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The most prominent of the new changes is the amendment allowing the public consumption of alcohol. Until now, both Emiratis and foreign tourists needed to purchase a special license in order to store alcohol in their homes. Honor killings will also be banned for the first time, ending the grisly practice that results in the deaths of thousands of Muslim women across the Middle East over religious infractions. The legal loopholes for “honor crimes” commonly enabled male relatives to escape punishment for murdering female relatives. Attempted suicide was decriminalized, and Muslims will also now be afforded the right to choose non-Islamic inheritance. The aforementioned restriction had long rankled women, who are now allowed to inherit their husbands and fathers under Shariah law. A statement by the UAE’s government confirmed that Emirati citizens can now “choose the laws that apply to their actions in matters of inheritance and inheritance, in order to achieve stability in the financial interests of foreign investors in the country” and “to strengthen the guarantee of personal freedoms and
support the community security system without prejudice to the principles and societal gains.” The relaxation of the onerous religious legislation comes as the UAE attempts to rebrand itself as a western business hub. Emiratis celebrated the news on social media after it was announced on Friday, with the newfound ability to drink alcohol being especially popular. “The UAE has finally moved out of the 12th century into the 13th Century. Keep going, boys,” tweeted one Emirati journalist. “Ladies and gentlemen, let’s welcome the UAE to the 21st century please by raising your glasses and drinking to that!” wrote another.
Peru Pres. Ousted On Monday, Peru’s Congress ousted President Martín Vizcarra in an impeachment vote over corruption allegations. Vizcarra accepted the decision without argument. “Today I am leaving the presidential palace. Today I am going home,” Vizcarra said during a speech late on
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Monday, surrounded by his cabinet in the courtyard of the presidential residence in downtown Lima.
among mink farm populations, the World Health Organization (WHO) said in a statement.
Head of Congress, Manuel Merino, an agronomist and businessman from the minority Popular Action, is expected to assume the presidency on Tuesday and will remain in office until the end of July 2021, when Vizcarra’s term was due to expire. This was the second time lawmakers attempted to remove Vizcarra from office. This time around, Congress had the necessary votes to oust him over accusations that as a governor he accepted bribes from companies that won public works contracts. 105 members voted for his removal; Congress only needs 87 votes to oust a president. Vizcarra, 57, lacked a party in the fragmented Congress and had a tense relationship with lawmakers, with whom he frequently locked horns over his anti-graft agenda. He dissolved Congress last year after a long-running standoff, a move that prompted criticism by right-wing lawmakers. Vizcarra’s removal from office plunges the world’s No. 2 copper producer into political turmoil as it looks to recover from an economic recession brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. Lawmakers sympathetic to Vizcarra rejected his ouster and warned that the decision would heighten instability in the Andean country. “This is a coup in disguise. We need calm, but also a lot of citizen surveillance,” George Forsyth, a mayor and one of the early front-runners for the 2021 election, said.
The concern over mink population infections arises from the recent discovery of mutations in the virus among farmed mink in Denmark. The “cluster 5” variant, as the WHO labels it, has a combination of mutations that have not been previously observed. The “cluster 5” variant has thus far shown to be less inhibited by antibodies than the normal virus is, which authorities fear may threaten the efficacy of vaccines in development across the globe. Denmark recently announced plans to kill up to 17 million farmed mink after discovering that 12 humans had caught the mutated form of the virus. “We have a great responsibility toward our own population, but with the mutation that has now been found, we have an even greater responsibility for the rest of the world as well,” Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said. Frederiksen said the slaughter would happen as soon as possible and would involve the armed forces. By as early as April, Dutch officials noted the presence of COVID-19 among at least two mink farms. Spain discovered more cases on mink farms in July, leading to a cull of around 100,000 in that instance. Overall, the Spanish and Dutch governments culled around 1 million mink at farms across both countries. The United States discovered infected mink populations in August on two farms in Utah.
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At least six countries have reported that farmed mink have contracted coronavirus. Italy, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands and the U.S. join Denmark in noting the presence of the virus
On Sunday, Japanese Emperor Naruhito’s younger brother, Crown Prince Fumihito, was formally sworn in as first in line to the Chrysanthemum Throne. The ceremony for the 54-year-old
