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Top diplomats of the anti-IS coalition pose for a family photo ahead of a ministerial meeting in Riyadh, on the third day of US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to Saudi Arabia. IMAGES
Trade unions hold an anti-fascist protest in Rome, after violent protests last week in the centre of the city against the extension of the government's coronavirus pass led to a storming of the CGIL trade union. Calls have grown in Italy for a ban on the far-right group Forza Nuova, whose leaders were among those arrested after the storming of the union. IMAGES
Manila, Oct 7 (EFE/EPA).- Philippine Vice President Leni Robredo, one of the most critical voices against President Rodrigo Duterte’s policies, confirmed Thursday her candidacy for next year's general elections."I am firm in my resolution, we have to free ourselves from the current situation. I will fight. We will fight. I offer myself as a candidate for president in the 2022 elections," Robredo said in a television address before formalizing her candidacy.The vice president, perceived as the only real opposition to Duterte, said it is time to leave behind "the old and rotten policies" that do not allow Filipinos to cause change. (Camera: FRANCIS MALASIG).SHOT LIST: PHILIPPINES VICE PRESIDENT LENI ROBREDO GREETS HER SUPPORTERS DURING A MOTORCADE IN MANILA, PHILIPPINES .
In an unusually harsh punishment, China has condemned one of the country's top bankers to death over bribery and bigamy charges. Business Insider reports the condemned man is Lai Xiaomin, ex-chairman of the banking giant China Huarong Asset Management. He was found guilty of accepting $277 million in bribes between 2008 and 2018, and has been called China's most corrupt financial official. Execution by lethal injection is not a typical punishment for corruption, which usually results in a lifetime prison sentence. The death sentence comes as part of an anti-corruption crusade led by Chinese President Xi Jinping. Since its start, the commission has punished about 1.5 million officials.
Business Insider reports that Amazon and Barnes & Nobles searches for "vaccine" bring up anti-vaxx books. Two of the top five books in “vaccine” search results on Amazon.com promote anti-inoculation theories. The first such result on Barnes & Noble is a book by Thomas Cowan, who claims the current pandemic was caused by 5G wireless technology. The US could start rolling out COVID-19 shots as early as Friday. President-elect Joe Biden has warned that the public is losing faith in the effectiveness of a vaccine.
As lame duck President Donald Trump purges his administration, the Pentagon's top intelligence official has resigned in protest. According to Business Insider, Joseph Kernan, Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security, walked off the job on Tuesday. The Pentagon says Kernan's departure had been planned for months, but it notably comes the same day two other Department of Defense officials resigned. Kernan's announcement came one day after Trump fired Secretary of Defense Mark Esper by tweet, saying Esper had been 'terminated.' It also comes amid the resignation of the chief of staff to the Secretary of Defense Jen Stewart and acting Under Secretary of Defense for Policy James Anderson. Writing in a statement that 'it appears that chaos has now reached the Pentagon,' Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) was just one of many lawmakers sounding the alarm.