News of the World

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Trump's son Barron had coronavirus

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54548661
Melania Trump confirmed her son had contracted the Wuhan virus!
Nowadays he's been testing negative to

US hostages released in Yemen prisoner swap

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-54547474

Two US hostages held by Houthi rebels in Yemen have been released, seemingly as part of a large prisoner exchange.
Sandra Loli, a humanitarian worker held for about three years, and businessman Mikael Gidada, held for about one, were freed on Wednesday, US officials said.
The remains of a third US captive, Bilal Fateen, were repatriated as well.
It comes after the Houthis reported receiving more than 200 Yemenis from Oman, where many had been stranded after receiving medical treatment.
Mr Abdulsalam added that they included casualties who had travelled to the Gulf state during UN-brokered peace talks between the warring parties in Stockholm in 2018. "The United Nations did not bring [them] back" in line with the agreement reached, he said.

They also claim that Sandra Loli is in ill-health.

Central Park: Amy Cooper made second racist call against birdwatcher

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54544443

A white woman who called police on a black man bird watching in New York's Central Park made a second call accusing him of attempted assault, prosecutors say.
Amy Cooper appeared in court on Wednesday charged with falsely reporting an incident.
A viral video showed Ms Cooper threatening Christian Cooper, no relation, with the police when he asked her to put her dog on a lead.
This happened on 25 May, Memorial Day.
This was also the day that unarmed black man George Floyd died in police custody in Minneapolis, triggering weeks of national and global anti-racism protests.

Who would tell she would share the same surname as her alleged attacker? It wasn't his lucky day for sure. OK she might spend a year in jail for pressing false charges against him.

US election 2020: Why it matters so much to Germans

https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54522984

American sport, culture and, many would say, values pump through the veins of Germany.

I won't deny Germany has adopted several customs that actually belonged to Americans but claiming that they are totally concerned with US Elections might be a little bit exaggerated. Don't you think, Melana?

For my generation - born after the second world war - Americans were a great example of freedom and democracy. That's ended with Trump.

For her part, the German chancellor has never warmed to President Trump's style or his politics. She was openly dismayed by his dismissive attitude towards Nato, his withdrawal from the Paris agreement on climate change, and his rejection of the Iran nuclear agreement.

The four years of the Trump presidency have meant that everything, very fundamentally, has been called into question. The very existence of Nato, the predictability of US foreign policy. It has been a disruption which we haven't seen since World War Two.
We are concerned. I'm totally convinced that the prospect of another four years would not only mean that we're going to see more of the same, but I'm quite certain we would see an acceleration of everything we've experienced. Because then President Trump would not be under the pressure to be re-elected. He would be unshackled.

Well, it seems to be crystal clear German politicians HATE Donald Trump.

Shakespeare First Folio fetches a record $10m at auction

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-54544737

A copy of William Shakespeare's First Folio has been sold for a record $9.98m (£7.6m) at auction in New York.
The 1623 book, published seven years after the Bard's death, was the first collected edition of his plays.
About 235 copies of the book exist, but only a handful of complete versions are known to be in private hands.
The edition sold on Wednesday was the first complete copy to go under the hammer since 2001, when one fetched $6.1m (£4.9m) - the previous record.
It was sold by Mills College in Oakland, California - a private college that has owned it since the 1960s. The identity of the buyer was not immediately known.

I wonder if it was worth all the money they've spent on it when they could have purchased a newer book...

Glen Snyman: South African accused of fraud for saying he's African

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-54531457

A South African teacher has been summoned to a disciplinary hearing, accused of fraud, for identifying as "African" in a job application.
Glen Snyman is "coloured" - as people of mixed race have been known since the country was under white-minority rule.
He is the founder of campaign group People Against Race Classification.
He opposes the use of race categories: "black", "coloured", "Indian" and "white" on official documentation, including job-application forms.

So if I say I'm Latin American while staying in South Africa, I'd be charged for not telling them I'm Costa Rican or not black nor white?
Wasn't rejecting his job application more than enough here?

France fines Congo activist for seizing Paris museum artefact

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54544437

An activist has been fined €1,000 (£901) for removing an African artefact from a Paris museum in protest at France's colonial-era looting of art.
Emery Mwazulu Diyabanza grabbed a 19th Century Chadian wooden funerary post from the Quai Branly museum in June in a protest that was live-streamed.
He said he had "come to claim back the stolen property of Africa".
Fining him for aggravated robbery, the judge said he wanted to "discourage" similar stunts.
"You have other ways of drawing the attention of politicians and the public" to the issue of colonial cultural theft, he said.

Sometimes people think they can break the law for any stupid reason they can come up with. I suspect this activist is either communist or Muslim (extremist?). You see, they often resort to this kind of absurd behavior and robbery. Couldn't he just ask people to sign a petition of sorts?

Is Australia really seeing more shark attacks?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-54112992

The alert about the latest shark attack came last Friday: a surfer was missing; his board dragged from the waves bearing bite marks.
Western Australian authorities have since called off the search for Andrew Sharpe, 52, confirming he was mauled by a shark.
Friends who witnessed the attack said he had been knocked off his board and pulled underwater. Police divers later found scraps of his wetsuit.
His death in Wylie Bay, a popular surf spot, marks the seventh fatal shark attack in Australian waters this year, causing alarm among beach-going communities.
Not since 1929 - when there were nine fatalities - have there been so many.

The BBC considers this year isn't that impressive if talking about shark attacks. Of course, losing loved ones is always hurtful.
Just don't take it personal, guys. Sharks do need to eat as well.

After so many decades WWII bomb explodes in Poland

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-54533860

The RAF dropped the Tallboy or "earthquake" bomb in a raid in 1945 which sank the German cruiser Lützow.
The Polish Navy said there had been a 50:50 chance the bomb would explode and all the divers were unharmed.

Perhaps that bomb desperately wanted to get its 15 seconds of fame after all these years.

Soyuz rocket reaches ISS in record time

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-envi...t-54545170

The spacecraft, carrying two Russian cosmonauts and a Nasa astronaut, made the trip in just three hours and three minutes – half the usual journey time.

Would this flight be the last one for an American aboard a Russian rocket?