Germany’s Kramp-Karrenbauer to Step Down as CDU Leader
Tucker Carlson: Democrats’ radical immigration legislation would help foreign criminals move to US
posted in: News, United States
Thursday night we told you about what may be the single most extreme and disruptive piece of legislation ever to gain widespread support in the Congress in the history of this country. It’s called the New Way Forward Act. The bill is … Read More
Pew: Political Divide is Also News Trust Divide
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It will come as a surprise to few, but media polarization has increased in the past half-decade and, a new Pew Research report asserts, appears to have been driven by Republican’s increasing distrust of the media. Pew will track that … Read More
An Epidemic of Wuhan Virus Misinformation Is Spreading Online
Social media giants are finding it hard to quarantine fake news. A young boy reacts as he and thousands of others line up to purchase face masks from a makeshift stall after waiting for hours in Hong Kong on Feb. … Read More
The outbreaks of both the Wuhan coronavirus and SARS likely started in Chinese wet markets.
posted in: Earthquakes, Famines, Pestilence, Disasters, News
Customers in a Chinese wet market on January 22, 2016. Edward Wong/South China Morning Post/Getty A coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, has killed at least 360 people and infected more than 17,400. The Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan might … Read More
What the Worst Case of a Coronavirus Pandemic Might Look Like
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‘DEATH SENTENCE’? “I think at this point, containment is already a lost cause,” one expert said. Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast Amid furious efforts to stem the tide of the expanding coronavirus outbreak, health officials are soberly preparing for … Read More
Somalia declares emergency over locust swarms
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The UN says the situation in the Horn of Africa is the worst in 25 years – EPA Somalia has declared a national emergency as large swarms of locusts spread across east Africa. The country’s Ministry of Agriculture said the … Read More
‘This Is Huge’: Worst Locust Swarm in Decades Destroy Crops in East Africa
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(KATITIKA, Kenya) — The hum of millions of locusts on the move is broken by the screams of farmers and the clanging of pots and pans. But their noise-making does little to stop the voracious insects from feasting on their … Read More
Weekly Update from Mark Armstrong – 7 February 2020
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February 7, 2020 Weekly Update Greetings from Tyler, This has been a week that history will remember, for several reasons. A plague of large locusts is consuming the nations of North East Africa. But that’s not the big story. The … Read More
Storm Ciara to bring snow and high winds to UK this weekend
posted in: European Union, News
Amber wind warnings in place across the south and ‘blizzard-like conditions’ expected by next week. Waves crash over the harbour wall in Dover, Kent, on 14 January during Storm Brendan. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA Storm Ciara is expected to hit the … Read More