Five things to know to start your Saturday

Trump wants to end daylight savings time

In a recent statement on his social media platform Truth Social, President-elect Donald Trump vowed to end daylight saving time. He criticized the practice as both inconvenient and expensive for the United States.

Currently, daylight saving time runs from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November, with time changes occurring at 2:00 am local time. Trump pledged that the Republican Party would work to eliminate this time-switching system, despite acknowledging that it has a dedicated, albeit small, group of supporters.

In his own words, Trump stated: “The Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate Daylight Saving Time, which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation.”

South Korea’s President could get impeached today

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing a second impeachment vote scheduled for today (Saturday). The vote comes after a controversial and short-lived attempt to impose martial law that sent shockwaves through the country and created deep divisions within his own political party.

On December 3rd, Yoon initially tried to impose military rule, but quickly rescinded the order just six hours later when the opposition-controlled parliament opposed the move. This dramatic episode has pushed South Korea into a constitutional crisis, with many calling for Yoon to resign, arguing that he violated the law.

The upcoming impeachment vote is set for 4 p.m. local time (0800 WAT), with large public demonstrations planned beforehand. Notably, Yoon’s conservative People Power Party had previously boycotted the first impeachment vote, preventing it from proceeding. However, this time, the party’s leader, Han Dong-hoon, has urged party members to support the impeachment. At least seven party members have already indicated they will vote to remove Yoon from office.

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WHO says Nigeria accounts for 46% of malaria deaths

The latest World Malaria Report shows just how bad malaria is in Africa, especially in Nigeria. In 2023, Nigeria was hit hardest, with 40% of all malaria cases and 46% of deaths happening in the country.

Health experts are worried. The countries working to fight malaria probably won’t meet their goal of cutting cases and deaths by 75% by 2025. The main problems? Not enough healthcare, ongoing wars, and other emergencies.

The good news is that since 2000, global efforts have stopped about 2.2 billion malaria cases and saved nearly 13 million lives. But the fight isn’t over. In 2023 alone, there were 263 million malaria cases worldwide, and about 597,000 people died from the disease.

The World Health Organisation says malaria is still a major problem, with Africa being the most affected region. Despite years of work, the disease continues to be a serious threat to people’s health.

Trump will meet with Apple’s Tim Cook at Mar-A-Lago

President-elect Donald Trump is continuing his series of meetings with big tech leaders, this time sitting down for dinner with Apple’s CEO Tim Cook at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. According to Bloomberg, the meeting is scheduled for Friday.

This dinner follows recent meetings with other tech executives, including a November dinner with Mark Zuckerberg from Meta and a discussion with Sundar Pichai from Google just the day before. Trump also mentioned plans to meet with Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in the coming week.

While Trump’s political views might seem different from Apple’s public stance, the company has been having a tough time with the current Biden administration. For instance, the Justice Department sued Apple in an antitrust case that could last for years.

An OpenAI whistleblower committed suicide

A former OpenAI researcher named Suchir Balaji, who had spoken out about potential copyright issues in AI development, died on November 26 in his San Francisco apartment. He was 26 years old.

Local police and the Medical Examiner’s Office investigated his death and concluded it was a suicide, with no signs of any criminal activity. Balaji had previously raised concerns about how generative AI technologies might be using copyrighted materials without proper permission.