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Article Analysis FirstNews Issue 753 20 – 26 November 2020 WORLD NEWS VIETNAM USA President Trump won’t give up President Donald Trump has refused to admit that he lost the US Getty election, despite the fact that Joe Biden secured 306 electoral college votes, many more than the 270 needed to win. Mr Trump claims that Mr Getty Biden cheated, even tweeting: “He won because the election was rigged.” Lawyers working for the president have tried to fight the result, but their claims have been thrown out by courts in several states due to a lack of evidence. However, President Trump continues to claim that he New trading group won the election. President-elect Biden has said that Mr Trump’s refusal to accept the election Fifteen countries, including China, result is “embarrassing”, but that Japan, South Korea, New Zealand and it is not “slowing down” his work Australia, have agreed to become a before he officially becomes ETHIOPIA part of the Regional Comprehensive president on 20 January 2021. Economic Partnership (RCEP) at a Conflict worsens virtual summit hosted by Vietnam. Ethiopia may be on the brink The RCEP is the largest free trade Getty of a civil war, after fighting agreement in the world, and will PERU between two groups got mean that the 15 countries involved worse. Hundreds have will be able to trade together much already died during fighting more easily. The agreement has taken between the country’s eight years of work to create. Almost Getty government forces, led by a third of all the world’s economic Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, activity (things that involve money and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF). Both or the exchange of products) will groups accuse each other of starting the fighting, be covered by the new RCEP trade but there has been tension between them since Abiy agreement. Ahmed came to power in 2018. Thousands have already fled into neighbouring Sudan. Abiy Ahmed was awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his NEW ZEALAND Hat-trick of work in ending a 20-year conflict between presidents Ethiopia and Eritrea. Peru’s Congress (parliament) has voted to remove President Martín Vizcarra, after he was accused of bribery. The leader of Congress, Manuel Merino (above), was then made president, but huge protests broke out, during which two protesters died. In response to the violence Getty in the streets, Manuel Merino quit the job and called for “peace and unity”. Francisco Sagasti was then made Peru’s third president in a week. GERMANY Masks back on Celebrating couch potatoes With just one new case of COVID-19 in A new advert from the German government shows an Auckland, New Zealand’s government elderly man looking back on the winter of 2020. Talking has called for the city’s citizens to wear to the camera, he says: “The fate of this country lay in a mask when on public transport, and Bundesregierung/YouTube our hands, so we mustered all our courage and did what to work from home where possible. was expected of us, the only right thing. We did nothing. The elderly man in The country has very nearly stamped Absolutely nothing.” The advert is one of three, which all the advert looks back out all cases of the disease twice show people celebrating their laziness to stop the spread on the winter of 2020 before, and says that the response is of the coronavirus. out of “an abundance of caution”. Article Analysis FirstNews Issue 753 20 – 26 November 2020 Questions on: World News Part A: Find and explain the facts A1. Which country is each headline associated with? Hat-trick of presidents President Trump won’t give up New trading group Conflict worsens Celebrating couch potatoes Masks back on A2. Peru has had three presidents in a week. Name them in order. A3. Summarise the story that goes with the headline: “President Trump won’t give up”. A4. What is the RCEP? A5. Describe the conflict in Ethiopia. Part B: Deduce and infer information B1. Why has Peru had three presidents in a week? B2. Why is the RCEP significant? B3. Why is there mention of the fact that Abiy Ahmed was awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize? B4. Why is laziness being celebrated in Germany? B5. New Zealand’s government has called for the citizens of Auckland to wear a mask on public transport, and to work from home where possible. Why has this been referred to as “an abundance of caution”? Part C: Analyse the writing and presentation C1. Comment on the use of the noun “hat-trick” in the headline: “Hat-trick of presidents”. C2. What is the purpose of the stories on the World News page? C3. Have a look at the Home News page. If you had to choose one of those stories to be the story for the UK on the World News page, which story would you choose, and why? Article Analysis FirstNews Issue 753 20 – 26 November 2020 Questions on: World News Part A: Find and explain the facts A1. Which country is each headline associated with? Hat-trick of presidents President Trump won’t give up New trading group Conflict worsens Celebrating couch potatoes Masks back on A2. Peru has had three presidents in a week. Name them in order. ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ A3. Summarise the story that goes with the headline: “President Trump won’t give up”. ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ A4. What is the RCEP? ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ A5. Describe the conflict in Ethiopia. ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ Article Analysis FirstNews Issue 753 20 – 26 November 2020 Questions on: World News ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ Part B: Deduce and infer information B1. Why has Peru had three presidents in a week? ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................ ...........................................................................................................................................................................................