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The State of Democracy in Different Regions around the World

According to a survey by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), only 8% of the world’s population actually lives in a full, functioning democracy.

 

Meanwhile, another 37% of population lives in some type of “flawed democracy”, while 55% of the world does not live in democracy at all, based on the EIU’s latest Democracy Index Report.

 

Factors that have caused numerous declines to country democracy scores in recent years include Events such as the war in Ukraine and restrictive, long-lasting COVID-19 measures. Since the source report first began tracking scores in 2006, the global average has fallen from 5.52 to 5.29.

The State of Democracy in Different Regions around the World #Infographic



The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has recently issued a ban on some of China’s leading surveillance and telecom services, including Huawei, ZTE Corp, Dahua, Hytera, and Hikvision among others, that can no longer sell their telecom and video surveillance equipment the US.

 

While many are deeming the FCC’s decision as controversial, the agency has claimed that the attempts are in the country’s best interests in terms of national security.

FCC Announces Ban on Several Top Chinese Telecom Services in US

3 Solutions to decrease the Manufacturing Labor Shortage in Canada

Shortage of skilled workers and labors in manufacturing sector in Canada has gotten worse recently. In 2021, 82% of manufacturers claimed that they faced immediate shortage of labors. This infographic from Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters (CME) highlights the extent of the skilled workers and labor shortage, and the measures that can be taken to solve this issue.

The data collected in 2022 shows that there are more job vacancies available than job seekers. This has happened for the first time since the data collection process in 2015.

3 Solutions to decrease the Manufacturing Labor Shortage in Canada #Infographic

How long did Israeli Prime Ministers serve the nation?

As the infographic shows, Benjamin Netanyahu has spent the longest time in office as the Prime Minister of Israel. He was the ninth elected Prime Minister of the country and had been in the position since 2009.

However, the current elections in the country resulted in the victory of Naftali Bennett as the newly elected Prime Minister for Israel. The right-wing party of Bennet won by an extremely close majority of 60 to 59. Bennet will have the power of Prime Minister till September 2023. Leader of Yesh Atid, Yair Lapid is the alternate Prime Minister of Israel as per the power-sharing deal.

How long did Israeli Prime Ministers serve the nation? #infographic

 


Following the Australian Government’s action towards making changes to its proposed Media Bargaining Code, Facebook has announced its agreement to restore the Pages of Australian news publishers on its platform. The company is getting more time to negotiate separate deals with publishers and as a result, it would be able to launch Facebook News in the region.

 

“After further discussions, we are satisfied that the government has agreed to a number of changes and guarantees that address our core concerns about allowing commercial deals that recognize the value our platform provides to publishers relative to the value we receive from them," Facebook said in a statement about the new agreement.


A total of four amendments have been made to the Australian Government’s proposed code, among which, the main addition suggests that "A decision to designate a platform under the code must take into account whether a digital platform has made a significant contribution to the sustainability of the Australian news industry through reaching commercial agreements with news media businesses."

Australian Government’s Code Amendments Allow Facebook to Restore Pages of Australian News Publishers

A timeline of leaders in charge

It is hard to keep track of the leaders, and other powerful positions were taken by World leaders when so much is happening around you. To help you get a clearer overview of who made it to the leadership position in the 15 most powerful countries in the world since the year 1970, we have prepared a timeline covering the whole history.

Starting from the year 1970, all the countries except UAE had their powerful leaders in charge. The entire 1970 period was about the Soviet Union and its leader Leonid Brezhnev. On the other hand, the U.S. was being led by Richard Nixon, who soon ended his reign due to infamous Watergate tapes, and his place was immediately filled by Mao Zedong but not for too long as two years later, his death news was announced all over the broadcasting channels.

A timeline of leaders in charge #infographic

 


An anti-monopoly group whose founder is working with Joe Biden’s transition team says that the Biden administration should expand antitrust cases against Google and Facebook. The group is named as The American Economic Liberties Project.

 

The recommendations offered by the group indicate how the Biden administration’s future policy-making is likely to be influenced. The group encouraged that the US Justice Department must make its stance clear on the antitrust action against Google by expanding the scope of litigation beyond search to other services offered by the company, including maps, travel and app store. The US Justice Department had sued the tech giant in October last year over dominating search and advertising.

Biden Administration Pressured to Seek Breakup of Google and Facebook

 


The US government announced a major change for drone law last week, according to which, almost every drone in US airspace will need to broadcast their locations, along with the location of their pilots. The purpose behind this rule is to “address safety, national security, and law enforcement concerns regarding the further integration of these aircraft into the airspace of the United States”.

 

Google has responded to the law update and isn’t too happy with the decision. Google’s drone delivery subsidiary Wing published a post that says that the broadcast-only remote identification of drones may have unintended consequences for American consumers, such as letting observers track people’s movements, accessing information such as where they go and live, where and when they receive packages, etc. It further added that this type of surveillance would not be acceptable for American communities.

Google’s Wing is Worried New Drone Law may have Consequences for American Consumers

The increasing percentage of CCJ in the UK

The number of County Court Judgments in the year 2019 reached 16,000, which evidently reflects on the unpaid debt of the UK. The primary reason why CCJs have observed a spiking increase in their numbers is that the people who receive CCJ for unpaid debt is particularly for lesser amounts. For instance, in the UK, mobile phone providers sell phones to people with smaller debts, i.e. £100- £200and when these buyers fail to pay for the purchased phones, a CCJ arrives at their doorstep hence giving a boost to the numbers.

The increasing percentage of CCJ in the UK #infographic

Trump pledges to acquire the lands for the president border wall

The campaign by Trump to take possession of the American land situated on the southern border has led many landowners to submit to the lawsuits which have been filed against them. To build the President’s border wall, Trump ordered to file lawsuits against the landowners between the years 2017 and 2020. So far, the government has managed to claim 135 tracts, and according to the Government reports, there are still 991 tracts on the way.

Trump pledges to acquire the lands for the president border wall #infographic

 


The U.K. government planned to phase out the Huawei 5G technology and as part of that plan, it is banning the installation of the new Huawei 5G equipment from September of next year. The government announced back in July that it would be barring firms from buying new equipment form Huawei starting from January 2021, due to the national security concerns revolving around the Chinese tech company.  


This means that any telecoms companies that have stockpiled Huawei equipment ahead of January 2021 will not be able to use them for long-term 5G rollouts. Reports suggest that several companies have been stockpiling the equipment since summer. However, firms possessing old Huawei equipment will still be able to maintain it after September.  


On the other hand, matters of the ban enforcement and the laws regarding it will be set by a new legislation in the Parliament this week. Furthermore, telecoms companies could be fined up to 10 percent of turnover or £100,000 per day if they fail to comply with the new security standards, according to the Telecommunications Security Bill requirements.  

UK Government to Ban Installation of New Huawei 5G Equipment

Are the US Presidents entering their old age?

Recently elected president Joe Biden celebrated his 78th birthday last week. Biden has been elected as the 46th President of the United States of America, and the inauguration ceremony is scheduled for January 2021. Joe Biden is currently the oldest President ever in the history of America; however, the former President Donald Trump is now the second oldest (as in age) President for the USA. Four years ago, when Trump was elected as the President, he aged 70 years at that time.

Are the US Presidents entering their old age? #infographic

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