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Italy Closes Gyms, Shuts Eateries Early To Fight COVID-19

Italy Closes Gyms, Shuts Eateries Early To Fight COVID-19 Via AP News: Italy’s leader imposed at least a month of new restrictions across the country Sunday to fight rising coronavirus infections, shutting down gyms, pools and movie theaters, putting an early curfew on cafes and restaurants and mandating that people keep wearing masks outdoors. Worried about crippling Italy’s stagnant economy, especially after 10 weeks of a severe lockdown earlier in […]

today10/26/2020 4

South Korea

South Korea Sticks To Flu Vaccine Plan Despite Safety Fears After 13 Deaths

South Korea Sticks To Flu Vaccine Plan Despite Safety Fears After 13 Deaths Via Reuters: South Korean officials refused on Thursday to suspend a seasonal influenza inoculation effort, despite growing calls for a halt, including an appeal from a key group of doctors, after the deaths of at least 13 of those vaccinated. Health authorities said they found no direct links between the deaths and the vaccines. At least 11 […]

today10/22/2020 3

Ardern

New Zealand’s Ardern Wins 2nd Term In Election Landslide

New Zealand’s Ardern Wins 2nd Term In Election Landslide Via AP News: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern won a second term in office Saturday in an election landslide of historic proportions. With most votes counted, Ardern’s liberal Labour Party was winning 49% of the vote compared to 27% for its main challenger, the conservative National Party. Labour was on target to win an outright majority of the seats in […]

today10/17/2020 2

Paris

Paris Put On ‘Maximum Alert’ With More Covid-19 Restrictions To Come

Paris Put On ‘Maximum Alert’ With More Covid-19 Restrictions To Come Via CNBC: Paris and its surrounding suburbs have been put on “maximum alert” Monday as coronavirus cases surge in the city. Bars in the French capital will close on Tuesday as part of a new package of restrictions designed to stop the spread of the virus but restaurants will be allowed to stay open, with “reinforced precautions,” according to […]

today10/05/2020 5

South Korean

North Korean Troops Killed Missing South Korean official, Seoul says

North Korean Troops Killed Missing South Korean official, Seoul says Via Reuters:  North Korean troops shot dead a South Korean fisheries official who went missing earlier this week, before dousing his body in oil and setting it on fire in what was likely an effort to prevent a coronavirus outbreak, South Korea’s military said on Thursday. South Korea’s military said evidence suggested the man was attempting to defect to the […]

today09/24/2020 4

Legal Status

Court Upholds Decision To End Temporary Legal Status In 4 Countries

Court Upholds Decision To End Temporary Legal Status In 4 Countries Via AP News: The Trump administration can end humanitarian protections that have allowed hundreds of thousands of people from El Salvador, Nicaragua, Haiti and Sudan to remain in the United States, a divided appeals court ruled Monday. While an appeal is imminent and orders to leave wouldn’t take effect for months, the decision moved many people closer to losing […]

today09/15/2020 2

Shinzo Abe

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Resigns Over Health Concerns

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe Resigns Over Health Concerns Via Reuters: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Japan’s longest-serving premier, announced his resignation because of poor health on Friday, ending a stint at the helm of the world’s third-biggest economy in which he sought to revive growth and bolster its defences. “I have decided that I will step down as prime minister, with the belief that I cannot continue being prime minister if […]

today08/28/2020 17

North Korea

After Economic Shortfall North Korea Sets Rare Party Meeting

After Economic Shortfall North Korea Sets Rare Party Meeting Via AP News: With unusual candor, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un admitted that U.S.-led sanctions, the pandemic and devastating floods have hurt his country’s dismal economy as his ruling party scheduled a rare congress in January to set development goals for the next five years. Kim announced his first five-year development plan with goals of improving North Korea’s power supply […]

today08/20/2020 3

Australia

Australia PM Morrison Wants Vaccine To Be ‘Mandatory”

Australia PM Morrison Wants Vaccine To Be ‘Mandatory" The country of Australia is taking further steps into medical tyranny.  Via CNBC.com: Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said he’s expecting to make a coronavirus vaccine “as mandatory as you can possibly make it,” as the government announced a deal with drug maker AstraZeneca.  Morrison, who was speaking on Australian radio station 3AW on Wednesday, suggested there would be exemptions on “medical […]

today08/19/2020 17

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