Biden Gets Thumbs Up From Wall Street

A freshrace for trade supremacy has begun. China is ready to consider joining a giant trans-Pacific trade deal that the U.S. was earlier pushing but that President Donald Trump had blocked, the country’s leader Xi Jinping has indicated. Given Beijing’s economic size, it would lead any such accord unless President-elect Joe Biden decides to rejoin negotiations for a pact that could reshape global trade. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average touched a new record high Tuesday afterPresident Trump greenlighted the transition of power to President-elect Biden’s administration. (Sources: South China Morning Post, WSJ) 

2. Debt Tsunami

Even as deaths from COVID-19 pile up, a debt epidemic could be next. Zambia has become the first African country to default on debt payments amid the pandemic and aid agencies worry that other nations might follow. (Source: Guardian)

3. And That’s Period

Scotland is the first country to approve legislation under which authorities must provide free tampons and sanitary pads to “anyone who needs them,” in a move aimed at ending period poverty. Do you think your country should follow suit? Vote on Twitter. (Source: BBC)

4. K-Pop the Champagne

Not just yet, but it might be time to celebrate soon for the fans of hit South Korean band BTS, which received the first ever Grammy nomination yesterday for a K-pop group. Their first English single “Dynamite,” reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart earlier this year. They’re explosive for sure. (Source: CNN)

If a case involving a drug gang and a hit man who killed the wrong person puts you to sleep, the jury’s probably not the best place for you. A judge in Sydney has discharged a juror after she repeatedly nodded off during a murder trial entering its final stages.

She’s the original, glass ceiling-shattering Kamla. As a child, she worked in rice fields. Today she’s arguably the most influential female politician in the region. The former prime minister of Trinidad and Tobago (the first woman in that post) who was in office from 2010 to 2015 has publicly supported racial justice protesters in the United States. She’s now the leader of the opposition, plotting a comeback. 

2. Sean Paul

He was training to become an Olympic swimmer for Jamaica.Then music stole him. One of the greatest dancehall musicians of all time, the 47-year-old Grammy winner has Indian, Jamaican and Portuguese lineage and was born in Kingston. But he hasn’t forgotten his first love and was helping to fund the removal of a toxic welding plant near a swimming pool in 2018.

3. Deborah Persaud

The Indo-Guyanese pediatrician at Johns Hopkins University is among the world’s leading researchers on HIV and AIDS in children, including how a baby born with HIV could be cured from the disease. In her free time, the mother of three loves driving. And in the lab, she’s driving efforts to convince the scientific community that treating children with HIV early gives them the best shot at living relatively healthy lives.

1) Israel    2) Slovenia   3) Bahamas

a. Zala       b) Coraline   c) Tamar

Actor and comedian Lamorne Morris gets personal. Tune in to hear the hottest gossip from the set of New Girl and his new Hulu show, Woke. What career advice did he get from the late Chadwick Boseman? Watch later today. 

Monogamy is a valued trait in most societies. But its origins might have been bloody and brutal. Scientists now believe that monogamy in mammals — especially our primate ancestors — took off as a way to stop infanticide. A male would kill newborns if they didn’t belong to him, to quickly return the mother to a fertile state so he could mate with her. So monogamous couples formed, with the male helping take care of — and protecting — his offspring.

2. Cov-estic Abuse

More time with your significant other is good, right? Not always. As a second COVID-19 wave forces new lockdowns, the threat of a fresh surge in domestic violence is also rising. America witnessed a 34 percent increase in people considering divorce between March and June compared to the same period in 2019. And six out of 10 women in the U.K. live with their abusers.

3. Daunting Dating

Dating and apps today go together and pandemic-era travel restrictions have made these platforms even more vital for singles. But 85 percent of dating app users say they feel unsafe, especially as complaints of sexual assaults often go unanswered by the apps. Read more on OZY.

There’s plenty you can do with them — squats, lunges or even runs. But OZY’s editor-at-large and in-house fitness freak Eugene S. Robinson has a favorite routine: Lie on your back on the ground and raise the bag above you in a bench press position. Then stand up. Hard? Yep, that’s the idea. Read more on OZY.

2. Superset

You’ve heard of pushups, dips, and pullups for targeting those arm muscles, but have you tried a superset? It’s a combination of two different exercises without any rest in between. So say you’re at home, and you’re pounding away at pushups, and then pullups, well, this routine helps you marry the two. Read more on OZY.

3. Afrobeat

Who says you can’t enjoy every second of your workout? If weights and routines bore you, Afrobeat dance workouts are what you need. Check out this video by Sherrie Silver, the choreographer behind Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino’s “This is America.”

On Monday we asked you which Indian industrialist who inherited a liquor business — and expanded it to airlines, F1 and more — is now absconding from the law. Gerry F., Chanda K., Prakash, Tom H., Ojo A., Ravi, Dawn W., Smita, Jackie T., Wendee, Lenny, Anjali R., Jatin R. — you got it right!!! It’s Vijay Mallya.  

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