News Headlines - 22 November 2020

▽Japan Coronavirus Deaths Exceed 2,000 - JIJI PRESS

Japan's death toll linked to the novel coronavirus rose by seven from the previous day to 2,001 on Sunday.
The death toll, which includes foreign cruise ship-related cases, doubled in about four months after surpassing 1,000 on July 20. Japan had its first fatal case Feb. 13.
Across the country, 2,170 new infection cases were confirmed Sunday. The daily count exceeded 2,000 for the fifth straight day.

▽Danish government gets backing for plan to cull minks

The Danish government said Tuesday that a majority in parliament backed its decision to cull the country’s 15 million minks over concerns about a mutated version of the virus that has spread among the animals.
The government had announced the cull despite not having the right to order the killing of healthy animals, an embarrassing misstep that caused it to scramble to build political consensus for a new law.
The one-party Social Democratic, minority government made a deal late Monday with four left-leaning and center parties to support a law proposal that would allow for the culling of all mink, including those outside northern Denmark where infections have been found. The law proposal also bans mink farming until the end of 2021.

▽Protesters torch Guatemala's Congress building amid unrest

Hundreds of protesters broke into Guatemala’s Congress and burned part of the building Saturday amid growing demonstrations against President Alejandro Giammattei and the legislature for approving a controversial budget that cut educational and health spending.
The incident came as about 10,000 people were protesting in front of the National Palace in Guatemala City against corruption and the budget, which protesters say was negotiated and passed by legislators in secret while the Central American country was distracted by the fallout of back-to-back hurricanes and the COVID-19 pandemic.

▽Ethiopia PM gives Tigray 72 hour ultimatum to surrender | DW

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has given the regional forces of the northern Tigray province a 72-hour ultimatum to surrender before the military begins an assault on the regional capital, Mekelle.
"We urge you to surrender peacefully within 72 hours, recognizing that you are at the point of no return," said the Nobel Peace Prize laureate in a tweet.

▽Pompeii: Dig uncovers remains of rich man and slave killed by Vesuvius - BBC News

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of two men who died in the volcanic eruption that destroyed the ancient Roman city of Pompeii nearly 2,000 years ago.
One was probably a man of high status, and the other his slave, officials at the Pompeii archaeological park said... Pompeii was engulfed by a volcanic eruption from Mount Vesuvius in AD 79.
The eruption buried Pompeii in ash, freezing the city and its residents in time, and making it a rich source for archaeologists.