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

Palestine back to lock-down starting Friday | PNN

Palestine back to lock-down starting Friday | PNN
— Read on english.pnn.ps/2020/07/02/palestine-back-to-lock-down-starting-friday/

Covid-19 strain in Beijing outbreak may have come from South-east Asia: Harvard study, East Asia News & Top Stories – The Straits Times

SHANGHAI (REUTERS) – A strain of Covid-19 that has infected more than 300 people in Beijing since early June could have originated in South or Southeast Asia, according to a study by Harvard University researchers.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
— Read on www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/covid-19-strain-in-beijing-outbreak-may-have-come-from-se-asia-harvard-study

CIA official chose not to tell Trump of Russia bounty report, top adviser claims | US news | The Guardian – (sort of true but report was given to Trump…)

“We now know that the information was included in Trump’s written PDB, which is how the intelligence community regularly flags items that the President needs to know. Nothing in the PDB is discretionary; everything in that short document is in there because – in the estimation of the intelligence community – the president needs to know it to fulfill his charge.”

Intelligence experts have also pointed out that intelligence routinely briefed to the president is rarely “verified”, but presented with varying degrees of confidence.

Source: CIA official chose not to tell Trump of Russia bounty report, top adviser claims | US news | The Guardian

US criticised for hoarding world’s supply of coronavirus drug remdesivir – ABC News

European health experts criticise the United States for buying up almost all of the world’s supply of coronavirus drug remdesivir that will be produced from July through till September, warning that type of behaviour sets a dangerous precedent.

Source: US criticised for hoarding world’s supply of coronavirus drug remdesivir – ABC News

US daily COVID-19 cases near 50,000 as 19 states pause reopening | CIDRAP

the governors of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut are now asking visitors from Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival, National Public Radio reports.

Source: US daily COVID-19 cases near 50,000 as 19 states pause reopening | CIDRAP