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Protesters gathered in Borough Park, Brooklyn last night to oppose the new targeted coronavirus restrictions of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. Areas in Brooklyn, Queens and two suburban counties (Rockland, Orange) will be subject to the new restrictions that impact businesses and houses of worship among other things. The protesters say they will gather nightly.......VIDEO LINK......ASSOCIATED PRESS
President Trump tweeting regarding New York authorities actions against Orthodox Jews asking "What does this grim picture remind you of?".......ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
In Israel the active resistance of Orthodox Jewish communities to the coronavirus lockdown continues. More clashes with police and more arrests........YNET NEWS
The Deputy Mayor of Moscow says that rising numbers of coronavirus cases in the city are the result of people not wearing masks and not socially distancing.......TASS
Italy's government imposing an outdoor mask-muzzle order nationwide. Masks already mandatory indoors.
Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte says everyone must wear masks outdoors so Italy is not again forced to lockdown amidst a rise in coronavirus cases.......BBC NEWS
In the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan a calmer situation following the storming of the country's parliament building and prisons housing former government leaders. Now with the country's Prime Minister resigned and his freed from prison predecessor back in office the current President says is ready to hand over the country to new leadership.......BBC NEWS
POLAND FINING THE RUSSIAN GAS COMPANY GAZPROM 7.6 BILLION DOLLARS. FINES ALSO LEVIED ON FIVE COOPERATING COMPANIES OF 100 MILLION DOLLARS. THE FINES RELATED TO THE NORD STREAM 2 GAS PIPELINE PROJECT TO BRING MORE RUSSIAN NATURAL GAS TO EUROPE. THE US, WHICH OPPOSES THE PIPELINE, HAS STRENGTHENED ITS TIES WITH POLAND IN RECENT YEARS AND MONTHS.....TASS
The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says that samples taken from Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny confirms the presence of the nerve agent Novichok in his blood......REUTERS....Russia's Foreign Ministry says the notion of Navalny being poisoned is part of a "pre-planned conspiracy scenario"....SPUTNIK
The conflict continues in Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan with Russia's President Vladimir Putin joining others in calling for a cease-fire. More claims and counterclaims from both sides today. The French Foreign Minister says talks will take place in Geneva on Thursday and in Moscow next Monday.......SPUTNIK NEWS BLOG
THE VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DEBATED TONIGHT IN SALT LAKE CITY. INCUMBENT VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE AND THE DEMOCRAT CHALLENGER SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS PARTICIPATED IN A 90 MINUTE EVENT........VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE (STARTS 14 MINUTES INTO THE VIDEO)
CORONAVIRUS STATISTICS FROM WORLDOMETERS SHOWING 48,715 NEW CASES IN THE US TODAY LED BY TEXAS WITH 4,175. SOME OF THE OTHER STATES INCLUDE ILLINOIS WITH 2,630, TENNESSEE WITH 2,080, NEW YORK WITH 1,492 AND PENNSYLVANIA WITH 1,294.
WORLDWIDE THE NUMBER 343,517 LED BY INDIA WITH 78,809. OTHER COUNTIES INCLUDE FRANCE WITH 18,746, THE UK 14,152, THE NETHERLANDS 4,989, GERMANY 3,994 AND ITALY WITH 3,678.
The coronavirus story around the world today as reported by BBC News on its daily blog........BBC NEWS CORONAVIRUS BLOG 10/7/2020
That's the way it really is Wednesday October 7th, 2020 another day in the Dictatorship of COVID-19.
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