News Headlines - 04 November 2020

▽Japan left with only one nuclear reactor working due to shutdown : The Asahi Shimbun

Japan will have to limp by on just one nuclear reactor for the next six weeks after Kansai Electric Power Co. shut down the No. 4 reactor at its Oi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, western Japan, for regular maintenance on Nov. 3.
That task will fall to the No. 4 reactor of Kyushu Electric Power Co.’s Genkai nuclear power plant in Genkai, Saga Prefecture... This is the first time since May 2017 that all nuclear reactors operated by Kansai Electric remain suspended.

▽Turkish rescuers pull girl from rubble 4 days after quake

Rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir pulled a young girl out alive from the rubble of a collapsed apartment building Tuesday, four days after a strong earthquake hit Turkey and Greece and as hopes of reaching survivors began to fade.
Wrapped in a thermal blanket, the girl was taken into an ambulance on a stretcher to the sounds of applause and chants of “God is great!” from rescue workers and onlookers.

▽France to ban Turkish ultranationalist Grey Wolves group | Al Jazeera

France plans to ban Turkish far-right nationalist group, the Grey Wolves.
Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin described the organisation as “particularly aggressive” and told legislators on Monday that he would be seeking its dissolution at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday.
French Muslims express ‘anger, sadness’ after Nice attack
The ban follows recent incidents in France involving the Grey Wolves group amid growing tensions between France and Turkey and over the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

▽Burger King wants you to order from McDonald's - CNN

Fast food chain Burger King has taken a rather unusual step: calling on customers to order from archrival McDonald's, as well as a number of other competing restaurants.
The company's UK arm tweeted a statement Monday asking consumers to support their local fast food outlets during the coronavirus pandemic, whether they are Burger King or not.

▽Meghan Markle 'voted by post' in US election 2020 - despite royal protocol | Express.co.uk

Megahan Markle, 39, has been vocal about her decision to vote in this year's US election but despite announcing her intention to do so did not clarify how she meant to cast her ballot. A source has now claimed the Duchess submitted an early postal vote before the election day on November 3. The unnamed insider told the New York Post Meghan could not wait to cast her vote, which she did via mail-in ballot.