Start your day off right with five things you need to know this morning.
Five things you need to know
Scientists in South Africa are investigating the possibility that COVID-19 variants are evolving in people who have weakened immune systems through the likes of HIV. South Africa, where two variants of concern have so far been discovered, has one of the world's worst HIV epidemics.
South African scientists probe link between Covid variants and untreated HIV https://t.co/FRNiAjT58e
— BBC News (UK) (@BBCNews) December 21, 2021
Executives at Boeing and Airbus have warned that 5G technology could have an "enormous negative" effect on the aviation industry. Firms in the US are set to deploy 5G services early in the new year.
Boeing and Airbus executives have urged the U.S. government to delay a 5G internet rollout, saying it could disrupt flight and radio equipment https://t.co/4D7CFUbsDF pic.twitter.com/QgcceV9m3Y
— Reuters (@Reuters) December 21, 2021
A Jordanian aristocrat has been awarded more than half a billion dollars after a divorce. Princess Haya Bint Al-Hussain is the daughter of Jordan's former king.
A U.K. court has ordered Dubai's ruler to pay his ex-wife and their children close to 550 million pounds ($730 million), in one of the most expensive divorce settlements in British history. https://t.co/nwgdYAxUN0
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) December 21, 2021
A jury in a New York City court is now deliberating in the trial of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell. She is accused of sex trafficking and perjury.
After deliberating for less than an hour Monday, jurors in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial are set to begin their first full day of deliberations in federal court in New York https://t.co/bcqCpCuTm9
— CNN (@CNN) December 21, 2021
Twelve missionaries who were abducted in Haiti have escaped, Christian Aid Ministries has said. The charity said the victims fled their captors at night and trekked through dense bush to win their freedom.
A group of 12 missionaries held hostage made a daring overnight escape last week in Haiti, walking for miles over harsh terrain with children in tow, according to Christian Aid Ministries https://t.co/NRQO2eQ55M
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 21, 2021
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