The World Health Organization warns of "a very serious situation unfolding" in Europe
It comes as cases exceed those seen at the peak of the pandemic in March https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-54187391

European nations from Denmark and Iceland in the north to Greece in the south announced new restrictions on Friday to curb surging coronavirus infections in some of their largest cities, and Britain was considering a new national lockdown. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-europe/european-cities-announce-new-restrictions-as-covid-19-cases-soar-idUSKBN2692E1

After successfully tamping down the first surge of infection and death, Europe is now in the middle of a second coronavirus wave as it moves into winter — raising questions over what went so wrong. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/19/europe/europe-second-wave-coronavirus-intl/index.html

Five hundred children have been quarantined after a Covid-19 outbreak at their school in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. Government officials say the mass outbreak could have dire consequences for the community, as pupils who tested positive have been in contact with their friends and families.
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The difficult fight against the second wave
The Spanish government imposed a tough coronavirus lockdown in the spring, but now, new infections are rising faster than anywhere else in the EU. The economy is facing potential collapse even as new lockdown measures go into effect. - https://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/spain-s-covid-resurgence-the-difficult-fight-against-the-second-wave-a-29c9e428-ce5b-4822-9a33-72e040e02e06

“I expect we will see an increase in deaths in six to eight weeks”
German politician Karl Lauterbach, a member of parliament and one of the country’s leading voices on the coronavirus, warns in an interview that cases of COVID-19 are about to increase dramatically in Germany. Politicians, he says, will need to tighten the reins again. https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/german-health-expert-on-second-wave-of-covid-19-more-deaths-in-6-to-8-weeks-a-0a975cbb-7645-4a89-9c45-360be1179591

Renowned French singer Juliette Greco, 'the muse of existentialism,' has died
French singer, actress and poet Juliette Greco has died at the age of 93. A darling of the bohemian scene in Paris, she was friends with Jean-Paul Sartre and more than friends with Albert Camus and Miles Davis. https://p.dw.com/p/3iuo9

A cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Rio de Janeiro throughout the coronavirus pandemic has been lifted, but gloom remains — the annual Carnival parade of flamboyant samba schools won’t be held in February. https://apnews.com/article/virus-outbreak-carnivals-rio-de-janeiro-archive-parades-e8096b84829573759f1447cc886f9f48

The Times obtained Donald Trump’s tax information extending over more than two decades, revealing struggling properties, vast write-offs, an audit battle and hundreds of millions in debt coming due. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/27/us/donald-trump-taxes.html

Launching NowThis Earth—covering our changing planet, biodiversity, extreme weather, and more—so we can better inform, change, challenge, and act https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1310658710503673856

While relics of the communist era and older buildings still awaiting better times can be found in many eastern towns, it’s harder to find leftovers of the heavily fortified 1,378-kilometer (856-mile) Berlin Wall border that divided East from West Germany, stretching from the Baltic Sea to the western tip of Czechoslovakia. https://apnews.com/article/east-germany-germany-archive-85bb57fe4bf646ab9ed2951568873ef9

Read the whole thread!!! After the attacks in El Paso that POTUS was complicit in the deaths of Americans for his refusal to recognize his language was in the shooter's manifesto. Tonight, he was given the opportunity to condemn White Supremacy - he refused. https://twitter.com/NeuSummits/status/1311159791704846337

Elizabeth Neumann – the former Assistant Secretary for Threat Prevention in Trump's DHS – says that the U.S. is "less safe today" because of Trump's actions. - https://twitter.com/RVAT2020/status/1298669972026204160

A former top Department of Homeland Security official who resigned in April says the Trump administration is creating the conditions for domestic extremism to flourish in the United States. https://www.npr.org/2020/09/02/908347989/former-dhs-official-white-house-failed-to-take-far-right-extremism-seriously

Just more proof that we're officially living in the future https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1311713234961854470

Court Rules Edward Snowden Must Pay More Than $5 Million From Memoir And Speeches : NPR
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Major German supermarket chains Lidl and Edeka have stopped or reduced sales of Haribo products as they battle with the sweetsmaker over prices. https://p.dw.com/p/3jIsO

Paris is in danger of going back into lockdown next week after the French government said the coronavirus pandemic was worsening in the capital. https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/02/europe/paris-lockdown-coronavirus-europe-intl/index.html

Analyst: The US is 'a pitiful pariah on the world stage'. Global affairs analyst Max Boot and military and diplomatic analyst retired Rear Adm. John Kirby share the details https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/10/04/national-security-risks-president-trump-coronavirus-positive-boot-kirby-nr-vpx.cnn

Michelle Obama makes a final argument for Americans to support Joe Biden. https://youtu.be/5l_Xz2MIh4s