With 4 new infections today, the outbreak has reached 3,175 cases.
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Combatting Disease: The Advance of Designer Viruses in Agriculture
Remember the story about the Greek who flew too close to the sun? How about the ecological disasters that Australians brought on themselves time after time? When men think they can outsmart nature, run for the doors as fast as you can and shut them down. They nearly always fail. Pesticides create new “pests!” Scientists believe designer viruses created in the laboratory can help the agricultural industry deal with pathogens and extreme weather. A vast experiment is currently being planned. But can the viruses be controlled?
Europe′s right-wing extremists try recruiting from police, army | News | DW | 24.09.2019
Right-wing violence is on the rise in many EU states, according to a confidential Europol report cited by German media. The extremist groups seek to boost their “combat skills” by recruiting military and police members.
Source: Europe′s right-wing extremists try recruiting from police, army | News | DW | 24.09.2019
Pexit? US prepares to pull out of Universal Postal Union
No sense and disaster where ever he goes!

The US has informed a special meeting of the UN postal agency that it will leave if reforms are not made. It claims China is taking advantage of its developing country status within the body, and the US is paying for it.
Robert O’Brien attended ‘routinely racist’ university in apartheid South Africa

Donald Trump’s new national security adviser studied at the segregated University of the Orange Free State
Donald Trump’s new national security adviser attended a segregated university in South Africa, described by one of its former vice-chancellors as “routinely racist”.
Robert O’Brien, a relatively junior official appointed to the top White House post on Wednesday, went to the University of the Orange Free State under the South African apartheid system. O’Brien’s LinkedIn page says he was there in 1987, while still an undergraduate. He received a scholarship from Rotary International and according to its records he was there from 1986. The first black undergraduate was admitted in 1988.
A ‘nightmare scenario’ if Trump pulls US out of global postal union, agency warns

Trump says UPU rules unfairly benefit China and wants to charge other countries more than rules permit for deliveries in the US
Donald Trump’s threat to pull the United States out of the global postal system could lead to a “nightmare scenario” of mail going undelivered, packages piling up and American stamps no longer being recognised abroad, the UN postal agency has warned.
The Universal Postal Union (UPU) has been holding an emergency meeting in Geneva to persuade Washington not to follow through on a threat to quit the agency, which sets rules to ensure mail gets delivered around the globe.
US patience with Iran not inexhaustible, warns Saudi Arabia
Huh? Not even trying to hide that they own Trump!

Saudi minister says military response to attack on oil facilities still being considered
Saudi Arabia has said that US patience with Iran is not inexhaustible and warned that military options are still being considered following the attack on the Aramco oil facilities earlier this month.
The Saudi foreign affairs minister, Adel al-Jubeir, also said the UN-commissioned report into the origins of the attack will be available fairly soon, and described the EU’s Monday statement ascribing responsibility to Iran as “very significant”.
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D’Souza is the Nazi! 
Global Warming: How Fast?
Here’s the annual average temperature for the planet Earth, from 1880 to now, according to data from NASA: [Technical note: NASA reports temperature anomaly: the difference between temperature and its value during a “baseline” period which they chose as 1951-1980. … Continue reading →
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