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Activist, writer, researcher, addicted to sharing information and facts.

No matter how dark the night might be, there will always be a golden morning — joypassiondesire

No matter how dark the night might be, there will always be a golden morning. Nature is healing. There is so much beauty to be seen and so much soothing to be felt.

No matter how dark the night might be, there will always be a golden morning — joypassiondesire

10 English Words You Didn’t Know Came From Arabic — Egyptian Streets

Dictionary. Photo courtesy of Aaron Burden. Arabic is one of the oldest languages in the world, dating back to approximately 512 BCE, with 310 million native speakers worldwide as of 2016. While some consider that the language has been slowly dying in recent years, especially in countries such as the United Arab Emirates, its inspiration into…

10 English Words You Didn’t Know Came From Arabic — Egyptian Streets

Virus Upticks Expand Across NYC, Alarming Experts – Gothamist -(create new normal – old normal = Covid-19 reeks havoc)

Last week, the Department of Health had identified six initial clusters, but on Wednesday evening city health officials issued an alert saying that they were now monitoring 10 neighborhoods, including Far Rockaway, South Brooklyn and a portion of Central Queens, where cases are increasing at an alarming rate. The 14-day test positivity rate in all of these neighborhoods have risen above 3%, far above the citywide average, which has been around 1%.

Taken together, the areas account for nearly 28% of new cases citywide over the past two weeks, while representing less than 8% of the city’s overall population, health officials said.

Source: Virus Upticks Expand Across NYC, Alarming Experts – Gothamist

The recent Abraham Accords aren’t enough to win Jewish voters for Trump – The Jerusalem Post

Trump won his spurs as a bona fide racist through his role in the Central Park Five case, his leadership in the birther movement, by lauding the “fine people” at Charlottesville marching with KKK and neo-Nazis chanting “Jews will not replace us,” by defending the Confederate flag and treasonous generals who led a rebellion against the US, by his Muslim ban, by calling Mexicans “drug dealers, criminals and rapists” and by his xenophobia and misogyny.

On all of these issues and more, Biden is more in sync with the majority of Jewish voters. And a mensch. Source: The recent Abraham Accords aren’t enough to win Jewish voters for Trump – The Jerusalem Post

40% of all coronavirus patients are haredi – Ronni Gamzu – The Jerusalem Post

Haredim (ultra-Orthodox) make up 40% of coronavirus infection in Israel, according to coronavirus commissioner Prof. Ronni Gamzu.

Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday, he said “Today, I will visit one of the ultra-Orthodox municipalities to see up close the existing complexities and do everything possible to strengthen them.” Source: 40% of all coronavirus patients are haredi – Ronni Gamzu – The Jerusalem Post

Ukraine registers more than 4,000 new coronavirus cases in one day

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Ukraine has registered 4,069 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, a new record high in the country, the National Security and Defense Council said on its website on Thursday.

On Wednesday, the Council confirmed 4,027 new infections. Health minister Maksym Stepanov said that 733 individuals were hospitalized.

Ukraine has so far registered 213,028 infections and 4,193 deaths from the disease. 64 people have died in the past day, according to official data.

The government imposed a lockdown on March 17 after it detected it first COVID-19 infection on March 3. The restrictions were extended until the end of October.

Since August 1, the country introduced new measures. Its regions were divided into four zones with different restrictions depending on the epidemiological situation.