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Fire Tornadoes Reported in Northern California Wildfire

The National Weather Service issued an unusual warning on Saturday about the possibility of “a fire-induced tornado.”

New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern delays election over coronavirus fears – BBC News

The prime minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, has postponed the country’s general election by a month amid a spike in coronavirus cases.

The vote was due to take place on 19 September but will now be held on 17 October instead.

Ms Ardern said on Monday that the new date would allow parties “to plan around the range of circumstances we will be campaigning under”.

 

Source: New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern delays election over coronavirus fears – BBC News

Cheney calls pardoning Snowden ‘unconscionable’ after Trump says he’s considering it | TheHill

“Edward Snowden is a traitor. He is responsible for the largest and most damaging release of classified info in US history. He handed over US secrets to Russian and Chinese intelligence putting our troops and our nation at risk,” Cheney, the No. 3 Republican in the House, tweeted on Sunday afternoon, adding; “Pardoning him would be unconscionable.”

Source: Cheney calls pardoning Snowden ‘unconscionable’ after Trump says he’s considering it | TheHill

Hong Kong third wave: health officials race to contain port outbreak as nearly half of 74 new Covid-19 cases tied to container terminal cluster | South China Morning Post

Health authorities are racing to contain an outbreak at Hong Kong’s biggest container terminal that is already threatening a temporary suspension of business at a port company linked to nearly half of Sunday’s 74 new

Covid-19

cases.

Expanded tests will be carried out to cover up to 8,000 workers, many of whom spend hours inside cramped, makeshift dormitories at the Kwai Tsing Container Terminals, according to union members. The site now has 63 Covid-19 cases connected to more than 10 companies.

Source: Hong Kong third wave: health officials race to contain port outbreak as nearly half of 74 new Covid-19 cases tied to container terminal cluster | South China Morning Post

QAnon Vaccine Conspiracy Theories — VAXOPEDIA

There is one thing you can believe in when it comes to conspiracy theories, including vaccine conspiracy theories. “The QAnon theory now connects anti-vaccine, anti-5G conspiracies, antisemitic and anti-migrant tropes, and several bizarre theories that the world is in the thrall of a group of peadophile elites set on global domination in part aided by…

QAnon Vaccine Conspiracy Theories — VAXOPEDIA

Cats, dogs, and humans in Istanbul – Nadia’s Jerusalem

It always fascinated me to see cats and dogs in Istanbul. I was actually willing to live a dog life in that city. The amount of care and cleanliness was always a wishful thought.

This time things looked different… dogs roaming spiritless as if drugged. Homeless men on the sides of the streets, close to mosques and inside public gardens… misery was obvious. It was only cats that managed to grab life to its fullest …

 

Source: Cats, dogs, and humans in Istanbul – Nadia’s Jerusalem

Doctors warned Victoria’s health department about hotel infection control dangers before coronavirus spread – ABC News

Frontline doctors warned about infection dangers inside Victoria’s hotel quarantine program more than a month before workers started catching COVID-19, but the state’s health department never responded to their concerns.

Source: Doctors warned Victoria’s health department about hotel infection control dangers before coronavirus spread – ABC News