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from BBC News (UK)
Hong Kong security law: Why we are taking our BNOs and leaving
Since China imposed a draconian national security law on Hong Kong, a lot of dinner party chatter in this protest-minded city has been about personal exit strategies. For up to three million Hongkongers, the exit could come in the form of a British National (Overseas) - or BNO - passport. Will they really leave - and what of those left behind? ... In the city of 7.5 million, about 800,000 people have British, Australian, Canadian, or American passports - including expats. Beijing has expressed anger over the UK's plan to offer citizenship to BNO passport holders in Hong Kong. China's Ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming said on Monday the move constitutes "gross interference in China's internal affairs" "No one should underestimate the firm determination of China to safeguard its sovereignty, security and development interests," he said. The Chinese Embassy also said in a statement all "Chinese compatriots residing in Hong Kong are Chinese nationals". In an earlier interview with ITV, Mr Raab said there is little the UK could do if China doesn't allow Hong Kong residents to come to the UK. "It is hard to predict what consequences Beijing has in mind. Probably more diplomatic ones in the form of a counter-measure, which does not necessarily need to be in the same form but should not be disproportionate," said Simon Young, a legal scholar at the University of Hong Kong.
Xu Zhangrun: Outspoken professor freed after six days
An outspoken critic of China's rulers, Professor Xu Zhangrun, has been released after six days in police custody, friends say. The Beijing constitutional law professor was already under house arrest when he was detained on 6 July. He had criticised China's response to coronavirus and what he sees as a Mao-like cult of personality under China's current leader, Xi Jinping.
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from Business Insider
LEFT-CENTER BIAS, HIGH, business news site in New York CityFauci hasn't met with Trump in more than a month and is being sidelined from TV appearances as the US coronavirus outbreak worsens
Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, said he hasn't met with President Trump in more than a month, even as the US has recorded record-high levels of daily coronavirus infections and deaths are on the rise again. The last time Fauci briefed Trump in person was June 2, the longtime leader of the US National Institutes of Health's infectious disease unit said in an interview with the Financial Times' Hannah Kuchler published Friday.
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from The Columbian (Vancouver, WA)
Amazon homeless shelter faces crisis and criticism
A homeless shelter built on Amazon’s perfectly manicured urban Seattle campus is a major civic contribution that pushes the company to face the crisis and criticism in the hometown it has rapidly transformed. Believed to be the first homeless shelter built inside a corporate office building, Amazon’s partnership housing a local nonprofit could be seen as the company’s answer to criticism that it hasn’t given back enough to the city. But as Mary’s Place settles into its new space after opening in March, the spotlight turns to the family homeless shelter as a symbol of the long-standing disparity that advocates insist large corporations help address. For Amazon, it’s a stark display of have-and-have-nots, given that some blame the tech giant’s explosive growth over the past decade for making living in Seattle too costly for a growing number of people.
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from Daily Express (UK)
China reports NEW unknown disease spreading across Asian country deadlier than COVID-19
Chinese officials have warned of a fatal "unknown pneumonia" with a death rate higher than the coronavirus COVID-19 which is spreading across an Asian country.Areas in Kazakhstan have seen major spikes in cases of the disease since mid-June. The country’s Health Ministry said it recorded more than 32,000 cases of a previously unknown type of pneumonia between 29 June and 5 July with 451 deaths. The Chinese embassy in Kazakhstan said the country saw 1,772 deaths in the first half of the year some of whom were Chinese nationals.
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from Fox News (& affiliates)
AOC suggests NYC crime surge due to unemployment, residents who need to 'shoplift some bread'
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested over the weekend that the crime surge in New York City is likely because struggling residents are forced to shoplift in order to "feed their child." In a virtual town hall meeting she hosted Thursday, some clips of which were shared by The Hill, the 30-year-old Democratic congresswoman was asked about the troubling uptick in violent crimes overtaking the city. “Do we think this has to do with the fact that there’s record unemployment in the United States right now?" she responded. "The fact that people are at a level of economic desperation that we have not seen since the Great Recession?"
West Virginia mail carrier admits attempted election fraud
A West Virginia postal carrier pleaded guilty Thursday to altering mail-in requests for absentee voter ballots. Thomas Cooper entered the plea in federal court in Elkins to attempted election fraud and injury to the mail, U.S. Attorney Bill Powell said in a statement. Cooper was charged in May after eight mail-in requests for absentee voter ballots had their party affiliations altered.
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from The Guardian (UK)
LEFT-CENTER, HIGH, British daily newspaper published in London UK
Missing lynx: how rewilding Britain could restore its natural balance
As bison will soon be roaming our woods again, other long-lost species such as wild cats should follow to increase biodiversity.
China will punish Britain for defying its will. We need allies to hold the line
Threats of reprisals over help for Hongkongers and refusing 5G technology should be taken very seriously.
Missing lynx: how rewilding Britain could restore its natural balance
As bison will soon be roaming our woods again, other long-lost species such as wild cats should follow to increase biodiversity.
China will punish Britain for defying its will. We need allies to hold the line
Threats of reprisals over help for Hongkongers and refusing 5G technology should be taken very seriously.
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Fauci ‘not 100 percent right’ about COVID-19 spike, top US testing official says
The country’s top testing official said Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has suggested states should pause reopening where coronavirus cases are spiking, is “not 100 percent right.” “I respect Dr. Fauci a lot, but Dr. Fauci is not 100 percent right, and he also doesn’t necessarily, he admits that, have the whole national interest in mind,” Adm. Brett Giroir said Sunday on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “He looks at it from a very narrow public health point of view.”
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from New York Post
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Newspaper in New York
RIGHT-CENTER BIAS, MIXED, Newspaper in New York
Fauci ‘not 100 percent right’ about COVID-19 spike, top US testing official says
The country’s top testing official said Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has suggested states should pause reopening where coronavirus cases are spiking, is “not 100 percent right.” “I respect Dr. Fauci a lot, but Dr. Fauci is not 100 percent right, and he also doesn’t necessarily, he admits that, have the whole national interest in mind,” Adm. Brett Giroir said Sunday on NBC News’ “Meet the Press.” “He looks at it from a very narrow public health point of view.”
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from Oregon Public Broadcasting- OPB
Federal Officers Shoot Portland Protester In Head With 'Less Lethal' Munitions
Federal law enforcement shot and severely injured a protester Saturday night during demonstrations in front of the federal courthouse in downtown Portland. ... During a military briefing Friday, President Trump indicated he sent federal law enforcement officers to Portland to quell the nightly protests over police violence, and claimed Portland police were incapable of managing the protests themselves. “It was out of control. The locals couldn’t handle it,” Trump said, speaking to the acting head of Homeland Security Chad Wolf. “And you people are handling it very nicely.” The stepped-up force in Portland drew a rebuke from a number of elected officials on Sunday.
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from The Spokesman-Review
Newspaper in Spokane, Washington
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