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Asia Today: China sees 57 new cases, Bangladesh over 3,000
At least ten Chinese cities, including Harbin and Dalian, have urged residents not to travel to the capital or to report to authorities if they have done so recently. Epidemiologists in China said Sunday that preliminary analyses of the current SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus outbreak in Beijing revealed a different strain of the pathogen than the one that has circulated in the country since late 2019. [Full Article...]
Israel OKs plan for new Golan settlement named after Trump
President Donald Trump has led an effort to support Israel by abandoning decades of US foreign policy and move the USA embassy to the Israel-recognized capital of Jerusalem and recognizing the Golan Heights for Israel on March 25, 2019. As a gesture of appreciation, Netanyahu unveiled plans to develop a plot of land next to the small settlement of Qela, based in the Golan Heights, and name it af... [Full Article...]
Fox News Removes Altered Photo of Seattle Protests From Website
The Seattle Times then reported the fakery. That image also was later removed. " Fox News " depiction of the demonstration mirrors much of right-wing media's attempt to portray it as menacing. The collage did not clearly delineate between these images, and has since been replaced. In addition, a recent slideshow depicting scenes from Seattle mistakenly included a picture from St. [Full Article...]
Maria Ressa: Philippine journalist found guilty of cyber libel
The case against Ressa focused on a Rappler investigative article authored by Santos, a former senior researcher at the news site, that reported that a businessman, Wilfredo Keng, who was suspected of involvement in drug smuggling and other crimes, had lent an SUV to the then-chief justice of the Philippine Supreme Court. [Full Article...]
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo threatens to reverse coronavirus reopening plans
Cuomo said at Sunday's briefing that some 25,000 complaints of violations have been filed against businesses across the state since it launched a phased reopening in May. "We are open, but we have been doing compliance from the very beginning", Mr. Bellone said. Cuomo also threatened to pull a restaurant or bar's liquor license for not adhering to social distancing and capacity regulations. [Full Article...]
Putin claims Russian Federation handled coronavirus better than the US
The cathedral had initially scheduled to open its doors on May 9, when Victory Day is celebrated in Russian Federation, but its inauguration was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The veracity of Russian statistics has sometimes been the focus of fierce debate, however. "We work very smoothly and we come out of this situation with coronavirus safely and with minimal loss". [Full Article...]
120 million-year-old crocodile 'may have walked like a dinosaur'
University of Queensland paleontologist Dr. Anthony Romilio said, "These were long animals that we estimate were over three meters in length". "The footprints measure around 21 cm, suggesting the track-makers had legs about the same height as human adult legs". [Full Article...]
Egypt accuses Ethiopia of holding it "hostage" in Nile dam talks
Talks came to an acrimonious halt in February, after Ethiopia rejected a US -crafted deal and accused the Trump administration of siding with Egypt. Ethiopia wants to begin filling the dam's reservoir in coming weeks, but Egypt has raised concerns that filling the reservoir behind the dam too quickly could significantly reduce the amount of Nile water available to Egypt. [Full Article...]