Friday, June 19, 2020

In the news, Saturday, June 6, 2020


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from Asia Times
LEAST BIASED, HIGH;  News & Media Website based in Hong Kong

Brazil threatens to quit WHO amid rising death toll
President Jair Bolsonaro threatened Friday to pull Brazil from the WHO over “ideological bias,” as his counterpart Donald Trump said the US economy was recovering from the coronavirus pandemic and Europe sought to reopen its borders. Adding fuel to the political fire raging around the pandemic, its origins and the best way to respond, Bolsonaro criticized the World Health Organization for suspending clinical trials of the drug hydroxychloroquine for Covid-19 – a decision it reversed this week – and threatened to follow in Trump’s footsteps by quitting. In Europe, badly-hit countries slowly continued on a path toward a post-pandemic normal, seeking to revive key tourist sectors in time for the summer season without triggering a second wave of infections. But bleak numbers streamed in from Latin America, the latest epicenter. Brazil’s death toll rose to more than 35,000, the third-highest in the world, after the United States and Britain. Tolls are also rising sharply in Mexico, Peru and Ecuador. And in Chile, deaths have risen by more than 50% in the past week, despite a three-week lockdown of the capital, Santiago.

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from LifeSiteNews.com
FAR RIGHT BIAS, MIXED,  Nonprofit Organization in Toronto, Canada

Archbishop Viganò’s powerful letter to President Trump: Eternal struggle between good and evil playing out right now
Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has released this powerful letter today to President Trump warning him that the current crises over the coronavirus pandemic and the George Floyd riots are a part of the eternal spiritual struggle between the forces of good and evil. He encourages the president to continue the fight on behalf of the “children of light.” 

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from Science Times

Deadly Amoeba Found: Texas Authorities Warn Summer Swimmers to Avoid Freshwater
Summer break in America typically means warm sun and it's the best time to go swim in the ocean, river, or lake. However, The Brazos River Authority in Texas is warning swimmers to avoid the water this summer due to a deadly, brain-eating amoeba. The Naegleria fowleri, amoeba found in most untreated freshwater and in soil, causes a 'rare but usually, a fatal illness called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). They thrive in stagnant, warm freshwater at least 80 degrees Fahrenheit. Texas weather currently is at about 95 degrees Fahrenheit.

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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington

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from Sputnik
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Broadcasting & Media Production Company out of Moscow, Russia

How the US Dollar Came to Dominate as the World’s Reserve Currency
In times of economic volatility, people are driven to put their money into something solid. The fact that 80 percent of all the $100 bills in circulation are currently held outside the United States is perceived as a sign of recognition that the US dollar is the de facto the global reserve currency. The US dollar, which marks its 235th birthday on 6 June, has been reigning supreme as the main global reserve currency. A spate of analysts have weighed in on the reasons for the persistent dominance of the “greenback”, while mulling the chances of digital currencies in helping countries wean themselves of the US-dollar dominated financial system.

2020 Hasn't Been a Good Year: France to Make Hand Gel From Unsold Wine Under EU-Funded Scheme
The shift in production will help replenish supplies of hand sanitiser, save the wine sector from wasting the remains of last year’s harvest, and create another source of income for coronavirus-hit producers. French winemakers will turn unsold stock into hand sanitiser and ethanol to empty tanks for the new harvest, the farming union FranceAgriMer has said. France’s wine industry is estimated to have a surplus of three million hectolitres, after exports to the US halved due to Donald Trump’s 25-percent import tariffs since October and then demand elsewhere fell because of the shutdown of bars and restaurants amid the coronavirus pandemic. The European Union will finance the distillation of two million hectolitres, Josso confirmed.

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from USA Today

'They saved me': How protesters protected a lone cop, a moment captured in powerful photos
Officer Galen Hinshaw heard the call over the radio. One of his fellow officers was in trouble. A crowd of protesters had surrounded a police cruiser at the base of the Clark Memorial Bridge. The officer inside radioed for help as protesters — strobed in blue and red patrol car lights — banged on the car’s hood and windshield.  Hinshaw, a Fourth Division patrol officer and part of Louisville Metro Police Department's Special Response Team, drove as close as he could to the scene. As he got out of his cruiser, he was immediately surrounded by protesters.  Some yelled profanities. Others balled their fists.  He made his way through the crowd wearing 40 extra pounds of safety gear — a baton, vest, helmet and body armor. He was alone.

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