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The coronavirus lockdown on Hawaii's most populous island of Oahu extended for two weeks until September 24th.....HONOLULU STAR-ADVERTISER
Canada's Pacific Coast province of British Columbia shutting down nightclubs and banquet halls in response to 429 new positive tests for COVID-19 over the long holiday weekend.........CBC NEWS
Starting next Monday social gatherings of six or more people will be prohibited in England with violators facing fines that start out at 100 pounds (129.63 US dollars) and rise to maximum of 3,200 pounds (4,148.48 US dollars.
The exceptions to the ban include schools and workplaces, "secure" weddings and funerals along with team sports......BBC NEWS
There was a three hour standoff in Rochester, New York late Monday and early Tuesday morning when police declared a protest over the death of Daniel Prude an unlawful assembly. People who appeared to be anarchists formed a line of protection with shield and umbrellas. Police declined to take any aggressive action and the protest broke up just after 1 am.
The protest movement in Rochester demanding the resignation of African-American Democrat Mayor Lovely Warren and the police chief over the death of Prude......ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE...Latest word is that the police chief and deputy police chief in Rochester are retiring.
China says that Indian troops fired provocatively at their soldiers late Monday night in a disputed border region.......TIMES OF INDIA
A detained Australian citizen who worked for the Chinese government's worldwide English television network is said to have been a danger to its national security. China saying that Cheng Lei was involved in "criminal activity". Two other Australian journalists have returned home from China amid increasing tensions between the two countries.....BBC NEWS
A US soldier wounded in Somalia in an attack by Al Qaeda affiliated Al-Shabab terrorists. Al-Shabab attacking a Somali base......SPUTNIK NEWS REPORT RUSSIA
The European Union demanding release of all those arrested before and after the disputed presidential elections last month. The EU says it is preparing sanctions against individuals associated with repressive actions and falsification of election results......BBC NEWS......A Belarus opposition leader who was taken away by black uniformed men on Sunday resisting expulsion from the country on its border with Ukraine.....BBC NEWS....President Alexander Lukashenko reported saying that he may have been in power too long, but also blaming the United States for the protests going on in his country....TASS
RUSSIAN AND SERBIAN MILITARY FORCES GOING TO BELARUS LATER THIS WEEK FOR MILITARY MANEUVERS......TASS
The former left-wing president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, barred from running for Senate. A court upholding the decision of an electoral commission. Morales is in exile in Argentina after being ousted last year.....BBC NEWS
THE CORONAVIRUS STATS FROM WORLDOMETERS TODAY SHOWING 28,561 NEW CASES IN THE US.
AROUND THE WORLD SOME 245,845 NEW CASES LED BY INDIA WITH 89,852. OTHER COUNTRIES INCLUDE ARGENTINA WITH 12,027, COLOMBIA WITH 7,665, FRANCE WITH 6,544, RUSSIA WITH 5,099 AND ISRAEL WITH 3,590.
The latest coronavirus news from the UK and around the world as reported by BBC News.......BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 9/8/2020
And for now that's the way it really is Tuesday September 8th, 2020 another day in the Dictatorship of COVID-19.
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