News of the World

[kyonides]

Here's a series of events pertaining to Germany and China in the last couple of weeks. I think the clip I posted on What am I youtubing? could be the perfect beginning for these series.

China furious over German newspaper claims that China caused Covid-19 outbreak
http://www.rfi.fr/en/international/20200...d-covid-19

China has launched a furious war-of-words over a letter by German magazine Bild editor accusing China of being the cause of the Covid-19 outbreak and demanding massive reparations. 
Meanwhile, the French foreign ministry has summoned the Chinese ambassador to France over an article that “slanders” staff of French nursing homes.

And they still complain about those justified claims?
When did the bat viruses in the Wuhan lab disappear?
After they were unable to contain them and it freely spread in the surroundings of their beloved but rubbish wet market!?

German tabloid sends $162-billion bill to China as 'Covid-19 damages'
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/new...403658.ece
Beijing calls it xenophobia. I suggest you call it hypengyophobia instead. What's that? It's the irrational fear of responsibility! It's a perfect fit, don't you think? So Bild make sure they pay all of us our well deserved reparations!

Germany says China sought to encourage positive COVID-19 comments
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-healt...SKCN2280JW
You gotta be as nefarious as China to tell politicians living abroad and who have no direct ties to the Asian country what to tell the world about the Chinese government and the pandemic.

France's first known case 'was in December'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52526554
Did you ever think that USA and Germany were the only countries suspecting China did something wrong? Then it twice because France noticed made her first visit to France last December!

So WHO's statement that there was no human to human transmission of coronavirus until mid January has been debunked! Once again...

US family 'murdered shop guard for enforcing mask policy'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52540266
So if you disagree with some Covid-19 policy, you just get rid of the guard!?

IS militants 'dumped bodies in Syria gorge', HRW says
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-52535838
For those like Kainers, we got bad news from Syria, ISIS keeps wreaking havoc in the Middle East!

Mozambique: Is Cabo Delgado the latest Islamic State outpost?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52532741
It's not like Africa was or is in a good position to face more menaces after some guerrillas and the locust plague AND had arrived. Still, it has to deal with more ISIS crap!?

The groundbreaking way to search lungs for Covid-19
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52483082
I dunno if I'd EVER ever trust a Chinese doctor's judgement, plus not even WHO has told the world to use CT scans to detect did it?

US to borrow record $3tn as spending soars
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52537938
Total US government debt is now near US$25 trillions!

Malaria 'completely stopped' by microbe
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52530828

Scientists have discovered a microbe that completely protects mosquitoes from being infected with malaria.
The team in Kenya and the UK say the finding has "enormous potential" to control the disease.

This sounds quite promising indeed. Costa Rica and pretty much all of Latin America would really appreciate it if they shared their knowledge and equipment with the region.

[kyonides]

UK death toll passes Italy to be highest in Europe
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-52549860
Not the best news out there, don't you think?

Five-year-old caught driving parents' car in Utah
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52548236

Five-year-old Adrian took the family car, and was only caught when police in Utah state stopped him on the freeway.
A patrolman spotted the SUV weaving across lanes at 30mph (50km/h), and issued a traffic stop, duly obeyed by the driver.
He was shocked to discover the child behind the wheel, who said he was on his way to buy a Lamborghini.

Kids nowadays drive to get a Lambo!?

Venezuela detains two US citizens over speedboat incursion
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52543033
Maduro made such an incredibly strange announcement.

In a live broadcast on Monday, Mr Maduro displayed what he said were the passports of the two arrested Americans - Airan Berry and Luke Denman - who work for a Florida-based security company.
He told viewers: "They were playing Rambo, they were playing hero."

Climate change: More than 3bn could live in extreme heat by 2070
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-52543589
I'm glad that was not the case in 2020 or could have asphyxiated us in no time.

Summer holidays abroad possible, German official says
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52547403
Since Germany is going through the same situation as the rest of the world, why didn't they consider boosting local tourism first? I assume local brewers would love to offer you some cold if you ever pay them a visit.

[DerVVulfman]

The Case against Gen. Michael Flynn dropped by the DOJ
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/drops-d...mo-release
Well, that's TWO black eyes for the FBI. The Horowitz report showed that FBI agents they went after Carter Page illegally. And now it was uncovered that FBI agents actively worked to entrap Flynn to either get him arrested or get him fired, had no reason to interview him at all (which Comey set up), and messed with the 32-year veteran's '302' Interview report. And his initial guilty plea was coerced under a threat by the FBI to prosecute his son.

Since new evidence showed up that members of the FBI literally intended to put Flynn in a perjury trap,
The Flynn bombshell puts renewed attention on Durham probe
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/flynn-b...-every-day
Think about the revealed notes showing the FBI's intent. "The handwritten notes were penned by the FBI’s former head of counterintelligence Bill Priestap after a meeting with then-FBI Director James Comey and then-FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, and before Flynn’s interview." As of now, sources say charges could be justified against officials, and that those reviewing the Justice Department and the FBI's actions are building a "serious case."

Oh, sure some out there are saying "BUT HE PLED GUILTY", but might I remind you...

But how did they get Flynn to plead guilty of the charges if he was innocent??
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/e...lynn-case/
"Specifically, Flynn is said to have been warned that, if he refused to plead guilty, prosecutors would charge his son with a felony for failing to register with the Justice Department as a foreign agent."
Now it's extortion? And further reading shows they intended to hide this from the court!

He was coerced and extorted into the plea.

[kyonides]

Germany's Bundesliga to resume behind closed doors on 16 May
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/52576780
Well, Melana and the others, it seems you'll be able to get some extra entertainment once the Bundesliga returns!  
I don't recall football or soccer was an essential activity at all but I know aficionados will love this news for sure.
Nah, you can only watch them on TV for now.  

US unemployment claims hit 33.3 million amid virus
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52570600
Yes, people are getting jobless at an alarming speed for sure.  

Kenya, Somalia and Rwanda hit by deadly flooding
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52571322
East Africa already had issues because of its poverty, the violence caused by guerrillas and armies, the locust plague and now flooding is also vexing them.  

Dallas hair salon owner jailed for week for defying lockdown
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52557297
Do you own a salon? Do you need to work to get food? Well I gotta tell you that you might get arrested and jailed.

Trump says coronavirus worse 'attack' than Pearl Harbor
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52568405
I guess he's right about it, the Japanese never managed to attack US mainland, did! Man, she's ruthless indeed!

Axl Rose and Steven Mnuchin in coronavirus Twitter spat
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52582023

Are you American? Are you a patriot? Are you capable of distinguishing your own flag among thousands of other national flags? He, he that seemed to be the main topics in their strange online row.

Wagner, shadowy Russian military group, 'fighting in Libya'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52571777
Err, in some countries isn't the main issue at all... Especially if Putin's Russia is involved.

Tara Reade: Biden sex attack accuser urges him to quit race
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52584774
Oh no! Nobody would ever imply she hates him for what he had done long time ago.

Coronavirus in Costa Rica

765 confirmed, 314 active cases, 3 patients in ICU, 6 deaths, 445 recoveries, ~9,700 discarded, 15,140 samples

[DerVVulfman]

Dallas hair salon owner jailed for week for defying lockdown
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52557297
Do you own a salon? Do you need to work to get food? Well I gotta tell you that you might get arrested and jailed.

  Corona-Chan:   That is just sick
  Cure-Chan:  Did you just say that?
  Hanta-Chan:  Yeah, you just confused me too.
  Ebola-Chan:  Not me.  That Judge was a jerk.  He jailed her for not apologizing to him!
  Corona-Chan:   What?
  Malaira-Chan:  Yeah, I heard about this.  She was there about social distancing, but he jailed her because he had a 'tude!

  TOGETHER:  What a jerk!

[DerVVulfman]

House Intelligence Transcripts: Top Obama Officials saw no Russian Collusion
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/intel-t...-collusion
“I never saw any direct empirical evidence that the Trump campaign or someone in it was plotting/conspiring with the Russians to meddle with the election,” former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified in 2017.
“The transcripts show a total lack of evidence, despite Schiff personally going out saying he had more than circumstantial evidence that there was collusion”
"Mueller, similarly, at the conclusion of his nearly two-year-long investigation, said he and his team found no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia..."

A lawyer would say that there was no predication to continue based on the lack of evidence. Or more simply put, they didn't have any evidence to support a warrant... a warrant to have the U.S. go through over two years of Russia Collusion Conspiracy and the Mueller Investigation.

[kyonides]

WHO expects Africa to report about 200,000 deaths next year
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52587408
Even if Africans are young, their health care systems still suck. It's highly probable they won't ever find most cases before people actually passed away.

Venezuela: Trump denies role in bungled incursion
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52592824
Of course, he would say he isn't linked to the incursion but it'd be a totally different story if they had succeeded.

India gas leak: Culpable homicide charges after 11 die

The leak at the site, owned by South Korean company LG Chem, occurred early on Thursday morning in the city of Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh state.

No idea where that places is located, but one wouldn't expect LG to be that clumsy.

Coronavirus: Pandemic sends US jobless rate to 14.7%
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52591262
There won't be any surprise to hear that Wulfo's got quite busy lately.

Belarus WW2 parade defies pandemic and upstages Putin
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52574749
While Russia didn't commemorate the end of World War II, Belarus doesn't really care about and celebrates it as usual.

The Belarus authorities have registered 21,101 cases of coronavirus, having conducted more than 240,000 tests. They say 121 people have died.
There is no regional information and journalists have not been allowed to interview medics or see what is going on in hospitals.

You know, that sounds like Nicaragua, except for the fact that Ortega just doesn't share any valid data.


Tesla ordered to keep main US plant closed
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52596372

California's government has eased some restrictions around the state this week, allowing businesses to resume operations. But several Bay Area counties, including Alameda, have issued their own criteria for businesses to open up, which take precedent.

And the county's policies take precedence according to the news media.

US Vice-President Mike Pence's aide tests positive for coronavirus
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52595700
So does this mean that coronavirus has spread wide in the USA already? Has most people caught it already!?

Brazil's Amazon: Surge in deforestation as military prepares to deploy
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52595030
Do you need another crisis? Well Brazilians got a new one. Desperation and reckless people combined ends up with the loss of several hectares of forest that the lung of the world might never recover.
In the northern region of Costa Rica you can find Nicaraguan and a few Costa Ricans logging and mining the fields of Crucitas. Except they don't sell any wood related product at all. They only care about polluting the soil and the water to extract gold.

[kyonides]

Nope, China has not finished dealing with at all!
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-52612438

China reported 17 new virus cases on Monday, its second consecutive double-digit increase
Five of the new cases were reported in Wuhan, where the virus first emerged
There is growing concern over a cluster of cases in north-eastern Shulan city in Jilin province

Colombian airline Avianca files for bankruptcy in US court
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-52612335
Why doesn't the Colombian government deal with such bankruptcy claim?

Cuomo demands twice weekly care home Covid-19 tests
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52610575
Remind me who made a mess of those care homes in the first place.

Niger attacks: At least 20 killed in Tillaberi villages
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52612247
Violence doesn't seem to leave Africa in peace even in times of

Angela Merkel compared to Hitler by Malta ambassador who then quits
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52609417

Michael Zammit Tabona reportedly wrote on his Facebook page: "Seventy-five years ago we stopped Hitler. Who will stop Angela Merkel? She has fulfilled Hitler's dream! To control Europe."

Melana and the other Germans that visits us frequently, do you really think Merkel has been such a pest?
Do you think that ambassador had any valid motive or suspicion to call her a terrible dictator of sorts?

Obama says US response a 'chaotic disaster'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52602580
Yeah, Wulfo is gonna love this article!

It would have been bad even with the best of government
It has been an absolute chaotic disaster when that mindset of 'what's in it for me' and 'to heck with everybody else', when that mindset is operationalised in our government.

He strongly criticised the decision to drop criminal charges against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Coronavirus in Costa Rica

792 confirmed, 7 deaths, 501 recoveries, 285 active, ~11,200 discarded, ~17,200 tests

Coronavirus in Canada
68,848 confirmed, 4,871 deaths, 32,096 recoveries

Worldwide

4,1 million confirmed, 1,4 million recoveries, ~282,000 deaths

[DerVVulfman]

Obama says US response a 'chaotic disaster'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52602580
Yeah, Wulfo is gonna love this article!

Yup. Given he used up all the Ventilators n stuff after the 2009 Swine Flu and didn't restock them even after being re-elected in 2012. That and he waited from the April outbreak to October 25, 2009, six months later and 1000 deaths, to declare his an emergency.

It would have been bad even with the best of government
It has been an absolute chaotic disaster when that mindset of 'what's in it for me' and 'to heck with everybody else', when that mindset is operationalised in our government.

He strongly criticised the decision to drop criminal charges against former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

Oh, I guess one shouldn't criticize the FBI agents during Obama's Presidency who got caught putting Flynn in a Perjury Trap, doctoring 303 interview documents, and extorting him into a Guilty plea.

[kyonides]

Russia now has second highest virus case total
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52631045
Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, has now tested positive for the virus.
And people thought it was just Trump or Johnson who got overwhelmed with the virus.


Afghan attack: Babies killed as gunmen storm Kabul maternity ward
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52631071
So now babies are a threat to either the government or the Taliban!?

Maria Branyas: 'Oldest woman in Spain' beats coronavirus at 113
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52641659
Not even deadly could send that woman to the other world.

Ventilator fire blamed for Russia Covid-19 deaths
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52629781
I guess Russia doesn't really check if the medical equipment passes any certifications or needs repairing...

Coronavirus lockdown: Two hotels demolished in Nigeria 'for breach of rules'
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-52617552
Disrespect authorities, escape from the lockdown and... get your hotel demolished?
The owner of Prodest Home claims authorities wanted to get a bribe and he refused to pay them...

Germany not alarmed by infection rate rise
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52632369
Robert Koch Institute said they're not worried about an R rate of 1.0 but they would if it raises 2 or 3 decimal points. Sounds weird, don't you think?