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

EU health body recommends remdesivir to fight COVID-19

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Experimental drug remdesivir has been endorsed by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) for treatment of COVID-19, paving the way for its use in the EU. Studies say the drug shortens recovery time.

Defense Secretary Faces White House Pressure on Aides and a Military Promotion – The New York Times – meanness knows no bounds

The White House had made clear to officials in the Pentagon’s Office of Personnel and Readiness, which handles such staffing, that Mr. Trump did not want to see Colonel Vindman promoted, the officials said. In fact, when they saw an earlier draft version of the list two weeks ago, National Security Council staff members even told their Defense Department counterparts they had evidence of misconduct by Colonel Vindman.

VICE – The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Out of Control In the U.S.

Daily records were set in the country’s three most populous states — California, Texas, and Florida — on Wednesday, with all three breaking records that had been set just days before. Nationwide, cases are up 30 percent compared to the beginning of this month, while more than half of U.S. states have seen coronavirus caseloads increase over the past week, according to data gathered by Axios.

Source: VICE – The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Out of Control In the U.S.

New Zealand reports 3 new Covid-19 cases – travelers handled properly

The Rotorua case was a woman in her 30s who arrived from Peru. Everyone who was on the bus to Rotorua with her is being followed up, director-general of health Ashley Bloomfield told a press conference. The two Christchurch cases were a man in his 70s and a man in his 30s who arrived from India on June 20 on the same flight. They tested positive for Covid-19 during routine testing on the third day of their isolation, Bloomfield said. “Any possible contact of these two cases are being identified and followed up,” he added.

 

Source: Inoreader – New Zealand reports 3 new Covid-19 cases

Hamilton mayor suffers from abuse after Captain Hamilton statue removal | RNZ News – Racism is a global illness – New Zealand

Vitriolic emails have even referred to lynching – all because of the statue of Captain Hamilton, which was removed from the city’s Civic Square earlier this month.

It was removed the day before a Black Lives Matter march after a member of the public threatened to forcibly remove it as well as a formal request from local iwi Waikato-Tainui.

Source: Hamilton mayor suffers from abuse after Captain Hamilton statue removal | RNZ News

Trump Administration Says Huawei, Hikvision Backed By Chinese Military

Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Booz Allen Hamilton all controlled by US military via billions of dollars of contracts. Should other nations refuse to do business with them based on similar rationale?

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The Trump administration has determined that top Chinese firms, including telecoms equipment giant Huawei Technologies and video surveillance company Hikvision, are owned or controlled by the Chinese military, laying the groundwork for new U.S. financial sanctions, according to a document seen by Reuters on Wednesday. The list of 20 companies that Washington alleges are backed by the People’s Liberation Army also includes China Mobile Communications Group and China Telecommunications Corp as well as aircraft manufacturer Aviation Industry Corp of China.

The designations were drawn up by the Defense Department, which was mandated by a 1999 law to compile a list of firms “owned or controlled” by the People’s Liberation Army that provide commercial services, manufacture, produce or export. The Pentagon’s designations do not trigger sanctions, but the law says the president may declare a national emergency which would allow him to penalize any companies on the list that operate in the United States.

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Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Fact check: Trump claimed he was left ‘no ventilators.’ His administration just confirmed he had more than 16,000 – CNNPolitics

President Donald Trump’s administration has confirmed that Trump has been wildly inaccurate when he has claimed he inherited “no ventilators” from the Obama administration.
— Read on edition.cnn.com/2020/06/24/politics/fact-check-trump-16000-ventilators-stockpile-obama/index.html