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Myanmar Anti-coup Protesters March Again as US Sanctions Generals

Anti-coup protesters took to the streets of Myanmar for a sixth consecutive day, after US President Joe Biden announced sanctions against the Southeast Asian nation’s generals and demanded they relinquish power.

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Salmon farming harming marine life and costing billions in damage

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Report says pollution, parasites and fish mortality rates cost an estimated $50bn globally from 2013 to 2019

Salmon farming is wreaking ruin on marine ecosystems, through pollution, parasites and high fish mortality rates which are causing billions of pounds a year in damage, a new assessment of the global salmon farming industry has found.

Taken together, these costs amounted to about $50bn globally from 2013 to 2019, according to a report published on Thursday.

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AstraZeneca to develop vaccines for new Covid strains in 6-9 months as sales hit $27bn – business live

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Markets quiet ahead of US jobless claims data

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During the press conference, AstraZeneca said it is making more than 100m doses of its Covid-19 vaccine every month, and will ramp this up to over 200m a month from April.

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Here is Reuters’ take on the AstraZeneca results.

AstraZeneca sees growth picking up, even without COVID-19 vaccine https://t.co/nJqKM5VKGJ pic.twitter.com/eRqE6iIfQi

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The generals in Myanmar are not as secure as they look | Francis Wade

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The brazen seizure of power by the military has energised the population and produced a public display of cross-party unity

A little over a week after the Myanmar military seized power and arrested Aung San Suu Kyi and dozens of other ministers and activists, a counter-movement has taken hold across the country. The military’s efforts to thwart the spread of demonstrations – by the downing of internet connections and by use of intimidation and violence, including the shooting of one protester, Mya Thwe Thwe Khine, this week – have been in vain. Mass gatherings have spread from cities in the centre to far-flung towns in the north-east, close to the border with China. Against lines of armed riot police, protesters have so far held their ground.

Aung San Suu Kyi remains in detention, her location unknown. The charges she faces – among them possession of illegally imported walkie-talkies – are clearly a ruse intended to prolong her confinement while the military finds a way to stymie her popular influence. On Tuesday night, police raided the headquarters of her National League for Democracy (NLD) party, whose landslide win in elections in November set in motion the train of events that led to the military’s coup. It is likely they were looking for evidence to incriminate other party members, or indeed criminalise the party altogether, in an attempt to weaken its organising power.

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Coronavirus live updates: Fauci predicts ‘open season’ for U.S. vaccinations by April – The Washington Post

“We removed this account for repeatedly sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines,” Facebook, Instagram’s parent company, said in a statement. Kennedy had amassed a following of 800,000 users before the social network banned his account. Source: Coronavirus live updates: Fauci predicts ‘open season’ for U.S. vaccinations by April – The Washington Post

Woke up, looked out, said wow

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When we went to bed last night there was very little snow left on the ground,  Some light flurries were swirling around, but no measurable accumulation was forecast.

Every branch covered

Well, imagine our surprise when this morning we looked out and saw what was at least a six inch cover of fresh snow on the ground, tree branches flower pots and yard ornaments. In other words, winter in February in Indiana!

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Latinx Files: Remembering loved ones lost to COVID-19 – Los Angeles Times

Venustiano “John” Castañeda stands next to the World Series trophy. I know, he lived a full life. Claro. There is no denying that. But in my familia there is serious longevity. My great grandmother, Juanita, lived to be 105. My grandma Beatriz, 96. So I selfishly expected my tío and all his brothers and sisters for that matter, to become centenarians too.

His death is hard for me to accept. I should have called him more often, recorded more of his history, our history. But his legacy lives on through all of us that share his blood.

The only thing that gives me solace is picturing him in heaven serenading his bride again, hugging his loved ones, and knowing he had the opportunity to watch his Cubbies win the World Series in 2016. Te quiero tío. Descansa en paz.

Source: Latinx Files: Remembering loved ones lost to COVID-19 – Los Angeles Times

Impeachment: Senate Republicans are on trial as much as Trump – Los Angeles Times

Trump exploited that divide by positioning himself as the leader of people who feel the country is changing in ways they don’t like. It is the politics of resentment, interspersed with delusion. And even with Trump back among the ranks of everyday citizens, the politics he exploited remain potent.

Yet, this impeachment should not be an issue of party politics and party loyalty. This should be about what we are as a democracy, and whether our vaunted constitutional safeguards are worth the paper they were inscribed upon.

Unfortunately, the outcome of the Senate trial seems to be a foregone conclusion. The necessity of holding a rogue president accountable for his abuses is being overwhelmed by Republican senators’ fear of their own electorates — members of which heeded their president’s call to action and physically invaded the Capitol five weeks ago — and by a poisonous embrace of party loyalty ahead of political responsibility.

Source: Impeachment: Senate Republicans are on trial as much as Trump – Los Angeles Times

Explosives missing from the largest base in US.

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The largest marine training base located in South California, United States announced that a number of explosives have gone missing. The military has not given any details regarding the missing explosives. It is not yet known what type of explosives went missing, and how many.

Since last month, there have been training sessions in the base involving thousands of soldiers. The training will come to an end next week. While the missing explosives could not be attributed to someone stealing them, it is important to note that an investigation is underway in the base into the suspected infiltration of the US base by right-wing extremists. The investigation was confirmed by Jeff Houston with The Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).

Out of respect for the investigative process, NCIS does not comment on or confirm details relating to ongoing investigations.

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Where’s the help for parents ill with Covid 19? – The poor side of life

Government ‘advice’ has always been poor, thats if you can call it advice in the first place. It was more like lets ignore everyone thats ill because we have to ensure that the economy comes first. We only have to see how long it took the government to shut the schools, even though they’re still not fully shut.

To evidence this you only have to look at the supposed government press conferences to see this. They’ve never given up on their herd immunity plans. Thousands of people have died and will continue to die as a result of their incompetence.

Every day people are dying and the public are becoming normalised to it. The government certainly doesn’t care so why should we many would say.

Personally the deaths of thousands of people never leaves my thoughts. It could have been so different if we had followed New Zealand’s example. Thousands of people wouldn’t have died and the economy would be on its way to returning back to normal.

I won’t apologise for writing about this again because it has changed my life as it has for thousands of other people. We can get through this and one day we will be able to return to ‘normal’ whatever that means for us.

I’ll end it here but please read, share, tweet and email my blog. This does make a difference and it means the world to me.

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