Новости за 21.05.2020

Satkhira (Bangladesh) (AFP) – At least 22 people died as the fiercest cyclone to hit parts of Bangladesh and eastern India this century sent trees flying and flattened houses, with millions crammed into shelters despite the risk of coronavirus.Millions were left without power after Cyclone Amphan, packing winds of around 150 kilometres per hour (95 […]

Reports of Trump flying into a rage behind closed doors–shouting at aides, turning on former allies and at one point threatening to sue his campaign manager for failing to deliver good polling numbers–have been ubiquitous over the last three years. But this past week feels qualitatively and quantitatively different, as has fired a series of […]

“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert couldn’t help but mock President Donald Trump for refusing to wear a mask to protect himself from the coronavirus, but he is more than willing to take a pill that could kill him. Studies revealed this week that wearing a mask can reduce transmission of the coronavirus by 75 percent. […]

Reporters asked President Donald Trump Wednesday if he had seen the data saying that 36,000 Americans would not have died if he had acted just one week earlier in March. Trump responded to the question by attacking CBS reporter Weija Jiang and calling it “fake news.” Upon further reflection, the White House eventually responded to […]

Legendary photographer Sebastiao Salgado has warned of a “genocide” of the Amazon’s indigenous peoples if the Brazilian government does not do more to protect them from the coronavirus. The country’s far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro — who has dismissed the virus as a “little flu” — has long been accused of encouraging loggers and farmers to […]

South Korea’s FC Seoul were fined a record 100 million won ($81,000) for using sex dolls to fill seats at a match held behind closed doors, with K-League officials saying the football club had “deeply humiliated women fans”. With spectators barred because of the coronavirus, FC Seoul came under fire after dozens of dolls wearing […]

On Wednesday, The New York Times published an analysis of the extensive industry ties — and potential conflicts of interest — of President Donald Trump’s new top vaccine official. “The scientist, Moncef Slaoui, is a venture capitalist and a former longtime executive at GlaxoSmithKline,” reported Sheila Kaplan, Matthew Goldstein, and Alexandra Stevenson. “Most recently, he sat […]

CNN’s Chris Cuomo has turned his interviews with his brother, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) beyond the question and answer for some momentary levity amid the heartbreak and loss Americans are experiencing in the COVID-19 crisis. The comedic questions have helped draw attention to important issues couched between chuckles. Speaking Wednesday, the younger Cuomo inquired about […]

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump’s campaign unveiled a new pro-Trump talk show that will be called “The Right View” — essentially, “The View” except all the hosts support Trump. The show will be hosted by the president’s daughter-in-law Lara Trump, Donald Trump Jr.’s girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle, Trump campaign strategist Mercedes Schlapp, and 2016 Trump campaign […]

On MSNBC Wednesday, Rachel Maddow exposed a form from a county health department in Colorado that appears to block COVID-19 testing for high-risk workers at a meatpacking plant. “We just obtained a document that I want you to see,” said Maddow. “It is a document from Greeley, Colorado. Greeley, Colorado, of course, is one of […]

Washington Post columnist Molly Roberts captured the reason that President Donald Trump doesn’t want to “define” what actual crime is contained in what he calls Obamagate. During a press conference, The Post’s Phil Rucker asked the president to define what exactly Obamagate was. The president attacked the question saying that everyone knows it and if […]

On Wednesday, Politico reported that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ignored warnings from senior administration officials against a controversial Saudi arms deal at the center of an inspector general investigation. “Secretary of State Mike Pompeo disregarded the advice of high-level officials at the State Department, Pentagon and within the intelligence community in invoking an emergency […]

On CNN Wednesday, Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy Director Michael Osterholm warned that the White House’s current testing protocols will not be effective in protecting senior White House officials from coronavirus outbreaks. “You have to understand that a test is not just a single thing that happens,” said Osterholm. “You have to be […]

On Wednesday, Axios reported that the Homeland Security inspector general has opened an investigation into how the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has distributed medical supplies in the coronavirus pandemic. “FEMA is leading federal operations in response to the outbreak and is tasked with distributing vital medical supplies and protective equipment across the U.S.,” wrote […]

On CNN Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) excoriated President Donald Trump over the firing spree of inspectors general. “Do you think Secretary Pompeo broke the law by doing what he did?” asked host Erin Burnett. “We don’t know enough facts,” said Schumer. “That’s why the inspector general should have been allowed to pursue […]

A California woman is begging for forgiveness after she was photographed holding a sign suggesting that animals and Black people should be “muzzled.” “Demonstrators convened at the Humboldt County Courthouse in rural Northern California on May 16 to protest the state’s COVID-19 policies. Gretha Stenger was among them, and a picture of her at the […]

On MSNBC Wednesday, conservative commentator Charlie Sykes slammed Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) for failing to do anything to investigate the scandals surrounding Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who urged President Donald Trump to fire an inspector general who was investigating him. His dereliction of duty, Sykes suggested, was a gift for Trump on par with […]

On Wednesday, The Daily Beast reported that new data under analysis by the White House coronavirus task force show several Southern counties that are no longer under stay-at-home orders are at risk for an explosion of new COVID-19 cases. “The study, which was put together by PolicyLab at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, is part of […]

Attacks on Asian Americans are continuing as conservative persist with conspiracy theories that the coronavirus as a Chinese form of bioterrorism. Such was the case when a white man spit on a couple walking in downtown Seattle. According to King5.com, the Seattle Police Department’s Bias Crimes Unit is asking for help from the public at […]

On Wednesday, the Effingham Daily News reported that Rep. Darren Bailey, a Republican state lawmaker in Illinois, was removed from a House session after he refused to wear a mask, as part of the new coronavirus rules that passed the chamber 97-12. “Prior to reconvening the session after caucus, House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, of […]

CNN’s Jeff Toobin explained in a New Yorker column Wednesday that if there’s one thing Judge Emmet Sullivan hates its prosecutorial misconduct. That could give clues to the future of Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn’s Hail Mary to stay out of jail. Flynn already pleaded guilty to lying to FBI agents, but the Department of Justice […]

MIAMI — Three months ago, Floridians were celebrating Valentine’s Day unaware that the novel coronavirus posed any real threat to their lives, or that it was likely already spreading through the state. No one had told them to be worried.While the public was kept in the dark, top Florida health officials were scrambling to come […]

US births hit a 35-year low last year, US officials announced Wednesday, part of an ongoing “baby bust” that is not predicted to get better under the coronavirus pandemic. Mothers gave birth to some 3.75 million babies in 2019, down one percent from the previous year and the lowest number since 1985, according to the […]

On Wednesday, The Olympian reported that a police officer in Kaplan, Louisiana was terminated after a racist social media comment. During a live stream of a COVID-19 press conference by Gov. John Bel Edwards, another commenter wrote, “virus that was created to kill all the BLACKS is death.” In response, Ofc. Steven Aucoin wrote “Well […]

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that he would finish his hydroxycholoroquine regimen in two days — bringing an end to a prophylactic treatment that is not backed by medical evidence. Commenters on social media mocked the president at the news. He also said he took “an original dose” of azithromycin as a preventative. But […]