News of the World

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Do you live in California? Then you might need to learn about the latest weather forecast...

Heat Wave Forecast for South West US
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53618473

Do the world need more nuclear power plants? UAE DOES THINK SO!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53619916
Now they wanna build one of their own, the first in the Middle East or so they claimed.

Pubs or Schools: The Latest UK's Dilemma

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-53621613
People always ask for reopening stores and other businesses, but this time UK is facing an interesting dilemma for sure.
Do British care more about liquor or education? That's the question!

Benefits for Unemployed Have Expired
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53619910
Both political parties were unable to reach any agreement so it was not extended before time was up...
Will the Congress and the Senate do anything about it?
 
By the way, here in Costa Rica we've got around 18,000 cases of coronavirus already.


Oh and here's a news article for MetalRenard and Melana...

A Fox and his... Shoes!?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53612856
In Zehlendorf, Germany a fox was "borrowing" their shoes for a good cause?
The problem is that we can't explain why he needed about 100 of them.

[MetalRenard]

Even foxes have to look good, you know!

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Right...

More on the TikTok Mystery
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53628108

The president's announcement on Friday was criticised by some in the tech sector, including former Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos, who questioned whether the move was spurred by national security concerns.

He tweeted: "This is getting bizarre. A 100% sale to an American company would have been considered a radical solution two week ago and, eventually, mitigates any reasonable data protection concerns. If the White House kills this we know this isn't about national security."

So if Trump lets MS buy it, he's another MS fan.
If he blocks that purchase, he doesn't care about national security.

TikTok: Pompeo says Trump to crack down on Chinese software in coming days
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53625344
Now you can't say Pompeo doesn't know how to increase the audience's hype for more techie news.

Then what the hell is he supposed to do?
Let people get hacked like it's already happened in India?

Egyptians correct Musk: Pyramids weren't build by aliens
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53627888
Seriously, Musk, you should stop talking crap and start thinking from now on.

Since we were talking about Elon Musk here...

SpaceX Ship Landing
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53621102
It seems Musk's project is viable and opens the doors to new ventures that might allow the US to keep exploring space.

Eight US service members presumed dead after sea accident
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53628588
US marines and a sailor gotta be dead according to official sources.

Eight other marines were rescued after the accident but one later died. Two others are in a critical condition.
Col Bronzi said the effort would now shift to one aimed at finding the bodies of the missing.

Iran Was Lying After All!

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53598965
This is what they didn't want us Westerners to know about their situation.

The government's own records appear to show almost 42,000 people died with Covid-19 symptoms up to 20 July, versus 14,405 reported by its health ministry.
The number of people known to be infected is also almost double official figures: 451,024 as opposed to 278,827.

Well, we couldn't expect anything else from a religious fan that controls the whole country with his iron fist.
Even so I doubt that can be all of the cases they've confirmed for they were responsible for spreading it in the Middle East from the very beginning via Mahan Air. Their planes kept flying to China even after an official ban!

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Storm Isaias and the US East Coast
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53645297
Isaias has killed a few people in North Carolina, New York and Maryland so far.

A Model working from... Prison!?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53650246
Reporters have found out how it's like to live in one of the anti-Uighur facilities China has been operating in the Xinjiang province.

The video of Mr Ghappar, along with a number of accompanying text messages also passed to the BBC, together provide a chilling and extremely rare first-hand account of China's highly secure and secretive detention system - sent directly from the inside.
Holding the camera with his right hand, he reveals his dirty clothes, his swollen ankles, and a set of handcuffs fixing his left wrist to the metal frame of the bed - the only piece of furniture in the room.

Spanish former king flees
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53647170
Well, if you got money and power and get accused of committing a few crimes... you still can runaway at anytime!

Israel strikes Syrian army bases after Golan Heights attack
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53645688
It seems Bashar al Assad wanted to strike Israel but his armies failed miserably. He knows he's no match for Israel right now after years of internal struggles but that doesn't seem to stop him at all.

Nile dam row: Egypt fumes as Ethiopia celebrates
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53573154
Things aren't as easy as we'd like to think according to Egypt. Besides Ethiopia Foreign Minister made a controversial statement concerning the Nile river...

The World Bank classifies water scarcity as when there is less than 1,000 cubic metres of fresh water per person a year. In Egypt, the figure is 550 cubic metre per person annually, according to the government.
Just take a look at the map, where 90% of its 100 million population are squeezed into the narrow Nile valley, 6% of the country's total area, beset by vast deserts on both sides.
A triumphalist tweet celebrating the first year's filling of the Gerd by Ethiopia Foreign Minister Gedu Andargachew - which read in part "the river became a lake... the Nile is ours" - particularly inflamed passions.

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Prepare to be robbed, Minneapolis!
The Minneapolis Police Department has told residents they should cooperate with criminals and "be prepared" to hand their property over when somebody demands it.

The Post Millennial notes: “In June the Minneapolis City Council approved a plan to defund police. Despite this, Minneapolis City Council members have run up a tab of over $63,000 for their own private security. City Council allegedly intends to replace police with a community-led model.”

So... no police for citizens because the City Council is getting rid of them. But the City Council has billed the citizens for their own private protection...


Portland burning Bibles and American flag!

These aren’t late-night demonstrations. This is criminal activity. There’s a difference. What you have failed and the media have failed to distinguish between — you seem unwilling to call people engaged in criminal conduct as criminals, as opposed to lawful protesting.

In the 1930's, it was the National Socialist Party of Germany (aka Nazi Party) that burned books...


Beirut Lebanon is a picture of Chaos and Destruction!
An ominous mushroom cloud rose up from the heart of the explosion. The blast shattered glass at an airport six miles away. Shockwaves could be felt miles awqy in Cyprus. Over seventy dead, and over four thousand injured And the Lebanese officials claim it was brought about by nearly three thousand tons of ammonium nitrate.
Why would they hold all that in the center of their Capital? And who doesn't think this was something other than an accident?

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Well, Chemical Suppliers British Petroleum might have something to say about that ammonium nitrate...

Ammonium nitrate is not flammable under normal applications and is not considered a fire risk, but will support combustion in an existing fire by liberating oxygen – even if smothered.

So they're terrible inept or Wulfo might have hit the blank from the very beginning.

Virgin Airlines in Crisis
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-53659844
Sir Branson gotta be quite nervous as he keeps filing for bankruptcy now in the US. Part of the plan to keep it alive in the US and UK would be to cut lots of jobs and get credits.

India will build a new Hindu temple in a disputed land
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-53577942
Its PM will place the first stone, a silver one by the way. People have sent lots of silver to be used there.
Indian Police said they'd keep it safe. Of course...
I don't really care about all that stuff but I don't think Muslims share my viewpoint for they've been fighting in the courts for decades to revert this and failed so far.
Could it be the beginning of a new era of terrorism in India?

Ex-Google engineer sentenced for theft
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53659805
You don't recall what Levandowski had done wrong?
Well, that's easy! He sold his former company's trade secrets to Uber, his next employer, just like that.

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Well, tonight's edition will be focused on what people are saying about Donald Trump, Pence, a few US States and events in Asia.

Facebook and Twitter muzzled Trump once again
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53672893
They claimed Trump published something inaccurate about so they needed to get rid of it asap.
What did the US President actually state?
Well, he said kids were almost immune to the coronavirus.

Pence disappointed in Chief Justice Roberts
https://www.foxnews.com/media/pence-rips...servatives
Pence pretty much treats Chief Justice Roberts as a traitor to GOP for he had been a GW Bush appointee long time ago.

Maryland Governor Hogan blames Trump's administration for leaving MD vulnerable
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/marylan...ws-wh-heat

I write today to express my extreme concern for the health and safety of Maryland’s aged population due to your state’s failure to conduct federally required infection control inspections of Maryland nursing homes.

Hogan described the White House's viewpoint as inaccurate and baseless for they had inspected nearly 75% of the state’s 227 nursing homes.

Gym may stay closed but profanity rules apply to Non Democrats only
https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-chris-...gym-owners
I'm against using profanity at any given time, we gotta admit it's foul. How hypocrite did Cuomo sound when he corrected a gym owner after blowing up for the lack of response from New Jersey governor and other politicians. They wanna work but they just can't, they'd get punished for just working. They even reminded Cuomo of how beneficial gyms are, something he should have known very well from the very beginning.

Michelle Obama and her slight depression
https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-53673797
She's blaming the forced confinement AND Trump for her current mental state. It's not like her husband ever knew how to deal with the flu at all...

China's Torture System
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53666557
What might ever happen if you get arrested in China? Be sure they'll torture you to get a ridiculous confession and send you straight to prison for decades. Here a guy was finally released after investigators realized the confession was not solid at all.
Don't ever think Uighurs, religious people among others get that kind of treatment at all. They don't release them unless they pretend they're as communist as Xi Jinping. What a noble goal...

Tired but gotta take the train at all costs!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53646820
That would be a summary of a girl's attitude the day the bomb destroyed the city of Hiroshima she had ever known for the past 14 years. Decades later she tells us how her life was like back then and why she had to take that darn train.

Right, there are about 20,000 coronavirus cases down here in Costa Rica... doesn't look as if she were about to leave the country any time soon.

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Teens arrested with AK47 at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53682608
You've got a machine gun and the best and only place to hide you can think off is Trump's resort!?

Zoe Saldana feels sorry for portraying Nina Simone
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53676550
Even the actual Nina asked of her to stop talking about her calling it painful.
Was it because of a bad performance? Or because they think Zoe is Latina and not black? What if she's a black Latina?

Saudi crown prince accused of sending hit squad to Canada
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53677869
He's been known for usurping power in Arabia and ordering the assassination of a journalist. The latest news is he sent a squad to Silly's homeland!?
Their target was a former Saudi intelligence official. Toronto's Pearson International Airport was the place of their arrest.

China wanna kill a Canadian!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53521589

A Chinese court has sentenced a Canadian citizen to death on charges of producing the drug ketamine.
A court notice in the city of Guangzhou said Xu Weihong was found guilty after a trial. His alleged accomplice, Wen Guanxiong, was given a life sentence.

A Chinese has no reason to fear he'll get executed but a Canadian will lose his life no matter what!?
And I thought justice was about treating people as equals...

UK McDonald's: 'Face mask' found inside Aldershot store's chicken nugget
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-53617762
Who doesn't like to eat some juicy hamburger?
Err, well, not this mother and her girl because they'd have eaten a face mask!
By the way, I'm about to get some delicious empanadas!

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French hate pets!?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53677571

The French have the unfortunate distinction of being the European "champions" for abandoning pets that have become too cumbersome for their summer trips.
Animal shelters up and down the country are proof of this unique and sad tradition.

I do think Silly would hate to know there are people that don't care about pets but love trips, especially those that don't involve animals.

Owners rarely have the courage to turn up with their unwanted companions. Instead they call up to say where they can be found, or drop them off in boxes outside the shelter under the cover of darkness.

Probably Ralph should bite them really hard.

Trump signs relief order after talks at Congress collapse
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53712328

The directives include measures to support the unemployed, suspend payroll tax and extend student loans.
Some of them are likely to face legal challenges given that Congress controls federal spending, not the president.
Democratic rival Joe Biden said they were "a series of half-baked measures".
Mr Trump said the measures would provide up to $400 (£306) per week in supplemental unemployment benefits to tens of millions of jobless Americans. This is less than the $600 people had been receiving until 31 July, when the benefit expired.
The president also said states would cover 25% of the new payments - the previous benefit was fully funded by the federal government. He is seeking to divert money from a previously approved disaster aid to states.

I guess Wulfo might say here that we couldn't expect more from a bunch of Dems blocking actual efforts to stay clean and don't include additions that aren't -related at all.

Afghan government approved the release of Talibans
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53706638
I wonder why something's telling me they'll regret it sooner or later.

Hong Kong elections: UK and allies condemn moves to undermine democracy
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53716538

They condemned a year-long postponement of September's elections as disproportionate.

They are Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US. Yes, they really made such a request for respecting democracy in Hong Kong. In vain I might add here.  

The chief executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam, announced the delay at the end of July, blaming a rise in coronavirus infections in the territory.

Sounds terribly familiar. Here in Costa Rica we get a rise in cases whenever journalists have criticized the government for the mishandling of the pandemic or because the gov is involved in some scandal.

Anyway, keep in mind Hong Kong has barred 12 opposition candidates from election already.

5.1-magnitude quake hits North Carolina, causes minor damage
https://apnews.com/e9c431febbeb3e4fb4f7685abc315f51
It's been years since I last heard about a quake that strong in the US. Previously there was one near Virginia that took New Yorkers by surprise. But it's been about a decade since that incident.

There were no reports of injuries, but some minor structural damage was reported in Sparta, as well as cracks in roads. Images on social media also showed items knocked off of grocery store shelves.

Interesting, Melana wouldn't love to hear this.

World donors demand change before money to rebuild Beirut
https://apnews.com/24a50c0f2ee1c1995374ae66aeacf946
Basically they don't mind sending $300 millions to Lebanon to assist people living on the streets and the like, still, they won't let the local sociopolitical system remain the same. They're pressing Beirut to make important reforms. Will this be good enough to make them ever take place?

Israeli jeweler makes $1.5m gold coronavirus mask
https://apnews.com/a88a0768f236d947dc4b356c3411106b
It's highly unlikely you'd need to buy a new by now but here's an alternative if you don't mind burning a lot of money in a single purchase. Keep in mind it's a 18-karat white gold, diamond-encrusted face covering with a price tag of $1.5 million!

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Facebook and Twitter muzzled Trump once again
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53672893
They claimed Trump published something inaccurate about so they needed to get rid of it asap.
What did the US President actually state?
Well, he said kids were almost immune to the coronavirus.

Ah, well. The problem is that studies do show nearly no transmission among school children according to [/b]This study and others worldwide]. But that won't satisfy those in the Teacher's Union's since [b]95% of their donations are Democrat. They have no intent to back Trump at all, even though online teaching appears to suck

Trump signs relief order after talks at Congress collapse
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53712328

The directives include measures to support the unemployed, suspend payroll tax and extend student loans.
Some of them are likely to face legal challenges given that Congress controls federal spending, not the president.
Democratic rival Joe Biden said they were "a series of half-baked measures".
Mr Trump said the measures would provide up to $400 (£306) per week in supplemental unemployment benefits to tens of millions of jobless Americans. This is less than the $600 people had been receiving until 31 July, when the benefit expired.
The president also said states would cover 25% of the new payments - the previous benefit was fully funded by the federal government. He is seeking to divert money from a previously approved disaster aid to states.

I guess Wulfo might say here that we couldn't expect more from a bunch of Dems blocking actual efforts to stay clean and don't include additions that aren't -related at all.

Ya think? A Fifth bill, and a fifth time Pelosi had tried putting non-Covid content in for spending. And yet "again" her putting content in for Cannibis, claiming it needs protection while saying it is a good therapeutic. Heck, she tried to send money to the Kennedy Center within the Care's Act.