World News Hits on Wednesday

SEENews reviews the most dominating headlines of the daily world news.

Singapore's Grab puts partnership with troubled Wirecard on hold

Southeast Asian ride-hailing and payments company Grab said it had put a partnership with scandal-hit Wirecard on hold, days after the German payments firm disclosed a $2.1 billion financial hole that threatens its future. (Reuters)

Coronavirus: UK must prepare for second virus wave - health leaders

Health leaders are calling for an urgent review to determine whether the UK is properly prepared for the "real risk" of a second wave of coronavirus. (BBC News)

CDC director: Covid-19 has 'brought this nation to its knees'

Covid-19 has "brought this nation to its knees," Dr. Robert Redfield, director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Tuesday. (CNN News)

COVID-19: Airlines under fire over selling cheap tickets for flights later cancelled

Airlines have defended the decision to sell tickets for flights that are cancelled days later as the coronavirus pandemic continues to devastate the aviation and tourism sectors. (Euronews)

Massive explosions after ‘Israeli jets’ strike army bases in central Syria

Several military bases in central and southern Syria have been targeted by air attacks that Damascus has blamed on Israel, Syrian state media have reported. Videos on social media show massive explosions illuminating the night.(Russia Today)

Rouhani urges European parties to 2015 Iran nuclear deal to resist US pressure

EU nations previously launched the INSTEX mechanism, meant to bypass unilateral sanctions, re-imposed by the US on Tehran back in 2018. At the same time, the Islamic Republic stressed this was insufficient to save the 2015 deal, urging the signatories to oppose the US stance on the issue. (Sputnik News)

AOC wins big and other takeaways from Tuesday's elections

Over the past several months, voters have faced long lines and fewer in-person polling locations due to safety protocols related to the coronavirus pandemic and a related decrease in the number of people willing to work the polls. Even in Kentucky, where bipartisan changes were made in an attempt to expand access to the polls, there were still issues.

Prosecutor to tell Congress that Barr, top aides sought to cut Roger Stone ‘a break’

House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler wants Attorney General William P. Barr to testify in the Democrats’ investigation into what they warn is dangerous politicization at the Justice Department. (The Washington Post)

Senior officials are said to have intervened to reduce stone’s sentence

A former prosecutor is expected to testify that Roger Stone’s case was treated differently because of his relationship with President Trump. (The New York Times)