen stormed Kabul University in a brutal, hours-long assault that saw students left in pools of blood in their classrooms.
The attack in Afghanistan’s capital on Monday, claimed by the the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL, ISIS) group, came as violence surged across the country.
PRINCE William “struggled to breathe” after being struck down by Covid-19, The Sun can reveal.
The Duke of Cambridge kept his diagnosis a secret because he didn’t want to alarm the nation.
The heir to the throne, 38, caught the virus in April days after dad, Prince Charles, and Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, were struck down.
▽Petrenko shuts down Berlin Phil with John Cage’s 4’33” - Slipped Disc
Kirill Petrenko tonight ended the last Berlin Philharmonic with 4’33” by John Cage - four and a half minutes of silence. The video is presently being edited.
The following statement was made before the performance:
Following measures taken by the Federal and regional authorities in Germany to contain the corona pandemic, the Philharmonie Berlin will be closed from 2 to 30 November 2020. In view of this, the Berliner Philharmoniker and their chief conductor Kirill Petrenko have added another work to today’s concert programme.
▽Whale sculpture stops train in Rotterdam crashing into water | The Guardian
A metro train that overran the stop blocks at a station outside Rotterdam has been left balancing 10 metres above ground on the plastic tail of a whale sculpture. The metro driver was reportedly able to free himself from the train without injury after the incident shortly after midnight on Monday morning. There were no passengers onboard
