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5 Ways You Can Help Lebanon After Beirut Explosion — Egyptian Streets

Photo: Getty Images Several countries around the world have pledged assistance to Lebanon after the tragic Beirut explosion, which killed at least 154 people and injured thousands, and left a swath of destruction and a terribly weakened economy. Egypt was one of the first countries to open an air bridge to send urgent medical aid,…

5 Ways You Can Help Lebanon After Beirut Explosion — Egyptian Streets

Boris Johnson ‘would close pubs before schools’ in local Covid-19 lockdown

Risk children’s lives, and of the their parents, grandparents, teachers, staff – what a heartless dunderhead looking out for himself not the kids.

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Prime minister says it is a ‘national priority’ and ‘moral duty’ to get all pupils back into classrooms

Boris Johnson has spoken of “a moral duty” to get all children back in class amid indications he would force pubs, restaurants and shops to close ahead of schools in the event of severe coronavirus flare-ups.

The prime minister is understood to favour only closing schools as the last resort after scientific advisers warned more restrictions may be needed to reopen classrooms in England next month.

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Israel protests: Anger mounts over Netanyahu government, pandemic response | News | DW | 08.08.2020

Nearly 15,000 people took to the streets in Jerusalem alone. Placards reading “Your time is up” and “Crime Minister” could be seen amidst the sea of protesters.

Approximately 1,000 people also protested near Netanyahu’s beach house in the coastal town of Caesaria. Smaller gatherings also took place throughout the country.

 

Source: Israel protests: Anger mounts over Netanyahu government, pandemic response | News | DW | 08.08.2020

School moves into mask market by designing, printing, and donating ‘ear savers’ to health workers – ABC News

A group of students at Girton Grammar School, who have parents that work in healthcare, came up with the idea during a class on empathy and emotional intelligence.

The school’s head of technology and academic services, Rod Smith, said the project began during the first stage 3 lockdown while students were learning from home.

“We asked students to put themselves in someone else’s shoes, thinking about our frontline workers and the issues they’re facing at the moment,” Mr Smith said.

“We donated those to the parent of one of the students at Bendigo Health who works in the ICU and apparently they were snapped up in 10 minutes.”

Source: School moves into mask market by designing, printing, and donating ‘ear savers’ to health workers – ABC News

‘I regret all the deaths,’ Brazil’s Bolsonaro says as over 100,000 die from coronavirus – National | Globalnews.ca

Viviane Melo da Silva, 47, lost her mother, Esther Melo da Silva, in the Amazonas state capital of Manaus on April 9. The mother reported having a cold, and a few days later started having problems breathing. She died after five days in a public hospital.

“I still don’t accept her death, not yet,” said da Silva, crying, and expressing regret the family had been unable to hold a wake for her mother.

“The government was saying that it was a `little flu.’ it did not care. It was not worried with that and that’s what happened: Innocent people died because of the negligence and the lack of preparation from the government,” she added.

 

Source: ‘I regret all the deaths,’ Brazil’s Bolsonaro says as over 100,000 die from coronavirus – National | Globalnews.ca

TikTok’s plans to sue Trump Administration to end ban on Tuesday | Appleinsider

The lawsuit will allege the order is unconstitutional as the Trump administration failed to provide a chance for TikTok to respond. Furthermore, the suit will insist the administration’s national security justification for the order’s creation is without merit and baseless.

“It’s based on pure speculation and conjecture,” said the source. “The order has no findings of fact, just reiterates rhetoric about China that has been kicking around.”

Source: TikTok’s plans to sue Trump Administration to end ban on Tuesday | Appleinsider

Al Shabaab attack in Mogadishu — AFRICA DIPLOMATIC

A huge blast rocked a military base in Mogadishu, Somalia capital, killing at least eight people and injuring 14, emergency workers said, and the militant group al Shabaab has already claimed responsiblity. Soldiers opened fire after the explosion which sent clouds of smoke into the sky, said a resident of from the area. “We ran […]

Al Shabaab attack in Mogadishu — AFRICA DIPLOMATIC

Most fresh flowers you buy are grown overseas and they could be a biosecurity timebomb

It might be surprising, but at least half the flowers sold in Australia are imported, predominantly from Kenya, Ecuador and Colombia. And industry figures say that’s a potential problem.

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It might be surprising, but at least half the flowers sold in Australia are imported, predominantly from Kenya, Ecuador and Colombia. And industry figures say that’s a potential problem.