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
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
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Spain’s COVID Resurgence: The Difficult Fight against the Second Wave - DER SPIEGEL - International
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.
“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
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
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“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…
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
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
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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.
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
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Virus disrupting Rio's Carnival for first time in a century
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — 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...
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
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Trump’s Taxes Show Chronic Losses and Years of Income Tax Avoidance (Published 2020)
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.
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
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This is not a drill. This is now. We're launching NowThis Earth—covering our changing planet, biodiversity, extreme weather, and more—so we can better inform, change, challenge, and act 🌏 https://t.co/f5EmiQ7OBC
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
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AP PHOTOS: Remnants of East Germany, 30 years after its end
EISENACH, Germany (AP) — Thirty years after Germany was reunited, many once-decrepit city centers in the formerly communist east have been painstakingly restored and new factories have sprung...
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
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Elizabeth Neumann
/1 - It's late. I'd love to put this debacle of a debate behind me, but I feel compelled to underscore the danger we're facing. As a Mom, I struggle w/ explaining to my children they should respect the President & pray for him as God instructs us, but not…
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
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Republican Voters Against Trump
NEW AD: 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. In 2016 she supported Trump but based on what she saw inside his administration, she's voting…
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
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Just more proof that we're officially living in the future 🚀 https://t.co/xtbkIxkWYw
Court Rules Edward Snowden Must Pay More Than $5 Million From Memoir And Speeches : NPR
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/01/919261319/court-rules-edward-snowden-must-pay-more-than-5-million-from-memoir-and-speeches
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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
Deutsche Welle
German supermarkets pull Haribo gummy bears over price row
Major German supermarkets are pulling the country's famous Haribo products from their shelves. The move comes amid a reported dispute over escalating prices for the beloved gummy bears.
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
CNN
Paris at risk of total lockdown as Europe cases rise
Paris is in danger of going back into lockdown next week after the French government said the coronavirus pandemic was worsening in the capital.
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
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Max Boot: We're telling the world the US can't protect itself from Covid-19 - CNN Video
What national security risks exist following President Donald Trump's positive test for coronavirus? CNN global affairs analyst Max Boot and CNN military and diplomatic analyst retired Rear Adm. John Kirby share the details with CNN's Ana Cabrera.
Michelle Obama makes a final argument for Americans to support Joe Biden. https://youtu.be/5l_Xz2MIh4s
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Michelle Obama's Closing Argument | Joe Biden For President 2020
The election is right around the corner, and votes are already being cast. Michelle Obama makes a final argument for Americans to support Joe Biden. We have to take action and vote like our lives depend on it. Go to iwillvote.com and make a plan to vote right…
America's Medical Supply Crisis - Why was the United States left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country? With the Associated Press, FRONTLINE investigates the fragmented global medical supply chain and its deadly consequences. https://mastodon.online/@a1leint/104993281737266132
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America's Medical Supply Crisis - Why was the United States left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country? With the Associated Press, FRONTLINE investigates the fragmented global medical supply chain…
America's Medical Supply Crisis - Why was the United States left scrambling for critical medical equipment as the coronavirus swept the country? With the Associated Press, FRONTLINE investigates the fragmented global medical supply chain…
Rethinking cocoa cultivation in Ghana
Yields are falling in major cocoa exporter Ghana. Small farmers don't cut down old trees to grow new ones. Instead they encroach on surrounding forest. A Dutch organization is helping them to live and work sustainably. https://p.dw.com/p/3jI5z
Yields are falling in major cocoa exporter Ghana. Small farmers don't cut down old trees to grow new ones. Instead they encroach on surrounding forest. A Dutch organization is helping them to live and work sustainably. https://p.dw.com/p/3jI5z
Deutsche Welle
Rethinking cocoa cultivation in Ghana
Yields are falling in major cocoa exporter Ghana. Small farmers don't cut down old trees to grow new ones. Instead they encroach on surrounding forest. A Dutch organization is helping them to live and work sustainably.
He is still sick. He is still contagious. He is still defiant. And now he is again happily vomiting his bile on social media and via his surrogates on national television.
https://www.playboy.com/read/trump-sick-in-mind-and-body
https://www.playboy.com/read/trump-sick-in-mind-and-body
Playboy
Trump: Sick in Mind and Body
A tragicomic romp through the historic events of last Friday—in three acts
Billions worldwide worry that they will be seriously harmed by consuming unsafe food and water, and nearly as many expect it to happen to them in the next two years, according to the new Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll. https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/321662/half-world-worries-food-water-safety.aspx
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More Than Half of the World Worries About Food, Water Safety
Billions worldwide worry that they will be seriously harmed by consuming unsafe food and water, and nearly as many expect it to happen in the next two years, according to the new Lloyd's Register Foundation World Risk Poll.