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Tonight rockets fired at the US Embassy in Baghdad and US soldiers wounded in another rocket attack in Iraq earlier today . The former president of South Africa reports to prison but first...
French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to address the coronavirus situation in his country in a special message before next week's Bastille Day holiday (July 14th).
Mandatory vaccination legislation being considered in France's parliament while media herald the notion of "fourth wave" of COVID in the country.
BFM-TV today reporting that 61 percent of the public in France want mandatory vaccination and restrictions on the unvaccinated. The size and scope of mandatory vaccination legislation not clear at this time....(BFM-TV Google Translation)
The lockdown in and around Australia's largest city extended for a week. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian of Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Liberal Party imposing the extension.
She says:
"this is not a way to live and we want to give our citizens the best chance of staying safe and healthy"
Berejiklian also saying that families should avoid close contact with each other in several parts of Sydney:
"Can I say to everybody don't mingle with family, don't think it is OK to visit your cousins or have sleep overs..."...
ABC AUSTRALIA NEWS
Coronavirus testing sites popping up around the UK. Journalist Peter Hitchens confronted by this one in home town of Oxford...PETER HITCHENS TWITTER
Tonight in Baghdad two rockets fired at the US Embassy. One diverted and another landing near the perimeter of the Green Zone...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
Two US soldiers wounded in a rocket attack on the Ain al-Asad Air Base in western Iraq this morning. Their injuries described as minor. 14 rockets fired at the base....REUTERS...Last night the Erbil International Airport in northern Iraq where US forces are located was attacked by rockets...JERUSALEM POST
TONIGHT AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE ON A CONTAINER SHIP ANCHORED IN DUBAI IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. THE FIRE SAID TO BE UNDER CONTROL WITH NO CASUALTIES.....THE NATIONAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
The ex-president of South Africa reported to a prison late tonight as a midnight deadline approached.
Jacob Zuma ordered imprisoned for 15 months by the nation's highest court. Zuma refusing to testify before an investigation into corruption...CHANNELS TV NIGERIA
HAITI'S PRESIDENT ASSASSINATED
(UPDATED)
THE PRESIDENT OF HAITI KILLED EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN HIS HOME WAS STORMED BY ARMED MEN....BBC NEWS...MARTIAL LAW DECLARED BY ACTING PRIME MINISTER CLAUDE JOSEPH FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT JOVENEL MOISE...ANI NEWS INDIA...
THE "MIAMI HERALD" REPORTING THAT MR. JOSEPH DID NOT IDENTIFY THE ASSAILANTS OTHER THAN TO NOTE THAT SOME SPOKE SPANISH.
WITNESSES IN THE AREA OF THE PRESIDENT'S HOME SAY THAT THE ATTACKERS IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES AS AGENTS OF THE US DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION AND SPOKE ENGLISH.
A HAITIAN GOVERNMENT OFFICAL CALLING THE ASSSASSINS "MERCENARIES"...MIAMI HERALD
THIS EVENING FOUR OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE ASSASSINATION SAID TO HAVE BEEN KILLED AND TWO OTHERS CAPTURED....TASS
POLITICS IN THE USA AND A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FROM FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP AIMED AT THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTS.
FACEBOOK, GOOGLE AND TWITTER NAMED IN THE SUIT WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP AS THE PLANTIFF....ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS...
PRESIDENT TRUMP APPEARED BEFORE THE MEDIA TODAY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS....
With a minority of the parliament openly supporting him Social Democrat Stefan Lofven has been re-elected as Sweden's prime minister. Lofven lost a vote of confidence last month but ended up being tapped to form a new government after his opposition on the "Right" was unable to do so.
There were 116 votes for Lofven, 60 abstentions and 173 votes against him. If two more "No" votes had been recorded a majority would have opposed Lofven preventing his selection as prime minister.
Lofven's new minority government will have cabinet ministers from his Social Democrats along with the Green Party...DEUTSCHE WELLE GERMANY-REUTERS, AFP, AP
A MAJOR CABINET SHAKEUP IN INDIA WITH SEVEN MINISTERS LOSING THEIR JOBS AND SWEARING IN CEREMONIES FOR 43 OTHERS.
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI EXPANDING THE SIZE OF HIS CABINET WITH SEVEN NEW WOMEN MINISTERS AMONG THOSE SWORN IN....NDTV INDIA NEWS
"We strongly reject such fabrications"
That's the reaction from the Russian Embassy in Washington to a Bloomberg report claiming Russian government hackers breached computers of the Republican National Committee last week.
The RNC has denied that a cyber attack took place...TASS
RUSSIAN FIGHTERS INTERCEPTING A US NAVY POSEIDON AIRCRAFT OVER THE BLACK SEA TUESDAY NIGHT. THE FIGHTERS SENT OUT AS THE SPY PLANE NEARED RUSSIAN AIRSPACE...TASS
Coronavirus stats via Worldometers 16,429 new positive tests in the US and 454,244 Worldwide today.
The numbers last Wednesday 14,144 and 389,130.
Coronavirus stats around the world today via Worldometers showing 54,022 new positive tests in Brazil, 45,196 in India, 34,379 in Indonesia, 32,548 in the UK, 21,427 in South Africa and 17,384 in Spain.
In Japan today 1,669 new positive tests. 1,380 a week ago today.
Canada reporting 552. 548 last Wednesday.
Israel reporting 486.
That's the way it really is Wednesday July 7th, 2021 Day 478 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 478 of America and the World held hostage.
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