Thursday, May 19, 2022

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT THURSDAY 5/19/2022 AUSTRALIAN POLITICAL LEADER GETS COVID RIGHT BEFORE ELECTION, CPAC MEETING IN HUNGARY

 


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Details about suspected monkeypox cases in Canada but first...



                LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



The votes in the Republican US Senate Primary in Pennsylvania continue to trickle in.    


The Associated Press count showing at 820 pm Eastern US Time 417,719 votes for Mehmet Oz and 416,596 for David McCormick.



Controversial mail-in votes are big in the count now and it's here that McCormick has an edge.



Pennsylvania Department of State figures show 45,136 mail-in votes so far for David McCormick and 32,487 for Mehmet Oz.




Lower numbers today on Wall Street the Dow Jones Industrial Average off 236.94 points .75 percent in value.



NASDAQ dropped 29.66 points .25 percent in value...MARKETWATCH



For the first time in its 70 year existence the nation of Sri Lanka has defaulted on its debt.   This comes amid an unprecedented economic crisis..BBC NEWS




At the trial of Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann a federal judge refusing a prosecution attempt to remove a juror whose daughter plays on the same high school team as Sussmann's daughter...WASHINGTON TIMES





POLITICAL FIRESTORM IN ISRAEL WITH GOVERNMENT IMPERILED BY MINORITY STATUS IN PARLIAMENT



A Parliament member from the left-wing Meretz Party resigning today from Israel's coalition government.



This defection puts the coalition into a minority status in the Knesset (Parliament).



Opposition forces led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party considering a move to dissolve Parliament and hold new elections next week...TIMES OF ISRAEL




The latest vaccination regime pushed by authorities in Austria includes the notion of three COVID jabs.   


The government vax message is that getting COVID does not offer the best immunity and that comes from the shots.



Third jabs are being pushed for 5 to 11 year old children before school this fall.



And for those who get COVID after three shots the pitch is to get a fourth one in late summer or early fall...ORF AUSTRIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)



                    (WARNING: CONTENT MAY BE DISTURBING)


         "I'm up to s***.   I've got COVID"



"Guess what?   I haven't been in hospital.  I'm still kicking. I'm alive. I'm fine."



"Anyway it's all good, it's like I've had a heavy cold"



Comments from Australian Senator Pauline Hanson, leader of the One Nation Party, who says she contracted COVID while campaigning in the locked down state of Western Australia.


Hanson reaffirming her personal decision not to get vaccinated in a radio interview today.   She is up for re-election in Australia's Federal Election Saturday from the state of Queensland...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA...



More on Australian election polls later in this summary.



British police issuing more fines for COVID rule violations involving top government officials.   The so-called "Partygate" scandal involves top government officials including Prime Minister Boris Johnson...BBC NEWS




Monkeypox in Canada 17 suspected cases in Montreal.



The health authorities say most cases so far involve men who had sexual contact with each other but they stress that monkeypox is not a sexually transmitted disease.



Another point the authorities stress is that monkeypox is spread in close contact situations there is no community spread...CBC NEWS CANADA



IN PORTUGAL FIVE CASES OF MONKEYPOX CONFIRMED IN YOUNG MEN.   TWO MORE NEW CASES IN BRITAIN.    OTHER SUSPECTED CASES BEING PROBED IN PORTUGAL...INDIA TODAY




Palace intrigue in the Middle Eastern kingdom of Jordan.   


 King Abdullah ordering his half brother Prince Hamzah placed under house arrest.   


Both brothers sons of King Hussein who died in 1999.



After accusations that Hamzah wanted to overthrow Abdullah last year the conflict between the two quieted down but heated up again recently when Hamzah said he was giving up his royal title in protest at government policies...AL JAZEERA QATAR



The Israel Defense Forces will not conduct a criminal probe of the shooting death of Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Akleh.    



The Palestinian-American journalist worked for the Qatar based Al-Jazeera.    The United States has called for accountability in the case...HAARETZ ISRAEL



              RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA





                  TASS RUSSIA ENGLISH NEWS FEED




                         BBC NEWS UKRAINE BLOG





In other news....



MCDONALDS FINDING A RUSSIAN BUYER FOR ITS RESTAURANTS IN RUSSIA.     MCDONALDS PULLING OUT OF RUSSIA OVER THE UKRAINE SITUATION.


THE NEW RUSSIAN OWNER WILL REBRAND THE RESTAURANTS...BBC NEWS




Australian election polls connected to media organizations that support incumbent Prime Minister Scott Morrison's Liberal-National Coalition claim a tightening election race ahead of Saturday's vote.



The main opposition Labor Party is shown winning the vote after the final preferences by two percentage points in a ranked choice voting system...WIKIPEDIA AUSTRALIAN ELECTION POLLS





FRENCH POLITICS THE POLLING THIS WEEK FROM ELABE DONE FOR BFM-TV SHOWS A SLIGHT LEAD FOR THE 'NUPES' COALTION OF THE LEFT IN THE FIRST ROUND OF NEXT MONTH'S LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS JUNE 12TH.


NUPES AT 27.5 PERCENT JUST AHEAD OF THE 'ENSEMBLE' COALITION SUPPORING PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON AT 27 PERCENT AND THE NATIONAL RALLY OF MARINE LE PEN AT 21.5 PERCENT.


ONCE THE SECOND ROUND VOTE ON JUNE 19TH THIS POLLS POINTS TO A SMALL MAJORITY FOR PRESIDENT MACRON'S ENSEMBLE BETWEEN 290 AND 330 SEATS IN THE 577 SEAT NATONAL ASSEMBLY...FRENCH ELECTION POLLS WIKIPEDIA



And in Hungary America's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting for the first time drawing attendees from Europe, the US and other countries.



The two-day meeting addressed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban today...ASSOCIATED PRESS







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