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

An Epidemic of Wuhan Virus Misinformation Is Spreading Online

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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

Coronavirus Chaos: The Torturous Journey Home for 5 Million ‘Homeless’ Wuhan People

The latest from inside China thanks to our on-the-ground expert: “While residents of Wuhan have been blocked from leaving the city ever since it was quarantined on January 23, the approximately 5 million Wuhan locals who were stuck outside of … Read More

Coronavirus: China accused of ‘burning bodies in secret’

World health officials, back from a visit to Beijing, expressed great concern that a dangerous new virus was spreading between people outside of China, even as the number of illnesses continue to grow dramatically inside that Asian nation. The new … Read More

China’s Xi Vows to Defeat ‘Devil’ Coronavirus Outbreak as Death Toll Soars

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Tedros Adhanom, director-general of the World Health Organization, left, meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Jan. 28, 2020. Chinese President Xi Jingping vowed the country will conquer the fight against a … Read More

China coronavirus spread is accelerating, Xi Jinping warns

The spread of a deadly new virus is accelerating, Chinese President Xi Jinping warned, after holding a special government meeting on the Lunar New Year public holiday. The country is facing a “grave situation” Mr. Xi told senior officials. The … Read More

Flood Affects 40,844 Residents in West Java’s Bandung

TEMPO.CO, Bandung – Flood hit five sub-districts in Bandung District, West Java Province, on Sunday, inundating thousands of houses and forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes. By 07.00 a.m. on Sunday, the flood-affected 11,659 families or 40,844 residents in Bandung District, Manager … Read More

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