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The massive wave of federal bailout money associated with COVID-19 sent out to the states will help Oregon taxpayers this year.
A 1.9 billion dollar "kicker" rebate going to Oregon taxpayers with federal COVID emergency money seen as a big contributor to the record breaking rebate...OREGONLIVE
(LINK UPDATED, STORY UPDATED) ISRAEL'S HEALTH MINISTRY AGAIN REPORTING NEAR RECORD COVID-19 CASES 9,891 DIAGNOSED IN NUMBERS RELEASED LATE LAST NIGHT...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
THE "THIRD DOSE" VACCINATION CAMPAIGN IN FULL SWING NOW AVAILABLE TO ALL OVER THE AGE OF THE 30 AND EXPECTED TO BE AVAILABLE TO ALL ELIGIBLE AGE GROUPS BY NEXT WEEK.
1.65 MILLION 'BOOSTER SHOTS' ADMINISTERED SO FAR.
EXPERTS ARE SAYING IF FIVE MILLION 'THIRD SHOTS' ARE REACHED THE NUMBER OF INFECTIONS WILL DECLINE...TIMES OF ISRAEL
DELTA AIRLINES IMPOSING A 200 DOLLAR MONTHLY SURCHARGE ON UNVACCINATED EMPLOYEES...BBC NEWS
In the Pittsburgh area the North Allegheny School Board meeting this evening adjourned as citizens attended the meeting refused to comply with a Monday federal court order mandating masks in school district buildings.
The board had previously voted 6-3 to make masks optional but a group of parents and students went to federal court obtaining the order...PITTSBURGH POST-GAZETTE
Also here in Pennsylvania Democrat Governor Tom Wolf calling on the Republican led legislature to support a mask mandate for schools. Its a local option in Pennsylvania's 500 plus school districts right now...CBS PITTSBURGH VIDEO REPORT
The US intelligence report on the origins of COVID-19 requested by President Joe Biden reported to be "inconclusive"...BBC NEWS
Israel's Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in Washington. Bennett meeting US President Joe Biden at the White House tomorrow. Today he met US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
Meanwhile in Israel Palestinian protesters moving against the border fence with Gaza setting tires on fire and drawing tear gas from Israel's military....TIMES OF ISRAEL
Why did the police in Portland allow fighting between the "Left" and "Right" on city streets Sunday afternoon?
The fighting ended with gunshots and police arresting one man opposed to the Leftists. Mayor Ted Wheeler says the hands-off strategy is the right one...OREGONLIVE
AFGHANISTAN NEWS
Russian military aircraft active in the Afghan evacuation bringing home nationals from Central Asian nations...TASS RUSSIA
Late today the US and UK warned nationals to stay away from the Kabul airport due to concern over a possible terrorist attack.
The BBC News Blog continues to report developments related to Afghanistan....BBC NEWS BLOG AFGHANISTAN
The security situation in some parts of Syria has deteriorated according to the United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pederson.
Speaking to a Security Council meeting Pederson noted northeastern Syria where some 900 US troops are based, the Idlib region where government forces, jihadists and Turkish troops are mixed together and the southern Daraa governate where jihadist forces have again appeared to stage occasional attack on government forces...TASS RUSSIA
THE DEPARTURE OF US VICE-PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS FOR HANOI, VIETNAM DELAYED OVER A HEALTH INCIDENT REPORTED AT THE US EMBASSY THERE.
THE INCIDENT MAY INVOLVE THE 'HAVANA SYNDROME' WHICH WAS FIRST OBSERVED AMONG US AND CANADIAN DIPLOMATS IN CUBA INVOLVING VERTIGO, NAUSEA, HEADACHES AND HEAD PRESSURE AMONG OTHER SYMPTOMS...CNN
From Worldometers coronavirus numbers today in the US 171,737 new positive tests and 716,555 Worldwide.
Those numbers a week ago today 158,127 and 692,886.
Coronavirus stats via Worldometers for selected nations around the world today new positive tests India 46,397, Iran 39,883, the UK 35,847, France 23,706, Malaysia 22,642 and Japan 21,570.
Turkey 19,970, Russia 19,536, Indonesia 18,671, Thailand 18,417, Mexico 18,262, Germany 12,490 and Vietnam 12,096.
The number for Cuba 8,637.
In Canada 3,198.
And that's the way it really is Wednesday August 25th, 2021 Day 527 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 527 of America and the World held hostage.
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