Ana Swanson and Christopher Buckley, The New York Times
Published: 09 Jan 2021 04:02 PM BdST
Updated: 09 Jan 2021 04:02 PM BdST An aerial view of solar panels on homes in Clovis, Calif., on Oct. 22, 2020. A new report shows some of the world’s biggest solar companies work with the Chinese government to absorb workers from Xinjiang, programs that are often seen as a red flag for forced labor. (Chang W. Lee/The New York Times)
In a flat, arid expanse of China’s far west Xinjiang region, a solar technology company welcomed labourers from a rural area 650 miles away, preparing to put them to work at GCL-Poly, the world’s second-largest maker of polysilicon.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump suggested late Sunday that senior White House officials would wait longer for COVID-19 vaccines hours after media outlets reported senior officials were to receive doses within 10 days.
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump is accompanied by Vice President Mike Pence as he speaks during a meeting with Serbia s President Aleksandar Vucic and Kosovo s Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Late Sunday night, Trump said on Twitter he had asked for an “adjustment” to be made to the plans to vaccinate White House officials.
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Throughout 2020 the world saw multiple major hacks and breaches of schools, governments, and private companies as more systems moved online and the world adapted to the coronavirus pandemic here are five of the most notable hacks and breaches of 2020.
In 2020 many services and companies moved online as the coronavirus pandemic made it increasingly hard to operating normally. Hackers saw this as a fantastic opportunity to make some money (and cause mayhem). Soon multiple companies, governments, schools, and hospitals were subject to data breaches, ransomware attacks, and general hacks.
Here are some of the worst hacks and data breaches that took place in 2020.
Hackers believed to be working for Russia have been monitoring internal email traffic at the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments, according to people familiar with the matter, adding they feared the hacks uncovered so far may be the tip of the iceberg.
25 Days That Changed the World: How Covid-19 Slipped Chinaâs Grasp
The most famous doctor in China was on an urgent mission.
Celebrated as the hero who helped uncover the SARS epidemic
17 years ago, Dr. Zhong Nanshan, now 84, was under orders to rush to Wuhan, a city in central China, and investigate a strange new coronavirus. His assistant photographed the doctor on the night train, eyes closed in thought, an image that would later rocket around China and burnish Dr. Zhongâs reputation as the nationâs medic riding to the rescue.
Chinaâs official history now portrays Dr. Zhongâs trip as the cinematic turning point in an ultimately triumphant war against Covid-19, when he discovered the virus was spreading dangerously and sped to Beijing to sound the alarm. Four days later, on Jan. 23, Chinaâs leader, Xi Jinping, sealed off Wuhan.