(2020-10-07). Grand Jury Indicts Couple Who Pointed Guns At Protesters. popularresistance.org A grand jury in St. Louis on Tuesday indicted Mark and Patricia McCloskey on counts of exhibiting a weapon and tampering with evidence four months after footage circulated showing the couple pointing guns at Black Lives Matter protesters outside their home. | The couple's attorney, Joel Schwartz, said the grand jury reached the decision after the McCloskeys appeared before a judge earlier in the day, NBC affiliate KSDK reported. | St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly Gardner had issued felony charges against the couple in June for unlawful use of a weapon.
(2020-10-07). New Effort To Give People More Control Over Online Privacy. popularresistance.org We believe online privacy should be simple and accessible to everyone, period. With the introduction of privacy regulations worldwide, consumers are gaining more rights to limit the sale and sharing of their personal data. While this is a great idea in theory, it doesn't amount to much if it is hard for consumers to take advantage of their rights. | At present, consumers must invoke most all online privacy rights manually, website by website. That's why we're proud to be a founding member of a new effort to create a simple browser-oriented setting for users to more easily express their preference for privacy, cal…
(2020-10-07). Britain is Once Again on the Ropes. counterpunch.org 
While US viewers somehow endured the "debate" between Trump and Biden– which I didn't watch, though I noted afterwards that a student of mine from 30 years ago likened it to "torture porn", of which I have no experience I hasten to add, and so my blood pressure meds most certainly wouldn't have been up to coping with the "debate"– various current events in the UK showed it to be in as poor a state as the country presided over by Trump.
(2020-10-07). If the President had HIV, He Could be in Prison. counterpunch.org 
Under laws that Republicans have enthusiastically backed, if Donald Trump had HIV he could be locked up in prison. According to the Center for HIV Law and Policy, thirteen states currently have laws on the books that apply stiff penalties to people who expose others to hepatitis and other contagious diseases. Thirty-two states similarly criminalize people living with HIV, even if there is no intent, no threat, and no disease is actually transmitted.
(2020-10-07). Real-world long-term outcomes in individuals at clinical risk for psychosis: The case for extending duration of care. thelancet.com Duration of care provided by CHR-P services should be expanded to address long-term real-world outcomes.
(2020-10-07). IMF and WEF — From Great Lockdown to Great Transformation. The COVID Aftermath. globalresearch.ca The WEF and its players and "Deep-State-Actors" (which represent "Affluence"). behind the scene were using Covid to the fullest to cause a total lockdown of people as well as of the world economy. This happened virtually simultaneously Worldwide in almost all 193 (UN member) countries.
(2020-10-07). Jane Fonda sparks outcry after calling Covid-19 pandemic 'God's gift to the Left'. rt.com 
The Covid-19 pandemic could be "God's gift to the Left" because it might help Joe Biden beat Donald Trump next month, actress and long-time leftist activist Jane Fonda has mused, triggering uproar on social media. | Fonda, who is 82 years-old, made the comment during a virtual sit-in with the US Working Families Party last week, though it was only spotted by netizens on Wednesday. | "I just think Covid is God's gift to the Left," Fonda said in the clip, quickly adding that she knows "it's a terrible thing to say." She reasoned that the pandemic had "ripped the bandaid off" Trump and shown people "what he stand…
(2020-10-07). Video: A Conspiracy Against Armenia? The Role of the Pashinyan Government. globalresearch.ca The Armed Forces of Azerbaijan supported by Turkey continue their large-scale offensive to capture the contested Nagorno-Karabakh region from Armenian forces. Following the gains of the previous days, when Azerbaijani forces captured the towns of Talish, Jabrayil and Mataghis, they …
(2020-10-07). United States: Trump spreads virus, hate, chaos. greenleft.org.au …
(2020-10-07). Another potential Chinese COVID-19 vaccine appears safe. yenisafak.com In a race to produce medicine to treat deadly COVID-19, one more vaccine being developed by Chinese scientists has shown "safe" results in the first phase of trials.The project funded by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences has done "in-depth investigation of the safety and immunogenicity" of an inactivated SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) vaccine.A paper published Tuesday by the Chinese scientists on medRxiv, a well-regarded server that quickly publishes preprints of medical research while they are undergoing peer review, said the phase I trails were conducted on 191 healthy participants aged between 18 and 59."The s…
(2020-10-07). Adidas appoints new HR head after race row. yenisafak.com Adidas has appointed Amanda Rajkumar, an executive from French bank BNP Paribas , as its new head of human resources after employee complaints over racism at the German sportswear company led to the departure of Karen Parkin in June.Parkin stepped down as HR head after a group of employees called for an investigation over her handling of racism at the company which she had described last year as "noise" only discussed in America.Rajkumar, a 48-year-old British national, was most recently head of human resources for the Americas for BNP Paribas. She previously worked for JP Morgan for almost a decade. She will tak…
(2020-10-07). Britain will take back 'full control' from the EU on Jan. 1, says PM Johnson. yenisafak.com Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday Britain would take back "full control of our money, our borders and our laws" on Jan. 1 when a status-quo transition arrangement with the European Union ends."This country has not only left the European Union but on January 1 we will take back full control of our money, our borders and our laws," he told parliament, repeating a mantra that helped him win an election last year.
(2020-10-07). EU calls for probe into police role in Delhi riots. yenisafak.com The European Union has called on India to meet its human rights commitments, and conduct an "independent" inquiry into the role of police for failing to prevent deadly clashes between opposing groups of protesters in New Delhi earlier this year."It is with great concern that I have been observing the rule of law deteriorate in India, which is the very corner stone of our special relationship," said Maria Arena, head of the European Parliament's Subcommittee on Human Rights, in a statement late Monday.She said India's marginalized communities, religious minorities, particularly Muslims, civil society and critics…
(2020-10-07). Russia not producing chemical weapons, Kremlin says after OPCW findings on Navalny. yenisafak.com The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Russia was not developing any chemical weapons and was fully complying with its obligations under an international arms control treaty that outlaws their production.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was speaking after the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) said blood samples from Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny contained a nerve agent from the banned Novichok family.The watchdog's findings confirm results released by Germany, where Navalny was treated after falling suddenly ill on a flight in Siberia in August.Peskov said Russia had yet to receive any offici…
(2020-10-07). Erdogan leaves Kuwait, proceeds to Qatar. yenisafak.com Private jet "TUR" carrying Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and accompanying delegation landed at Kuwait Emirate Airport at 12.15 pm (0915GMT).Erdogan was welcomed by a Kuwaiti delegation headed by Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah and Turkey's Ambassador to Kuwait Ayse Hilal Sayan Koytak.Erdogan conveyed his condolences to recently sworn-in Kuwaiti Emir Al-Sabah over the passing of his predecessor Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, who recently died at age 91.The Turkish leader left Kuwait at 1.10 p.m. (1010GMT) for Qatar, where he is scheduled to meet Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad A…
(2020-10-07). EU has agreed supply of 20,000 additional doses of Remdesivir. yenisafak.com The European Commission said on Wednesday it had agreed with U.S. company Gilead the supply of more than 20,000 additional doses of its COVID-19 drug Remdesivir, in a bid to tackle shortages of the medication in European countries.A spokesman for the EU executive said Brussels had agreed with Gilead last Friday the supply of nearly 20,300 additional doses for the treatment of about 3,400 patients.It said it had paid 7 million euros ($8.2 million) for the new supply, which is in addition to 30,000 courses of treatment it had bought at the end of July. ($1 = 0.8505 euros)…
(2020-10-07). EU urges negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh dispute. yenisafak.com The EU on Wednesday called on Armenia and Azerbaijan to engage in 'meaningful' negotiations to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict."Both sides need to engage in meaningful negotiations, which by the way had been not very much fruitful in the last 30 years, without preconditions under the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said during his speech at the European Parliament plenary session.Borrell said the EU's position is clear on Nagorno-Karabakh, which is "the fighting must stop," urging both sides to start dialogue immediately."The war is not an alternative. We have to push both…
(2020-10-07). Iran reports record high 239 new coronavirus deaths: health ministry. yenisafak.com Iran has registered a record high 239 new coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the total to 27,658, the Health Ministry reported on Wednesday.Ministry spokeswoman Sima Sadat Lari told state TV that there were 4,019 new cases, with the total of identified cases in the worst-hit country in the Middle East rising to 483,844.
(2020-10-07). UK woman tried to fly to Dubai with 1.9 mln pounds in cash in 5 suitcases. yenisafak.com A woman who tried to fly from London's Heathrow Airport with five suitcases stuffed full of bank notes worth 1.9 million pounds ($2.44 million) has been charged with money laundering, UK Border Force said on Wednesday.Tara Hanlon, 30, from Leeds in northern England, was attempting to board a flight to Dubai on Saturday when she was stopped. Officers searched her suitcases and found the huge cash haul, the largest detection at the UK border so far in 2020.Britain's immigration compliance minister Chris Philp said that stopping the export of undeclared cash from the UK was a vital step in clamping down on organised…