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Orthodox Jews in New York decrying what they see as a stigma and attack on their faith over what authorities say is an increased rate of COVID-19 spread in their community....YNET NEWS ISRAEL
Fines of one thousand dollars with fees driving the cost over 15-hundred dollars rolling out in the "Red Zones" of Canada's Quebec today including the cities of Montreal and Quebec. Gatherings of groups in private residences or protesting without a face covering could lead to the fines and fees. Premier Francois Legault saying:
"Lives are at stake. We want to keep our children in schools. We also want to protect our health network."
CBC NEWS
In Israel Sukkot is a Jewish holiday that begins Friday at sundown and includes the rite of entering artificial dwellings called "sukkahs". This notion drawing the ire of authorities who have imposed a strict lockdown and restrictions on the country. Observant Jews are in a mood of defiance despite the threat of large fines by authorities.......YNET NEWS ISRAEL
"the only way to combat the outbreak is heavy policing and we must do it before it's too late"
This opinion expressed concerning the coronavirus situation in Israel by journalist Amichai Attali on the "Ynet News" website who says the country now faces it's "last chance" to "beat" COVID-19.........YNET NEWS
In London lawyers for Julian Assange telling his extradition hearing that US intelligence efforts against the Wikileaks founder included plotting to poison him and also planning to steal a baby's used diaper to prove Assange's paternity of a child........THE GUARDIAN UK
Oregon's US Marshal and US Attorney not backing away from federal deputization of 56 Portland police officers. Mayor Ted Wheeler, facing re-election in just weeks, asking the feds to drop the deputization that was given to the Portland officers last Saturday morning running until the end of the year.
Activists on the Left characterizing the deputization as a "fascist takeover" and a "usurpation of federalism to punish political dissidence".......OREGONLIVE
Portland Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty calling on the Portland Police Bureau to pull the federally deputized officers off the streets immediately.........JO ANN HARDESTY TWITTER
PORTLAND POLITICS AND MAYOR TED WHEELER LOST THE SUPPORT OF COMMISSIONER JO ANN HARDESTY IN HIS RE-ELECTION BID. HARDESTY, A KEY CRITIC OF POLICE VIOLENCE, NOT ENDORSING WHEELER'S CHALLENGER WHO HAS SAID SHE WOULD BUT HARDESTY IN CHARGE OF PORTLAND POLICE......OREGONLIVE
FRANCE, RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES ALL CONDEMNING THE BORDER WAR GOING ON BETWEEN ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN IN THE DISPUTED NAGORNO-KARABAKH REGION. MEANWHILE, AZERBAIJAN'S KEY ALLY TURKEY DISMISSING THE CALLS BY THOSE THREE NATIONS FOR A CEASE-FIRE.......BBC NEWS.......
RUSSIA CONDEMNING WHAT IT CALLS 'THIRD PARTIES' IN THE CONFLICT AND WITHOUT NAMING NAMES IS CONFIRMING ARMENIA'S CLAIM THAT TURKEY IS IMPORTING JIHADIST FIGHTERS INTO AZERBAIJAN.......TASS........FRANCE ALSO SAYING IT HAS EVIDENCE OF TURKISH IMPORTATION OF JIHADISTS INTO THE FIGHTING.
Rockets hitting an Iraqi base where US troops are stationed. Three of them hit the base near the Irbil International Airport in northern Iraq and three landed nearby. The rockets believed to have come from an area controlled by a Shia militia force sympathetic to Iran. No casualties reported......CNN
Pope Francis turning down a meeting with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The Vatican saying the pontiff does not meet with politicians during an election season. Mr. Pompeo recently criticized the Roman Catholic Church's dealings with the Chinese government......BBC NEWS
The Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny telling the German magazine "Der Spiegel" that Russian President Vladimir Putin is behind his recent illness. German officials say that Navalny was poisoned with the nerve agent novichok. Russia says there is no evidence and that Navalny is working with US intelligence agents.....BBC NEWS
The European Union says its launched a legal action in the European Court over Brexit legislation passed by the British Parliament......BBC NEWS
President Trump tweeting that he is in "quarantine" tonight after aide Hope Hicks tested positive for COVID-19. The President and First Lady awaiting their test results....DONALD J TRUMP TWITTER
THE CORONAVIRUS STATS FROM WORLDOMETERS SHOW 47,389 NEW CASES IN THE US TODAY WITH TEXAS, CALIFORNIA AND WISCONSIN THE LEADING STATES.
WORLDWIDE SOME 319,406 NEW CASES REPORTED TODAY INCLUDING 8,945 IN RUSSSIA AND 5,053 IN MEXICO......
The story of the coronavirus as reported by BBC News on its daily blog......BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 10/1/2020
That's the way it really is Thursday October 1st, 2020 another day in the Dictatorship of COVID-19.
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