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1. Coronavirus
More than 19 million cumulative cases of coronavirus have now been recorded worldwide. India has become the third country after the US and Brazil to record more than 2 million cases, and Africa has now recorded more than 1 million cases across the continent. The US is on track to reach 5 million cumulative cases soon, and a new model predicts that the U.S. death toll could reach nearly 300,000 by December; it is now about 160,000. Meanwhile, countries are joking about who controls the most important preventive measures. President Trump has just signed an executive order directing some federal agencies to prioritize the purchase of certain drugs and medical supplies as they are made in the United States. China dominates the personal protective equipment market, and India makes many generic prescription drugs. Meanwhile, the Prime Minister of Australia said that every country that finds a vaccine, including its own, should share it with the world to end the pandemic.
2. Beirut
At least 16 employees of the port of Beirut have been detained as part of an investigation into Tuesday’s catastrophic explosion, and more details are coming out about the dangerous substance held there. Newly released documents suggest that several Lebanese government agencies, including the Ministry of Justice, were aware of a shipment of ammonium nitrate in a warehouse in the port. Lebanon’s economy was already in crisis before this disaster struck this week, and now the forecast is even paler. European and Gulf countries, along with the US, have pledged financial and military aid, but others may be reluctant to help because of widespread corruption and mismanagement in Lebanon.
3. Saudi Arabia
A former top Saudi intelligence official says Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman sent a assassination group to assassinate him just days after journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated by members of the same group in 2018. Dr Saad Aljabri says he fell out with the Crown Prince, known as MBS, and fled the country in 2017. But MBS threats followed Aljabri to Canada, he claims in a legal complaint filed in federal court in Washington DC, and his son was warned by FBI agents that Saudi operatives were trying to kill him. killing. Capitol Hill officials could not support the intelligence behind the allegations, but a dumb MBS critic in Congress called the allegations of the murder “credible.”
4. TikTok
The clock is ticking on TikTok. President Trump has signed an executive order banning the popular app from operating in the US if it is not sold by his Chinese-owned company in 45 days. Microsoft has already said it wants to buy the app, with about 100 million US users. Trump admitted that any TikTok deal would also require a “substantial amount of money” coming to the U.S. treasury. TikTok is not the only platform on the cutting edge. Trump issued a similar statement to WeChat, a Chinese-owned social media app that allows users to transfer funds to each other. The Trump administration says such apps threaten national security by collecting user data.
5. Police
The Minneapolis City Council’s proposal to dismantle the city’s police department will take more time to figure out, which means it will not be put to the vote in November. The city’s Charter Committee voted this week to take 90 more days to replace the council’s proposal to replace the police department with an agency with a broader approach to public safety. It is one of several local debates in the wake of high-profile cases of police violence in recent months. In Louisville, Kentucky, the police officer and chief of public services walked out of a town hall meeting over recent protests this week because they said that pending investigations, they refrained from answering questions about the death of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old EMT who was killed by police during a robbery in her home.
BREAKFAST BROWSE
E! News is canceled after 29 years on air
Blame the coronavirus, as usual.
Manhattan apartment sales are plummeting
People really want to get rid of everything.
Hollywood projects start again – in bubbles
Eventually, there will be a name for this uber-isolated format that sports classes and media productions use, right? Bubbletainment?
Nintendo profits jump 400% due to Nintendo Switch and ‘Animal Crossing’
Provide if you are moving to a remote island to fish and farm with your friends of pet owners? Join us.
Prehistoric ‘helmets’ hunt their prey with unusual headgear
Let’s move forward and leave those critters in the past.
NUMBER of today
40,000
That’s about how many people were arrested illegally across the US-Mexico border in July. Arrests along the border are continuing to increase, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection says economic conditions in Mexico are partly to blame.
DEFINITION of today
SPAC (s):
A company for special purchases, also called shell company or blank-check company. Start-ups can merge with these companies in so-called blank-check or reverse mergers so that they can go public without increasing the money themselves. Such deals were previously controversial, but the shaky economy and the growing number of big names entering them have removed much of the stigma.
WEID of today
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BUT DECIDE
A loaf of refreshment
It took a long time to convince my brain that this delicious Mediterranean ice cream was no sausage. (Click here to view.)
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