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Bernie Sanders has quit the race to become the democrats nominee. This means Joe Biden will stand against Donald Trump in the 2020 Presidential Election.
Biden has said he is keen to have a female running mate.
Although Sanders was the early favourite for the nomination, Biden received healthy support from Black voters in the South. Then as other hopefuls quit the race they backed Biden strengthening his position against Sanders.
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Switzerland announced that it is halting the roll out of their 5G program indefinitely over health concerns. The European nation has one of the most advanced 5G networks in Europe with 2,000 antennas already in place to upgrade their network.
Other countries across Europe are scrambling to upgrade their networks to 5G, against the backdrop of the US and China wrangling over the use of Huawei technology. Most of Europe’s 5G infrastructure relies on Huawei technology, however the US has said this is a major security risk.
The Swiss environment agency, Bafu, who issues licences for the building of the antennae has said, it cannot yet provide universal criteria without further testing of the impact of 5G radiation.
The agency said it was “not aware of any standard worldwide” that could be used to benchmark recommendations. “Therefore Bafu will examine exposure through adaptive [5G] antennas in depth, if possible in real-world operational conditions. This work will take some time,” it said.
The Swiss Medical Association has argued that caution should be taken in the implementation of 5G technology as not enough testing has been conducted to show the affects of the radiation on the nervous system or on the risk of cancer.
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A new report into university funding has found that institutions received $10 billion from foreign governments between 2013 and 2018. Countries such as China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar made significant donations to universities. In exchange for the funding these countries had influence over campus discourse on foreign affairs.
The study also found that $1 billion of aid was unaccounted for. The US government is currently investigating the relationship between China, Saudi Arabia and Qatar; with US universities.
Many institutions have opened campuses in these countries in exchange for funding.
“These colleges and universities actively solicit foreign governments, corporations, and nationals for funds although some donors are known to be hostile to the United States and may be seeking to project ‘soft power,’ steal sensitive and proprietary research and development data and other intellectual property, and spread propaganda benefitting foreign governments,” the Department of Education wrote.
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As Israel enters the Feast of Passover Prime Minister Netanyahu has ordered the nation be locked down to prevent the spread of Coronavirus.
“Every family will sit down for Seder night on its own. Celebrate only with the immediate family that’s at home with you now,” he said of the Passover holiday, which begins Wednesday and runs through April 16.
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After posts on social media began to link Coronavirus with 5G mobile phone networks being rolled out, masts in northern England were set fire to. Masts belonging to Vodaphone were destroyed, and telecom workers in one city were attacked by locals.
In response to the attacks Youtube has said they will remove any videos that claim 5G causes Coronavirus, or is in anyway linked to the pandemic. Medical experts have said that such theories are absolute nonsense.
Celebrities were among those spreading the conspiracy theories to their thousands of followers, with Woody Harrelson from the TV series Cheers sharing on Twitter:
“I haven’t fully vetted it I find it very interesting,” he wrote of the report claiming that “5G radiation” is “exacerbating” the contagion’s spread and making it more lethal.
Youtube told the media:
“clear policies that prohibit videos promoting medically unsubstantiated methods to prevent the coronavirus in place of seeking medical treatment,” adding that it had started “reducing recommendations of borderline content such as conspiracy theories related to 5G and coronavirus, that could misinform users in harmful ways.”
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As data from New York begins to show a flattening of the growth curve the stock markets surge. Fox News reports: “The number of new cases over the weekend in New York City, the U.S.’s epicenter for the virus, rose by 30.4 percent versus last week, down from a 46.1 percent jump the week prior … The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up more than 1,100 points, or 5.5 percent, while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite were higher by 5.4 percent and 5.3 percent, respectively.”
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The British PM Boris Johnson was admitted to hospital yesterday with persistent symptoms of Covid-19. This evening it has been announced he has been moved to intensive care.
A statement from No. 10 Downing Street said, :
“The prime minister has been under the care of doctors at St Thomas’ Hospital, in London, after being admitted with persistent symptoms of coronavirus.
“Over the course of [Monday] afternoon, the condition of the prime minister has worsened and, on the advice of his medical team, he has been moved to the intensive care unit at the hospital.”
It continued: “The PM is receiving excellent care, and thanks all NHS staff for their hard work and dedication.”
The Prime Minister’s pregnant finance is also suffering mild symptoms of the disease.
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Michael Atkinson, the Intelligence Community Inspector General, will leave his post in 30 days after being fired by the President. Atkinson shared the whistleblowers complaint with Congress which led to the impeachment of Trump.
The Daily Wire reports:
Atkinson determined a vague whistleblower complaint about Trump making a “promise” to a world leader was of “urgent concern” and sent the complaint to congress. Then-Acting Direct of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire, however, said he was not required by law to turn the complaint over to congressional Democrats, who were looking for anything they could use to impeach Trump.
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CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin has tested positive for Covid-19. She made the announcement via instagram.
“I’ve tested positive for coronavirus. I am OKAY. It came on suddenly yesterday afternoon,” Brooke wrote.
Brooke’s colleague Chris Cuomo also tested positive.
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China has this week been appointed to the U.N. Human Rights Council. The appointment means that China will be part of the body that decides who investigates abuses in human rights.
This is despite a catalogue of human rights abuses by the Chinese authorities. And at a time when the Chinese is showing itself to be more authoritarian.
Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, which monitors the UN Human Rights Council and has championed the rights of victims in China, stated, “Allowing China’s oppressive and inhumane regime to choose the world investigators on freedom of speech, arbitrary detention and enforced disappearances is like making a pyromaniac into the town fire chief. It’s absurd and immoral for the UN to allow China’s oppressive government a key role in selecting officials who shape international human rights standards and report on violations worldwide.”
Read More: The Daily Wire
Experts in infectious disease control are using location data from Facebook users to help track the Covid 19 outbreak.
Facebook and the universities using the data have dealt with privacy concerns by aggregating the data several times over.
The studies hope to show the success of policies to get people to stay home.
The data can also show “if at first people stop moving but then begin to travel further once fatigue sets in,” said Caroline Buckee, an epidemiologist at Harvard’s School of Public Health who is among those leading the network.
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Rev. Franklin Graham has been attacked by LGBT groups in New York. The evangelist’s organisation Samaritan’s Purse has organised teams of Christian volunteers to help with Coronavirus relief work in the city.
Samaritan’s Purse has set up a 68 bed field hospital in Central Park staffed by professional medical staff to help with the Covid-19 outbreak.
However the LGBT campaign “No Time for Nonsense” has accused the organisation of putting lives at risk by recruiting medial staff who believe in a biblical view of marriage.
The group have said that Graham’s organisation would turn LGBT individuals away who are suffering from the virus. However Franklin Graham has responded to these attacks by saying:
“We do not make distinctions about an individual’s religion, race, sexual orientation, or economic status. We certainly do not discriminate, and we have a decades-long track record that confirms just that,” Graham stated.
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The Coronavirus curve in Italy appears to finally be flattening. The country went into lockdown on March 9th and has battled to gain control of the outbreak. However the data is finally showing a flattening of the growth curve.
However officials do not believe Italy has reached its peak. Lockdown is due to end April 13th, but the gradual return to normality is not expected until May 16th.
We expect that we could reach the peak these coming days. We are not in a descending phase, but the growth is slowing down.” said Silvio Brusaferro, president of the National Institute of Health.
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Some mainstream media news networks have decided to stop airing the President’s daily Coronavirus briefings.
CNN and MSNBC have made the decision to stop airing the briefings, as they felt they sounded too much like Trump campaign rallies.
Read More: Yahoo