Relationship between Globalisation and Free Trade – Explained!

Globalisation brought about internationalisation of economic activities, especially with US and UK taking to greater interest in market coordination during 1980s. There was greater emphasis on private enterprise during Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher’s regime in US and UK respectively. During this period, there were more export-oriented economies, due to the recommended path by the international funding bodies such as International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank.
Read more: https://www.sociologydiscussion.com/globalisation/relationship-between-globalisation-and-free-trade-explained/1031?source=Snapzu

Covid-19 misinformation: pro-Trump and QAnon Twitter bots found to be worst offenders

Researchers find coordinated effort to promote conspiracy theory that coronavirus is a bioweapon engineered by China
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/jun/01/covid-19-misinformation-pro-trump-and-qanon-twitter-bots-found-to-be-worst-culprits?source=Snapzu

Google reportedly rescinds job offers for thousands of contractors and temporary workers

Google rescinded offers for more than 2,000 people who had agreed to work as contractors or temporary employees, The New York Times first reported Friday. In an email viewed by the Times, Google told contracting agencies last week that it has been “slowing our pace of hiring and investment, and are not bringing on as many new starters as we had planned at the beginning of the year.” Google said it would “not be moving forward to onboard” the workers it had brought on through the agencies.
Read more: https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/29/google-said-to-rescind-job-offers-for-thousands-of-contractors-temps.html?source=Snapzu

Hong Kong protesters, waving American flags, call on Trump to 'liberate' the city

Thousands of protesters in Hong Kong waved the Stars and Stripes and called on Donald Trump to “liberate” the Chinese-ruled city. Riot police stood by as protesters sang the Star Spangled Banner and waved placards appealing for democracy after another night of violence in the 14th week of unrest. “Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong,” they shouted before handing over petitions at the US Consulate. “Resist Beijing, liberate Hong Kong.”
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/hong-kong-protest-trump-china-american-flag-stars-stripes-a9096311.html?source=Snapzu

Lady Gaga calls Donald Trump ‘a fool and a racist’ in emotional George Floyd message

Lady Gaga has called Donald Trump “a fool and a racist” and argued he has offered “nothing but ignorance and prejudice while black lives continue to be taken”. In an emotional message posted to social media, Gaga expressed her anger over the killing of George Floyd, a Minneapolis man who was pinned to the ground by his neck by a white police officer despite pleading for his life.
Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/lady-gaga-george-floyd-donald-trump-police-brutality-chromatica-a9541011.html?source=Snapzu

The United States will cut ties with the World Health Organization, says President Trump

The United States will terminate its relationship with the World Health Organization (WHO), President Trump said in a press conference today. “China has total control over World Health Organization,” Trump said. “We have detailed to them the reforms that they must make and engaged with them directly but they have refused to act.”
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/29/21274933/trump-us-who-funding-terminated-cut-china-global-health?source=Snapzu

Hacktivist Group Anonymous Takes Down Minneapolis PD Website, Releases Video Threatening To Expose Corrupt Police Officers

International hacktivist group Anonymous, who are widely known to carry out cyberattacks against several government agencies/institutions, released a video Saturday night vowing to bring justice for George Floyd after he died at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin.
Read more: https://brobible.com/culture/article/hacktivist-group-anonymous-minneapolis-pd-george-floyd/?source=Snapzu