News Headlines - 06 November 2020

▽Nikkei at highest level since bubble economy ended nearly 30 yrs ago - The Mainichi

Tokyo stocks finished higher Friday, lifting the Nikkei index to a level unseen since the collapse of the country's asset-inflated bubble economy nearly 30 years ago... The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 219.95 points, or 0.91 percent, from Thursday at 24,325.23, its highest close since Nov. 13, 1991.

▽Hong Kong launches WTO trade dispute against U.S. over labelling | Reuters

Hong Kong has launched a trade dispute against the United States over what it says is a U.S. requirement that goods from Hong Kong be marked as coming from China, a World Trade Organization (WTO) document showed on Tuesday... The complaint pointed to a new U.S. rule announced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in August that goods from Hong Kong would have to be marked as coming from China. The rule was to have taken effect in late September, but the requirement for compliance was then extended to Nov. 10.
The United States formerly allowed Hong Kong to be named as the place of origin. Hong Kong, a special administrative region of China, is a member in its own right at the 164-member WTO.

▽N.K. leader has no health symptoms despite being overweight: spy agency | Yonhap News Agency

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has gained a substantial amount of weight each year since taking power in the country in late 2011 but remains free from any serious health symptoms, according to the South's spy agency Tuesday.
In a regular parliamentary audit, the South's National Intelligence Service (NIS) reported that Kim's state of health "had no irregular symptoms despite being a little overweight," main opposition People Power Party's Rep. Ha Tae-keung, who attended the closed-door audit at the National Assembly, told reporters.
"Kim currently weighs in the 140 kilogram range after having gained an average of 6 to 7 kilograms per year over the past eight years since weighing 90 kilograms in August of 2012," Ha quoted the spy agency as reporting.

▽QAnon promoter Marjorie Taylor Greene wins seat in Congress - CNNPolitics

Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican businesswoman known for espousing conspiratorial and bigoted views, won her House race to represent northwest Georgia, CNN projects Tuesday.
The future congresswoman drew the scorn of Republican leaders during her primary race against neurosurgeon John Cowan, after reports that she had promoted "Q," an anonymous central character in a conspiracy theory that claims that President Donald Trump secretly fights to bring down a cabal of pedophiles. The FBI has warned such fringe views amount to a domestic terror threat.

▽Covid: MPs vote to back four-week England lockdown - BBC News

MPs backed a four-week lockdown in England to combat coronavirus on Wednesday, before it kicked in.
Boris Johnson saw off a rebellion by 34 Tory MPs opposed to the move, with the support of Labour.
The government won the vote by 516 to 39, a majority of 477... It comes as the government said a further 492 people had died within 28 days of testing positive for Covid-19. This brings the UK total to 47,742.
The number of deaths reported on Wednesday is the highest daily figure since 19 May, when 500 deaths were reported.