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SOUTH KOREA'S GOVERNMENT BANNING ALL RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF SEOUL DRIVEN BY FEAR OF THE CORONAVIRUS........ASIA ONE (COMMENT) SEOUL SOUTH KOREA LOOKING MORE LIKE NORTH KOREA NOWADAYS
Police in Portland, Oregon have identified and are looking for a suspect in the Sunday night attack on a pickup truck driver by protesters in the city........MAXINE BERNSTEIN OREGONLIVE TWITTER POST ONE..........MAXINE BERNSTEIN OREGONLIVE TWITTER POST TWO....The victim of the attack now identified at 40-year old Adam Haner......MAXINE BERNSTEIN OREGONLIVE TWITTER POST THREE
The President and Prime Minister of the African nation of Mali arrested by rebellious soldiers today in an apparent coup attempt. The rebellion denounced by other regional African nations and former colonial power France.......BBC NEWS
THE SYRIAN GOVERNMENT NEWS AGENCY SAYS THAT ROCKETS LANDED AT A US MILITARY BASE IN THE DEIR EZ-ZOR PROVINCE TONIGHT AND EXPLODED. THE BASE LOCATED NEAR AN OIL FIELD.......TASS NEWS AGENCY
A RUSSIAN MAJOR-GENERAL SERVING AS A MILITARY ADVISOR IN SYRIA KILLED IN A ROADSIDE BOMB BLAST TODAY WITH TWO OTHER RUSSIAN MILITARY MEMBERS WOUNDED THAT ATTACK OCCURRING NEAR THE CITY OF DEIR EZ-ZOR........TASS NEWS AGENCY
PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS SAYING HE WILL PARDON A 'VERY VERY IMPORTANT PERSON TODAY. THE PRESIDENT INDICATED TO REPORTERS ON AIR FORCE ONE MONDAY NIGHT THAT IT WILL NOT BE EDWARD SNOWDEN OR FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER MICHAEL FLYNN....REUTERS-JERUSALEM POST....THE PRESIDENT SAID TODAY HE WILL BE PARDONING WOMEN'S VOTING RIGHTS ADVOCATE SUSAN B. ANTHONY. SHE ARRESTED AND CONVICTED FOR VOTING IN 1872 WHEN IT WAS ILLEGAL FOR WOMEN TO VOTE......
AS PRESIDENT TRUMP KEEPS MAKING APPEARANCES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THIS WEEK THE DEMOCRATS HOLDING THEIR VIRTUAL CONVENTION AND TONIGHT THE ROLL CALL VOTE TO MAKE OFFICIAL THE NOMINATION OF FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AS THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.
The ruling party in North Korea calling a meeting tomorrow to discuss a matter deemed "crucial". Ruler Kim Jong-un replaced the country's premier last week and said that North Korea will not accept food aid from foreign countries due to the coronavirus. The country also dealing with major flooding ......BLOOMBERG....There's also word out of North Korea that Kim has ordered the confiscation of pet dogs.......NEW YORK POST
The US Army issuing a report saying that North Korea has 60 nuclear weapons and some 5000 tons of chemical weapons with their "highly likely" depending on the circumstances.....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
In Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suspending Parliament. The move to prorogue Parliament means business will not resume until September 23rd with a new "throne speech" laying a new government agenda. Opposition Leader Andrew Scheer describing Trudeau as "spineless" and someone who is "hiding out"......CBC NEWS
Prior to today's move to shut down Parliament Finance Minister Bill Morneau stepped down yesterday. Morneau and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau being probed over their ties to the WE Charity which was awarded a government contract to administer a student jobs program.....CBC NEWS....Today Trudeau naming Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland to replace Morneau......BBC NEWS
AND THOSE CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS FOR TODAY FROM WORLDOMETERS SHOWING 43,999 NEW CASES IN THE USA WITH 7,872 ADDED IN TEXAS, 5,350 IN CALIFORNIA AND 3,838 IN FLORIDA.
The coronavirus story around the world today as reported by BBC News in its daily blog.......BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 8/18/2020
And that's the way it really is Tuesday August 18th, 2020, another day in the Dictatorship of COVID-19.
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