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 (Jan 26 2020) - Bangkok Post : C130's on standby for evacuation
CHINA -- Up to four C130 planes with medic teams have been put on standby in case Thailand decides to airlift its citizens from Wuhan as the coronavirus outbreak worsened in China. Air force chief Maanat Wongwat said the transport aircraft & medic teams were ready to take off to the Chinese city as soon as ...
(Jan 24 2020) - Monroe County Post : Coronavirus terrifies us, but
TENNESSEE -- Influenza rarely gets the sort of attention that coronavirus has, even though flu has already sickened at least 13 million Americans this winter & killed 6,600 people. In a bad year, the flu kills up to 61,000 Americans. There’s a deadly virus spreading from state to state. It preys on the most vulnerable
(Jan 22 2020) - Copenhagen Post : Denmark prepared for virus
DENMARK -- The Danish health authority is confident it's well prepared to tackle the new virus outbreak in China. The State Serum Institute said it wasn’t on high alert about the Wuhan Virus because the indications are that it can only be transmitted via close contact & that it isn’t as deadly as SARS.
(Jan 20 2020) - Nottingham Post : Paedophile hunters nab two
LONDON -- Two men have been jailed for more than 4 years combined for child sex offences. Adnan Farzat, 36, of Pandora Road, Camden, London, was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison for attempting to engage in sexual communication with a child, attempting to incite a child to engage in sexual activity ...
(Jan 19 2020) - Palm Beach Post : Illegal crossings plunge ...
YUMA -- Adolfo Cardenas smiles faintly at the memory of traveling with his 14-yr-old son from Honduras to the U.S.-Mexico border in only 9 days, riding buses & paying a smuggler $6,000 to ensure passage through highway checkpoints. Father & son walked about 10 min' in stifling heat before surrendering to border agents.
(Jan 18 2020) - Jerusalem Post : Iran arrests Christian convert
IRAN -- According to the website Art' 18, which seeks to promote religious freedom, “The 21-yr-old, who after her conversion now prefers to be known as Mary, was reportedly arrested near Azadi Square, where protests were taking place following the Iranian govt’s admission of guilt in the downing Ukrainian plane.”
(Jan 17 2020) - Post South : Nearly 100 mil' under winter warning
U.S.A. -- Nearly 100 million Americans were under a winter weather alert Friday as a sprawling storm is expected to create hazardous travel conditions from the Plains into northeastern U.S. through the weekend. Already Friday, a plane slid off a taxiway at Kansas City International Airport due to icy conditions ...
(Jan 16 2020) - SCM Post : China’s deal to buy more US goods ...
CHINA -- China’s pledge to ramp up purchases of US goods and services in an interim trade deal has drawn concern from other trading partners, with a leading European business group calling it a “distortion of the market” and saying the pact was “rewriting globalisation”. After the deal was signed in Washington ...
(Jan 15 2020) - Post News : Massive Trump Rally in Milwaukee
WISCONSIN -- Over 37,000 Watch Online at Right Side Broadcasting Network. President Trump is holding a massive rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin tonight. THOUSANDS lined up in the freezing temperatures to see President Trump this evening. Trump invited several Wisconsin lawmakers on the stage tonight.
(Jan 14 2020) - Kathmandu Post : Substandard med's distributed
NEPAL -- Medicines from the list of essential drugs which were found to be substandard in lab' tests a few months ago are still being distributed free of cost from the state-run health facilities across the country. Nepal Health Research Council had collected 285 essential med's from the health facilities
(Jan 13 2020) - Threat Post : CES Surveillance Worries Advocates
LAS VEGAS -- Cutting-edge surveillance tech took center stage at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this past week. But just as many tech enthusiast praised the technology as something to marvel, privacy advocates voiced concern. Many security experts are sounding the alarm re: the tech show’s emphasis ...
(Jan 12 2020) - Activist Post : Walmart Testing Robots ... For ???
NEW HAMPSHIRE -- A Walmart Supercenter in Salem, New Hampshire, has been the first store to test a new kind of technology that will use robots to collect grocery items for online order fulfilment. Walmart is one of the largest companies in the world by revenue, with at least 2.3 million employees in the US ...
(Jan 11 2020) - Saturday Evening Post : The 5 Biggest Bailouts Ever
AMERICA -- They say the business of America is business, but occasionally the only thing left to help a business is America. On certain occasions, our govt has politely stepped away from a generally hands-off attitude & intervened to save companies whose dissolutions might have dire, wide-ranging consequences ...
(Jan 09 2020) - BRICS Post : South African citrus export jumps
SOUTH AFRICA -- The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) expects South Africa’s fresh citrus exports to jump by 10% in 2020 to 2.24 million tonnes. The revenue growth from citrus exports should be even higher, as growers shift to high value lemons & soft citrus such as mandarins & away from oranges.
(Jan 08 2020) - Wash Post : Transcript of Trump’s Iran speech
WASH D.C. -- President Trump addressed a nation Wed that in recent days has appeared to be on the verge of war with Iran. The speech came days after the U.S. killed a high-ranking military commander, Qasem Soleimani, and the morning after Iran retaliated by striking Iraqi bases that house U.S. forces with missiles.
(Jan 07 2020) - Baghdad Post : 35 killed in stampede at funeral
IRAN -- A stampede erupted on Tuesday at a funeral procession for a top Iranian general killed in a U.S. airstrike last week, killing 35 people and injuring 48 others, state television reported. According to the report, the stampede took place in Kerman, the hometown of Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani ...
(Jan 06 2020) - Huff Post : Number Of Animals Feared Dead ...
SYDNEY -- The number of wildlife estimated to have died in Australia’s wildfire has skyrocketed to over a billion. Chris Dickman, an ecologist at the University of Sydney, told HuffPost that his original estimate of 480 million was not only conservative, it was also exclusive to the state of New South Wales ...
(Jan 05 2020) - PanAm Post : Chavismo Seizes Parliament ... and
VENEZUELA -- Luis Parra was sworn in as president of the National Assembly with the votes from the Chavista party, more than twenty votes from supposed independent opponents, and some dissidents. On January 5, the Directorial Board of the Venezuelan National Assembly was supposed to be renewed, and ...
(Jan 04 2020) - Jakarta Post : Lengthy requirements for religions
JAKARTA -- The year 2019 saw adherents of minority religions continue to struggle to exercise their beliefs, including as they tried to establish places of worship in many areas of the country. The issue was raised again over Christmas when Christians in West Sumatra were banned from holding Christmas service and ...
(Jan 02 2020) - National Post : Military wants spy 'role players'
CANADA -- The Department of National Defence is recruiting actors for a unique role: to be participants in real-life spy-vs-spy exercises. The ministry issued an unusual tender recently, seeking “role players” to help train special-forces troops on the intricacies of surveillance and counter-surveillance ...
(Jan 01 2020) - Kyiv Post : Pompeo postpones trip to Ukraine
WASH D.C. -- United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo has postponed his visit to Ukraine after protesters stormed the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq. Instead, Pompeo will monitor the situation in the Middle Eastern country, the State Dept' announced Jan. 1. Pompeo was scheduled to arrive in Kyiv on Jan. 3 ...
(Dec 31 2019) - Connecticut Post : Militiamen breach US Embassy
BAGHDAD -- Dozens of Iraqi Shiite militiamen and their supporters broke into the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad on Tuesday, smashing a main door and setting fire to a reception area, angered over deadly U.S. airstrikes targeting the Iran-backed militia. U.S. guards fired tear gas and palls of smoke rose over the grounds.
(Dec 30 2019) - Seattle Post : Mass murders in 2019, a record high
U.S.A. -- The U.S. in 2019 has experienced 417 mass shootings, more than days in the year, and a record high of 41 mass murders that resulted in 4 or more deaths. Of the 41, 33 were carried out with firearms. A total of 211 people were killed in these attacks, according to figures compiled by the Gun Violence Archive,
(Dec 27 2019) - First Post : US assistance no longer guaranteed
CAIRO -- In the months since a missile and drone attack widely seen as the work of Iran left two Saudi oil facilities smouldering, the Saudi crown prince has taken an uncharacteristic turn to diplomacy to cool tensions with his regional enemies. The prince, Mohammed bin Salman, has stepped up direct talks with the rebels ...
(Dec 26 2019) - Post & Email : Of Middle Ground & the Impasse
WASH D.C. -- As the online debate continues over whether (or not) to end the “impasse” between Senator McConnell & Nancy Pelosi with respect to H. Res. 755, we still have heard nothing dispositive from either side suggesting that a resolution of the matter is at hand. Pelosi & Schumer insist that ...
(Dec 25 2019) - China Post : Hong Kong clashes continue ...
HONG KONG -- Clashes resumed in Hong Kong on Tuesday between police & anti-gov't protesters, some of them donned Santa Claus hats, as the more than 6-month-long demonstrations look set to move into the new year. Black-clad protesters smashed shop windows, while police responded with tear gas and the arrest ...
(Dec 24 2019) - Irish Post : Drug injection centre approved
IRELAND -- Planning Permission has been granted to Ireland’s first supervised drug injection centre. Dublin City Council planners previously rejected plans for the Merchant Quay Ireland facility in the south inner-city region of the capital on the grounds it would negatively impact the surrounding area.
(Dec 23 2019) - Patriot Post : Standardized Tests Discriminates ???
CALIFORNIA -- A group of students & education-advocacy organizations aim to eliminate “inconvenient” measurements of that reality. They're suing the University of California, claiming the admissions requirement that students take SAT or ACT standardized tests violates the state’s anti-discrimination statute.
(Dec 22 2019) - Sunday Post : Young players have been abused ...
SCOTLAND -- The number of young footballers abused in Scotland is far higher than previously estimated, with victims now reported at every level of the sport, we can reveal today. Our investigation has laid bare the scale of the crimes and uncovered a number of previously unreported cases of abuse at many clubs ...
(Dec 21 2019) - Christian Post : Christianity Today Slammed
AMERICA -- In a letter sent to Tim Dalrymple, president of Christianity Today, nearly 200 evangelical leaders condemned both its editorial calling for the removal of President Trump from office and its editor-in-chief, Mark Galli, for dismissing evangelicals who oppose his views on the matter as being “far right.”
(Dec 20 2019) - Frontier Post : Ethiopia launches first satellite
ADDIS ABABA -- Ethiopia launched its first satellite into space Friday, as more sub-Saharan African nations strive to develop space programs to advance their development goals & encourage scientific innovation. Before dawn on Friday, senior officials & citizens gathered at the Entoto Observatory & Research Center ...
(Dec 19 2019) - Activist Post : NSA Allowed To Unmask US Citizens
N.Y. -- A US court of appeals ruled on Wed that the US gov't may collect info about a US citizen without first obtaining a surveillance warrant, as long as it was done so inadvertently while legally monitoring a non-national abroad, according to Reuters. The appeal in question was brought by Agron Hasbajrami ...
(Dec 18 2019) - Conservative Post : These Dem's Voted No ...
WASH D.C. -- It was expected that some Dem's would vote against their party leadership’s push to impeach President Trump. After all, at least 31 Dem's members of the House of Representatives represent districts that voted for Trump over Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. But, in the end ...
(Dec 16 2019) - NY Post : Trump blasts ‘biased’ commission ...
WHITE HOUSE -- Trump suggested he may bypass the “biased” commission that oversees presidential debates & weigh his options, including “doing them directly.” The president, who complained about the gen' election debate process during the 2016 campaign, said he welcomes debating whoever the lucky person is ..."
(Dec 15 2019) - Financial Post : Trade war a global tax-fest
U.S.A. -- So China and the United States have reached a limited agreement on trade — the first substantive thawing in an economic cold war that has consumed markets and CEOs and economists for 18 months. It’s a big deal. But let’s pause for a moment to think about washing machines. Yeah, washing machines.
(Dec 14 2019) - Pickering Post : ISLAM POLEAXED
POLAND -- Europe has been gripped by Muslim madness for years. Fortunately, Mr. Tarczyńzski has had the courage to swim against the raging tide of stupidity emanating from the One World, EU puppets in Brussels. Until recently, it seemed as though he stood alone. Now, his party, PiS, stands with him.
(Dec 13 2019) - Conservative Daily Post : Killer A Repeat Offender
JERSEY CITY -- It won’t come as a surprise to a number of people, but the recent terrorist-like attack on Jews in Jersey City wasn’t an isolated event for one of the killers. In fact, David Anderson, one of the murderers who targeted people in a Jewish foods store had a history of felonious gun crimes on his record.
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