(SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH LATE MONDAY)
Federal Appeals Court Judge Amy Coney Barrett confirmed for a seat on the US Supreme Court by the Senate along party lines 52-48.
A ceremony held tonight at the White House with Barrett sworn in by Justice Clarence Thomas...
IDAHO REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR BRAD LITTLE REIMPOSING LOCKDOWN CONDITIONS ON THE STATE AS OF MIDNIGHT TONIGHT LOCAL TIME.
AMONG THE RESTRICTIONS.
INDOOR GATHERINGS LIMITED TO 50 PEOPLE OR LESS.
OUTDOOR GATHERINGS AT 25 PERCENT CAPACITY OR LESS...
BOISE STATE PUBLIC RADIO
The draconian lockdown of Melbourne, Australia will end on Wednesday with less restrictive measures replacing them. That word today from Victoria State Premier Daniel Andrews. There's still a very long way to go to "normal" though...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
WILDFIRE DANGER HAS PROMPTED THE EVACUATION OF SOME 100,000 PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA...ABC 7 LOS ANGELES
France urging Middle Eastern countries to refrain from boycotting French products over the government's response to the terrorist attack that killed teacher Samuel Paty a week ago Friday. Reports of French products being removed from store shelves in Jordan, Kuwait and Qatar.
On Sunday Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan reiterated his call for French President Emmanuel Macron to have a "mental health examination" over his views on Islamism...BBC NEWS
Today Erdogan called for a boycott of French goods...AHVAL TURKISH NEWS...Erdogan also saying there is a "lynch campaign" against Muslims underway.
In France leading opposition politician Marine Le Pen calling for Islamism to be declared "the enemy of France". Le Pen wants organizations promoting Islamism banned, the closure of mosques that promote Islamism and ban on wearing veils in public. (BFM-TV Google Translation)
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan joining in criticism of the French President's remarks on cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed. Khan saying that Macron is encouraging "Islamophobia". The Pakistani Prime Minister also writing to Facebook calling for a ban on "Islamophobia"...DAWN NEWS PAKISTAN
A US brokered truce in the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan taking effect at 8 am local time today...Azerbaijan claiming Armenian violation of the cease-fire...TASS...The President of Azerbaijan threatening the use of Turkish F-16 fighters stationed in his country...TASS
RUSSIAN AIRSTRIKES TODAY REPORTED TO HAVE CAUSED MASSIVE CASUALTIES AMONG OPPOSITION JIHADIST FORCES IN NORTHWESTERN SYRIA'S IDLIB AREA. HUNDREDS SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLLED ON WOUNDED AT A TRAINING CAMP FOR JIHADISTS BACKED BY TURKEY...MIDDLE EAST EYE
The opposition in Belarus says that a general strike is underway...BBC NEWS...Police reported making arrests in the capital city of Minsk as protesters gathered in the streets...TASS
China says its sanctioning US military contractors over their sales to Taiwan. Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon and others on China's target list. And its reported that defense contractors have some presence in the "Chinese market"...THE HILL
One Canadian energy giant merging with its competitor as Cenovus joins forces with Husky...CBC NEWS ANALYSIS
POLITICS IN THE USA AND HUNDREDS OF CARS IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY SUNDAY FOR A 'JEWS FOR TRUMP' PARADE THAT CAME UNDER ATTACK FROM OPPONENTS...YNET
FROM ISRAEL THE STORY OF INFLATED FATALITIES FROM COVID-19...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
AND THE CORONAVIRUS STATS FOR TODAY FROM WORLDOMETERS FOR THE UNITED STATES SHOWING 69,841 NEW POSITIVE TESTS. THE LEADING STATES TEXAS WITH 6,713, ILLINOIS WITH 4,729 AND CALIFORNIA WITH 3,859.
AROUND THE WORLD 411,372 NEW POSITIVE TESTS REPORTED LED BY THE UNITED STATES WITH INDIA SECOND AT 36,838. OTHER NATIONS INCLUDE FRANCE WITH 26,771, ITALY WITH 17,012, GERMANY WITH 12,621 AND CANADA WITH 4,109.
And that's the way it really is Monday October 26th, 2020, Day 225 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19 as measured here in Pennsylvania.
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