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Children two to four years old now subject to the mask order from Michigan's state government...MICHIGAN LIVE
A TIGHTENING OF COVID CONTROLS IN CANADA'S LARGEST PROVINCE. PREMIER DOUG FORD OF THE PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE PARTY ANNOUNCING NEW POLICE POWERS.
CHECKPOINTS WILL BE SET UP AT ONTARIO'S BORDERS WITH THE NEIGHBORING PROVINCES OF MANITOBA AND QUEBEC...CBC NEWS
A Mississippi man is partially paralyzed and unable to talk after receiving the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccine. 43-year old Brad Malagarie suffered a stroke shortly after his injection last week....NY POST
OXFORD UNIVERSITY HELPED TO DEVELOP THE ASTRAZENECA VACCINE. NOW AMIDST REPORTS OF BLOOD CLOT SIDE EFFECTS FROM THE VACCINE OXFORD UNIVERSITY RESEARCH POINTING TO THE BLOOD CLOT RISKS OF CONTRACTING COVID-19....REUTERS...
THIS RESEARCH WILL BE PART OF EFFORTS TO BRING THE VACCINE BACK INTO USE AGAIN. SIMILAR RESEARCH BEING ROLLED OUT TO PROMOTE THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE.
The CEO's of Pfizer and Moderna pointing to the future and the need for a third dose of their coronavirus vaccines following injection with the first two doses....YAHOO FINANCE
In Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel injected with the AstraZeneca vaccine today as she pushes for legislation in parliament to allow federal government imposition of an "emergency brake" coronavirus lockdown on the German states...IRISH EXAMINER
EIGHT DEAD AND OTHERS WOUNDED IN AN ATTACK AT A FED EX FACILITY NEAR THE INDIANAPOLIS AIRPORT. THE ATTACKER KILLING HIMSELF.
HE'S IDENTIFIED AS 19-YEAR OLD BRANDON HOLE...FOX NEWS
(Story Updated) Body cam footage released in Chicago showing the March 29th fatal police shooting of 13-year old Adam Toledo. Police saying "drop it" before shots were fired, then calling for medical assistance afterwards...ABC 7 CHICAGO...
Thousands protesting tonight on the streets in Chicago.....LIVE VIDEO ABC 7
PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN WALKING BACK AN ORDER HE SIGNED TODAY TO KEEP REFUGEES ENTERING THE UNITED STATES CAPPED AT 15-THOUSAND PER YEAR. THAT'S THE LEVEL SET BY FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AFTER AN OUTCRY THE WHITE HOUSE NOW SAYING THE LIMITS WILL BE RAISED NEXT MONTH...BBC NEWS
President Joe Biden very critical during last year's election campaign because then President Donald Trump would not confront Russia's Vladimir Putin over alleged Russian bounties for Taliban killings of US soldiers in Afghanistan.
Now the Biden White House admitting that there was little evidence that such bounties existed...BBC NEWS
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says that the US has an obsession about sanctions when it comes to Russia. Speaking today following the announcement of new sanctions yesterday, Peskov said they are "unacceptable". His response to the notion expressed by President Joe Biden yesterday of not wanting to escalate tensions with Russia...TASS
Today Russia announced the expulsion of ten US diplomats in response to the US expulsion of ten Russian diplomats.....
Today Russia announcing a six month restriction on foreign vessels in the Black Sea near its territory and neighboring Ukraine...AL JAZEERA QATAR
IRAN ENRICHING URANIUM TO 60 PERCENT PURITY....TASS...JOE BIDEN SAYS THE ENRICHMENT IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO TALKS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES ABOUT BRINGING IRAN BACK INTO THE JCPOA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT....TASS
THE UNITED STATES SAID TO BE TELLING ISRAEL TO BACK AWAY FROM LEAKING OUT INFORMATION ABOUT ISRAELI ACTIONS IN IRAN LIKE THE RECENT SABOTAGE OF THE NATANZ NUCLEAR FACILITY.
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SEES THE LEAKS AS A HINDRANCE TO ITS EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE IRAN'S RETURN TO THE JCPOA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT.....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
For the second night in a row Israel striking Hamas in Gaza following a rocket attack on southern Israel...HAARETZ
OPPONENTS OF THE MILITARY COUP IN MYANMAR AND ITS NEW MILITARY GOVERNMENT FORMING A GOVERNMENT OF THEIR OWN. THE 'NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT' SEEKING INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION....NIKKEI ASIA
Sentences handed down to Pro-Democracy protest leaders in Hong Kong. Media tycoon Jimmy Lai getting a 14 month sentence for involvement in an "unauthorized assembly". Others also sent to prison today....BBC NEWS
The Supreme Court in Brazil confirming the annulment of the corruption convictions of former leftist President Lula da Silva. This clears the way for Lula to run in next year's presidential election against the incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro.....BUENOS AIRES TIMES
THIS WEEKEND IN CUBA THE COMMUNIST PARTY CONGRESS MEETING WITH RAUL CASTRO RELINQUISHING HIS POST AS PARTY LEADER. THE BROTHER OF THE LATE AND LONGTIME COMMUNIST RULER FIDEL CASTRO IS 89 YEARS OLD....AL JAZEERA QATAR
FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE IS RECOVERING AFTER INSTALLATION OF A PACEMAKER. THE SURGERY DONE THIS WEEK IN FALLS CHURCH,VIRGINIA NEAR WASHINGTON....NEW YORK POST
The Oregon Board of Rabbis is calling for the resignations of the President and Board Chair of Linfield University. They cite the "mishandling" of sexual harassment allegations and a "stream of comments insinuating religious bias".
The board acting following a published report from OregonLive/The Portland Oregonian that the university's President Miles K. Davis had made a remark about gas chambers and the Holocaust in 2018....OREGONLIVE
Coronavirus stats for today via Worldometers showing 81,773 new positive tests in the USA and 830,052 Worldwide.
That compares with 85,368 and 785,896 last Friday.
Around the world India leading the nations with a record 233,943 new positive tests today. That compares with 144,829 last Friday. In Turkey today 63,982 compared to 55,791, France 36,442 compared to 41,243 and in Argentina 29,472 compared to 24,130.
That's the way it really is Friday April 16th, 2021 Day 396 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 396 of America and the World held hostage.
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