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Dubai – The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) has confirmed to ANBA this Tuesday (25th) that it plans on opening an office in São Paulo in a bid to help its 150,000 member companies invest in yet under-tapped markets. According to the DCCI Commercial Services Department senior director, Atiq Juma Faraj Nasib, the organization plans on opening offices in countries that may become major partners with Dubai-based companies, and the bureau in São Paulo is “on the radar.”

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Saeed (L), Abdalla, Abdouni & Alaby discussed projects

 This Tuesday (25th), at the DCCI headquarters in Dubai, Nasib welcomed the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce CEO, Michel Alaby, Institutional Relations director, Silvio Abdalla, and Gulf director, Mohamad Abdouni. There is no set date for the opening of the office in São Paulo.

“Africa is our primary target right now. After that we will move onto other regions. Why leave Dubai? We have many members and the local market is already saturated. We must find new opportunities. Thus, we are moving into markets that can offer the type of product we need, products we can import. We are also looking to gather information and conduct studies on other regions for our members. There are plenty of opportunities in South and Central America, especially in Brazil, which is a food supplier, with quality beef and poultry, and which is also a competitive country,” said Nasib.

According to the DCCI press office, the chapter in São Paulo will provide a facility for Dubai-based enterprises to arrange meetings with potential local partners, as well as promotional meetings.

The office will also be used for promoting Dubai as an international business hub, and to publicize the DCCI’s services and initiatives. the organization has informed that it hopes its Brazilian office will result in foreign direct investment being made in the emirate.

Last Sunday (23rd), the Foreign Trade undersecretary to the Ministry of Economy of the United Arab Emirates, Abdullah Saleh, had already told the Arab Brazilian Chamber directors that the Gulf country is looking to increase business and investment with South American countries. On Monday (24th), the Emirati minister of Foreign Affairs, Anwar Gargash, confirmed that the emir of Dubai, Mohamed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is visiting Brazil and other South American countries in April.

At the meeting this Tuesday, Alaby and the DCCI delegate also discussed allowing mutual access to the two commerce chambers’ databanks, so the members of both can find details about other members. It will be a way to promote bilateral trade and information exchange between companies from Brazil and Dubai.

They also discussed implementing an exchange program between the two organizations. The idea is to have Arab Brazilian Chamber members spend a month at the DCCI headquarters and vice versa, so they can learn about the business environment, daily activities, and document issuance procedures.

Sharjah

Shared databank and exchange program proposals were also discussed with delegates from the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who welcomed the Arab Brazilian Chamber directors this Tuesday in Dubai’s neighbouring emirate. On Monday (24th), Alaby also proposed setting up an exchange program with the Abu Dhabi Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

During the meeting this Tuesday (25th), the vice president of the Sharjah Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Saeed Obaid Al Jarwan, and its director general, Hussain Mohamed Mahmoudi, invited Alaby to attend a seminar due in late March. They want to have a Brazilian lecturer speak at the event on major business opportunities with the country.

*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum

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(CNN)Three men convicted Wednesday in the death of Ahmaud Arbery each faced nine possible charges that stemmed from their involvement in the 2020 shooting near Brunswick, Georgia. But the verdicts rendered by the jury on some of the allegations differed.

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    CNN host Chris Cuomo has been scolded by just about everyone in the media industry since the New York attorney general revealed his involvement in his brother’s sexual harassment scandal with one seemingly notable exception: CNN’s prominent female anchors. 

    The Poynter Institute, an MSNBC column, countless Twitter personalities, media watchdogs, journalism professors and even liberal former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance have condemned Chris Cuomo for advising his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, not to step down amid sexual misconduct allegations.

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    Alisyn Camerota, Brianna Keilar, Kate Bolduan are among the prominent women at CNN that have been silent about Chris Cuomo’s role in his brother’s sexual harassment scandal.
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    New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Tuesday that an investigation into sexual harassment allegations against Gov. Cuomo found that he harassed multiple women from 2013 to 2020. James’ report also indicated that CNN’s Cuomo crafted a statement for his big brother while he was simultaneously serving as a news anchor for the liberal network. The “Cuomo Prime Time” namesake has yet to comment publicly on the debacle, but he’s not the only prominent person from the network to remain silent. 

    None of CNN’s female anchors have condemned their colleague on air for helping the governor navigate sexual harassment claims, according to a search of Grabien Media. 

    CNN female personalities Alisyn Camerota, Brianna Keilar, Kate Bolduan, Erin Burnett, Dana Bash, Pamela Brown, Ana Cabrera and Christine Romans haven’t condemned Chris Cuomo’s role on Twitter, either. Bolduan and Bash did express shock at Gov. Cuomo’s reported behavior itself following James’ press conference.

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    It’s obviously awkward for anyone to publicly criticize a colleague, and CNN’s prominent females aren’t expected to do anything that could make them uncomfortable in the workplace. CNN’s “Early Start” co-anchor Laura Jarrett retweeted the full attorney general report on Twitter, but did not directly mention Chris Cuomo’s involvement. 

    Some female CNN personalities, such as Kate Bennett and S.E. Cupp, have taken to Twitter to express disgust with Gov. Cuomo, but none of them have appeared to publicly criticize Chris Cuomo’s role. 

    CNN is the only major cable news network without a female anchor during primetime. Despite that, CNN fancies itself as a progressive workplace. Their recent projects include “Badass Women of Washington” and a celebration of the 100th anniversary of women being allowed to vote, so it raises eyebrows as to why the network’s prominent females haven’t mentioned their colleague’s growing scandal. 

    CNN did not immediately respond when asked if female staffers were told not to publicly speak out against Chris Cuomo. One female CNN host told Fox News she was not instructed how to cover the story by management.

    However, women from other networks and industries have been vocal. 

    “CNN’s Chris Cuomo running cover for his powerful brother amid sexual harassment allegations is why so many women do not come forward,” activist Jen Perelman tweeted. “There should be a price to pay for this.”

    Journalist Laura Bassett wrote Tuesday for MSNBC that CNN’s Cuomo “should resign from covering politics or be fired” over advising his brother.

    “It’s extremely inappropriate and unethical for a journalist to advise and craft the statements of a politician, regardless of family relation,” Bassett wrote. 

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    “The View” co-host Meghan McCain slammed Chris Cuomo, too, noting that failing to report on his brother’s scandal is “the worst kind of nepotism.”

    The New York Times reported on Wednesday that CNN executives even “floated the idea” earlier this year that he take a “temporary leave” as his brother faced multiple controversies, including accusations of sexual misconduct. 

    Prior to the damning attorney general report, Cuomo previously apologized to his CNN colleagues on air for putting them in a “bad spot” and acknowledged he was in a “unique and difficult situation” as the brother of the nation’s most prominent governor while being CNN’s star anchor, but he insisted “I know where the line is.”

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    When the governor’s scandals first emerged, Cuomo told his viewers that he “obviously” cannot cover his brother, but that wasn’t the case last year when he invited the New York Democrat nearly a dozen times for chummy interviews where he praised the “Luv Guv’s” leadership during the pandemic. The two of them even performed prop comedy with a giant Q-tip. 

    At the time, CNN had lifted its rule that barred Cuomo from interviewing his brother. But ever since the governor went from being a media darling to an embattled figure, CNN reinstated its rule on the Cuomo siblings.

    CNN also recently welcomed back its top legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin from an extended leave of absence that was granted when he was caught masturbating on a Zoom call in front of several female staffers at his other gig as a writer for the New Yorker. The prestigious magazine fired Toobin for his actions, but CNN allowed him to stick around and even enlisted Camerota to explain the graphic details to viewers on his first day back. 

    Fox News’ Joseph A. Wulfsohn contributed to this report. 

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    Senator David Perdue and Jon Ossoff are headed for a close election, although polls have shifted in the incumbent senator’s favor in recent days.

    Mail-in and early in-person voting for the Georgia runoff election has already begun and there’s just about two weeks until Election Day. With control of the Senate on the line, Democrats and Republicans have a vested interest in the outcome of the race between Perdue and Ossoff and Georgians have already cast about 500,000 ballots.

    On average, Perdue has a .8 point lead over his Democratic challenger, according to FiveThirtyEight, a margin that makes for a statistical tie. The most recent poll came out on Thursday from Emerson College and gave Perdue a 3 point advantage, a lead that’s within the poll’s margin of error.

    Of the 600 people polled, 51 percent said they were going to vote for Perdue and 48 percent were planning on supporting Ossoff. Democrats have the lead among younger voters and Republicans have an advantage with those over the age of 45.

    Given that there are a limited number of voters who plan to cast votes for a Republican in one race and a Democrat in another, Spencer Kimball, Director of Emerson College Polling, suspected one party would win both seats.

    If Ossoff and Reverend Raphael Warnock, who is challenging Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler for her seat in a runoff election, oust the two Republicans from office, there will be a 50-50 split in the Senate. This effectively gives Democrats control because Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will cast any necessary tie-breaking votes.

    Senator David Perdue has a slight edge over Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff but the race is still too close to call. Perdue addresses the crowd during a campaign rally at Peachtree Dekalb Airport on Monday in Atlanta, Georgia.
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    President-elect Joe Biden benefitted from mail-in voting and it turned the tide of the election in his favor. President Donald Trump largely dissuaded voters from casting their ballots by mail, but this time around, the president and vice president have pushed Georgians to vote by any available method.

    Emerson’s poll found 61 percent of people who already voted went for Ossoff and 39 percent cast ballots for Perdue. However, 68 percent of those polled who plan to vote on January 5 are planning on casting ballots for Perdue.

    One of the top priorities for voters in the Georgia election is the COVID-19 response and in that area, Ossoff leads among voters. The Democratic candidate has been a vocal advocate for a second round of stimulus checks and has hit Perdue for not having the same level of enthusiasm about the measure.

    Perdue voted in favor of the Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March, but said he opposed direct payments on a personal level.

    In November, Perdue received about 80,000 more votes than Ossoff, but because he fell short of the 50 percent threshold needed to win an election in Georgia, it forced the race into a runoff. Although he had the advantage in November, nothing is guaranteed come January and pollsters expect the race to come down to the wire.

    Source Article from https://www.newsweek.com/what-polls-say-about-david-perdue-jon-ossoff-2-weeks-before-georgia-election-1556055

    During the first House Judiciary Committee impeachment hearing on Wednesday, Republicans led by ranking member Doug Collins made it clear almost immediately that their strategy would be to interrupt the proceedings at every available opportunity and dismiss testimony from a panel of law professors as meaningless.

    But during her opening statement, one of those law professors — Pamela Karlan, a Stanford law professor and appellate attorney — made clear that she had little patience for Collins’s tactics in particular.

    “Here Mr. Collins I would like to say to you, sir, that I read transcripts of every one of the witnesses who appeared in the live hearing because I would not speak about these things without reviewing the facts,” she said. “So I’m insulted by the suggestion that as a law professor I don’t care about those facts.”

    Karlan was responding to comments Collins made in his opening statement, including this shot at her profession:

    America will see why most people don’t go to law school. No offense to our professors. But please, really, we’re bringing you in here today to testify on stuff most of you have already written about, all four, for the opinions that we already know out of the classrooms that maybe you’re getting ready for finals in, to discuss things that you probably haven’t had a chance — unless you’re really good on TV of watching the hearings over the last couple of weeks, you couldn’t have possibly actually digested the Adam Schiff report from yesterday or the Republican response in any real way.

    On Tuesday, the House Intelligence Committee voted along party lines to approve a report summing up its weeks of investigation, which included scores of hours of testimony both behind closed doors and broadcast to the American public. The report’s conclusion was damning — “that President Trump, personally and acting through agents within and outside of the U.S. government, solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, to benefit his reelection” — but easy to anticipate if you’d been paying attention to the two months of the impeachment inquiry.

    The opening statements offered by Karlan and three other law professors made it clear why Republicans are focused on procedural distractions and making a mockery of the proceedings instead of defending Trump on the merits: Each of them with the exception of Jonathan Turley explicitly said that based on the record of last month’s witness testimony, they’ve concluded that Trump committed impeachable offenses.


    The news moves fast. To stay updated, follow Aaron Rupar on Twitter, and read more of Vox’s policy and politics coverage.

    Source Article from https://www.vox.com/2019/12/4/20995296/pamela-karlan-doug-collins-impeachment-hearing-house-judiciary

    São Paulo – In 2013, Brazilian companies became more international than in 2012. According to a survey conducted by Dom Cabral Foundation, last year Brazilian companies attained 22.9% of internationalization. In 2012, the rate was 21.3%. The study covered 52 multinational companies and 14 companies which operate abroad via franchises.

    The internationalization or transnationality index is the result of three calculations performed by the Dom Cabral Foundation: ratio of assets abroad to total assets; ratio of foreign revenue to total revenue; and ratio of foreign workforce to total workforce.

    As per these ratios, construction company Norberto Odebrecht was the most international business in 2013, with a 0.549 score. Next on the list are Gerdau (steel), InterCement (cement), Stefanini (software consulting), Metalfrio (refrigerators), Magnesita (steel), Marfrig (meat), JBS (meat), Artecola (chemicals) and Ibope (statistics institute). This was the first time in the last four editions of the ranking that JBS did not top the list.

    The ranking of companies active in the highest number of countries is topped by Stefanini, operating in 32 countries, followed by the electric engine manufacturer WEG, active in 31 countries, the mining company Vale, in 27 countries, bus manufacturer Marcopolo (25) and the bank Banco do Brasil (24).

    In revenues, JBS leads the ranking, followed by Norberto Odebrecht, Magnesita, Marfrig and Gerdau. The ranking by assets is topped by Magnesita, followed by the meat plant Minerva Foods, Stefanini, Metalfrio and Gerdau. In the workforce index, the most international company is InterCement, followed by Marfrig, JBS, Metalfrio and Gerdau.

    The ranking has shown that the Brazilian multinationals surveyed operate in 89 countries. The United States has the strongest Brazilian presence: 39 companies in total, followed by Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Colombia, Peru, Mexico, China, Venezuela, Paraguay, Portugal, Bolivia and the United Kingdom.

    Countries and franchises

    Among the Arab countries, Brazilian companies are present in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Lebanon and Oman. In Kuwait, Brazilian companies operate via franchises only. The survey shows that in 2013 five Brazilian companies fled Argentina due to its struggling economy. Brazilian companies did not flee Arab countries; in fact Saudi Arabia, the Emirates and Lebanon received one new Brazilian company each.

    The most internationalized franchise-based company was car rental group Localiza, followed by the natural food store chain Mundo Verde, grooming parlor chain DepylAction, eyewear retailer Chilli Beans, shoe retailer Datelli, clothes manufacturer Hering, fast food chain Giraffas, yoghurt store chain Yogoberry, shoe store chain Arezzo and beauty spa Magrass.

    As regards franchises, the index is calculated based on ratio of stores abroad to total number of stores; royalties from foreign operations to total royalties; and revenue from foreign franchisees’ sales in comparison to total franchisees’ sales.

    According to the survey, 65.1% of the companies surveyed plan on expanding their operations in countries they already operate in this year, and 55.6% plan on entering new countries. The survey’s coordinator, Sherban Cretoiu, said the companies were more optimistic about sales abroad than domestic sales, which may be related to the slowdown in Brazil’s economy.

    *Translated by Rodrigo Mendonça

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    ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – St. Johns County Sheriff Rob Hardwick described the killing of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey as “not an accident” and called her death a “cold-blooded murder,” News 6 partner WJXT-TV reported.

    “This is a cold-blooded murder of a 13-year-old young girl who did not deserve to die,” the sheriff said Tuesday.

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    Hardwick has been in law enforcement a long time but just recently became the sheriff in St. Johns County. Like so many others have expressed, the killing of Bailey is shocking for a growing neighborhood seen as safe.

    The St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday that the chief medical examiner determined the teenage girl’s death was a homicide caused by “sharp force trauma by stabbing.”

    “That being said, I don’t want to mention the number of times, but it is horrific. It is horrible,” Hardwick said. “And the word accident is nowhere involved in this case.”

    Hardwick said Aiden Fucci, 14, is the only suspect detectives have in the case.

    Fucci, a schoolmate of Bailey’s at Patriot Oaks Academy, is charged with second-degree murder in connection with her death.

    Fucci appeared in court Tuesday for the first time. The 7th Circuit State Attorney’s Office has not yet decided if he will be charged as an adult. While the State Attorney’s Office makes that determination, Fucci was ordered to be held in Department of Juvenile Justice custody for the next 21 days or until the next court order.

    The sheriff said determining a motive is not clear-cut yet, so the investigation is ongoing.

    “We’re going to look at every aspect, every crime that’s out there. Our guys and girls are going to leave no stone unturned,” Hardwick said. “So those facts will come forward as the office of the medical examiner will actually complete their investigation.”

    The sheriff’s office said about 100 detectives are working the case. The sheriff said they will follow up on as many leads as they have, looking for cellphone and video footage.

    Source Article from https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2021/05/12/sheriff-on-death-of-13-year-old-tristyn-bailey-this-is-a-cold-blooded-murder/

    Tunisian children participate in the
    reopening of the Bardo Museum

    after a terror attack targeting one of the Arab world’s most successful

    democracies killed 21 people, mostly European tourists.

     

     

    Evidence that
    Muslims are Indeed Capable of Democracy (Diário de Notícias, Portugal)

     

    “The
    democratic experience of the Arab world remains a fragile one. … Nevertheless,
    the Arab world and the Islamic world are not synonymous. … It is not hard to
    find examples of democracy in Islamic countries. Turkey is the most obvious,
    even if it didn’t make the demanding Index of 24 countries listed by The
    Economist as full democracies. Indonesia, Malaysia and Senegal are also the
    scenes of competition between parties and pluralism in the media – two
    indicators of democracy. What to say about Pakistan, despite having half of its
    history marked by generals as presidents? It’s not a lack of parties or an
    absence of an alternating government that so bedevil the country, which is also
    a reminder that democracy is never perfect.”

     

    By Leonídio Paulo Ferreira

                                                 

     

    Translated By Brandi Miller

     

    March 26, 2015

     

    Portugal – Diário
    de Notícias – Original Article (Portuguese)

    On the promise of the Arab Spring, listen to a man born
    during the First World War: “We have a much better chance of establishing
    – I hesitate to use the word democracy – but some sort of open, tolerant
    society, if it’s done within their systems, according to their
    traditions.” British scholar Bernard Lewis, nearly a century old, is one
    of the most famous Islamologists. Four years ago that
    was his response to The Wall Street
    Journal
    when the fall of dictators in Tunisia and Egypt led us to
    believe that a wave of democracy was rippling through the Arab world. Lewis’
    caution is understandable today, especially a week after Tunisia
    suffered an attack
    designed to undermine the most successful of the Arab
    Spring countries – perhaps not by chance where it all began.

     

    “These terrorists in Tunisia were targeting
    democracy,” denounced Lina
    Ben Mhenni in the Guardian
    .
    In 2011 she became famous as the Tunisian Girl: an account of how an Arab
    blogger helped in the fall of Ben Ali.

     

    Mubarak was deposed and arrested shortly after Ben Ali went
    into exile in Saudi Arabia. There were free elections and an old Mubarak
    opponent, Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood,
    won. However, the military showed who in Egypt was really in charge and deposed
    the first civilian president in the history of the country. The strongman of
    the armed forces, General Sissi, then took off his
    uniform and was elected. That is how the Arab Spring was synthesized in Egypt,
    where the absence of tourists left the economy in tatters – a crisis eased only
    by the injection of Saudi and Kuwaiti capital.

     

    After months of a civil war thrown out of balance by a
    U.N.-approved bombardment, the forces faithful to Mohammar Qaddafi were
    defeated in Libya with the dictator, in power since 1967, killed. If it quickly
    became apparent that some of the rebels hesitated between banditry and
    al-Qaeda, the victory of liberals in the first elections brought hope. Today,
    though, there are two governments, everyone seems to be fighting everybody
    else, and a branch of Islamic State is persecuting Christians. A sad synthesis
    of the Arab Spring in a Libya with a sparse population and such an abundance of
    oil wells that it should be an oasis.

     

    A year after the start of the Arab Spring, Ali Abdullah Saleh negotiated his departure from Yemen. Before that
    he was injured in an attack. His deputy succeeded him in February 2012 and was
    elected president with promises of democracy, but with the country divided
    between tribes and al-Qaeda cells, a Shiite rebellion took power and is now
    under attack by Islamic State bombs – another bleak synthesis.

     

    That’s to say nothing of Bahrain, where a popular revolt
    against the king was framed by an old rivalry between Shiites and Sunnis and,
    facing the threat of Iranian influence, Saudi Arabia quickly sent troops. Nor
    will we return to the much-discussed issue of Syria, where an uprising against
    Assad transformed into a jihadi revolution that the regime has successfully
    confronted for the past four years, particularly since the world has realized
    that a secular Arab dictator might be the lesser evil in comparison to the
    Islamic State.

     

    Let’s look at how even someone like Tahar
    ben Jelloun,
    the Moroccan author of The Spark – Revolt in the Arab Countries
    [L’Étincelle – Révolte dans
    les pays arabes
    ], allowed himself
    to get carried away with enthusiasm over the Arab Spring:

     

    “The liberating violence of the riots will not be
    halted by repression. It is vibrant and creative. It embodies a new generation
    of young people, some of whom have lived abroad and who, unlike their parents,
    have opened up windows facing the world. They saw how other young people live
    and have proven that freedom is synonymous with life. As in a dream, they
    suddenly glimpsed that they, too, have a chance to live better, of ending
    dictatorships, of regaining their dignity.”

     

    Utopias aside, Tunisia will succeed. Habib
    Bourguiba
    , the father of Tunisian independence, made Tunisia a
    modern state. He gave rights to women and opened the country. Tunisians learned
    in school that if their society is Muslim, it had older roots, whether Carthage
    or Rome which defeated it. It is inspiring that so many people took to the
    streets of Tunis after the attack on the Bardo Museum, even if at the
    same time they were frightened that thousands of Tunisians have joined the
    Islamic State.

     

    The democratic experience of the Arab world remains a
    fragile one. Morocco is on the right path and already had a socialist prime
    minister. But the king’s role means it is a neutered form of democracy. In
    Lebanon the situation is different: political pluralism must coexist with a
    constitution that reserves the presidency to a Christian and the government to
    a Sunni. As for Algeria, parties exist, elections are held, but generals give
    the orders.

     

    Nevertheless, the Arab world and the Islamic world are not
    synonymous, and this is the mistake of those with elaborate theories about the
    incompatibility of Islam with democracy and who sometimes raise the issue of
    the Hijri year, a calendar that begins in 622AD, to
    argue that Muslims live in the Middle Ages and therefore never experienced the
    equivalent of the Renaissance or the Enlightenment.

     

    It is not hard to find examples of democracy in Islamic
    countries. Turkey is the most obvious, even if it didn’t make the demanding
    Index of 24 countries listed by The Economist
    as full democracies.
    Indonesia, Malaysia and Senegal are also the scenes of competition between
    parties and pluralism in the media – two indicators of democracy. What to say
    about Pakistan, despite having half of its history marked by generals as
    presidents? It’s not a lack of parties or an absence of an alternating
    government that so bedevil the country, which is also a reminder that democracy
    is never perfect. A Pakistani newspaper, Dawn,
    dedicated an editorial to Tunisia after secular Beji
    Caid Essebsi
    was elected: Tunisia’s
    Example was the title
    .
    May the Tunisians, secular and Islamic parties alike such as those from the Ennahda Movement [aka/Renaissance
    Party
    ], continue to believe that democracy can be Arab – and for
    them to surprise Lewis, aged 98.

     

     

    SEE ALSO ON THE ARAB SPRING:


    Folha, Brazil: Disproportionate Anti-U.S. Reaction Threatens the Arab Spring

    Al Watan, Libya: If the Prophet Can be Insulted, then Holocaust can be Questioned

    Le Quotidien d’Oran, Algeria: Why Insulting the Prophet Always ‘Pays Off Big’

    Der Spiegel, Germany: Muslim Protests Show
    Limits of Free Speech

    Frankfurter Rundschau, Germany: Islam in Turmoil: Religion as ‘Ersatz-Identity’

    Al Watan, Libya: Libyan Fatwa Court Calls Attack on Americans an ‘Offense to Islam’

    The Independent, U.K.: Obama’s Foreign Policy of Reconciliation Lies in ‘Tatters’

    Die Zeit, Germany: Romney’s ‘Nostalgia’ Ill-Suited to Reality of Fast-Changing World

    Die Tageszeitung, Germany: Muslim Unrest Raises Stakes of U.S. Election Even Higher

    Independent, U.K.: ‘Inside Story’ of U.S.
    Envoy’s Assassination


    Global Times, China:
    America is ‘Disrespectful’ of Other Cultures


    Daily Star, Lebanon: Influential Lebanon MP
    Says Israel Backed
    Film to Defeat Obama


    Debka File, Israel: Al-Qaeda Chief Zawahri
    ‘Personally Ordered’ Murder
    of U.S. Envoy

    Independent, U.K.: ‘Provocateurs’ East and West Know: Politics and Religion Don’t Mix ’


    Telegraph, U.K.: Arab Spring Turns Sour for United States


    Telegraph, U.K.: Ambassador Chris
    Stevens: Man of Drive, Passion


    Independent, U.K.:
    Fear and Loathing:
    Another Unholy Row about Islam

    Guardian, U.K.:
    Attack in Libya Underlines
    Threat of Salafi Islamists

    Global Times, China: America ‘Disqualified’ as Global Human Rights Judge

    Xinhua, China: Human Rights Record of the United States in 2011

    Rodong Sinmun, North Korea: America by Far World’s Leading Human Rights Abuser

    Yezhednevniy Zhurnal, Russia: Putin is Mistaken to Favor China Over the United States


    Huanqiu, China: U.S. Should Keep its Nuclear Weapons Away from Koreas

    Guardian, U.K.: It Should
    Have Been Clear – Deposing
    Qaddafi was the Easy Part

     

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    The former special counsel Robert Mueller made a rare move on Saturday to publicly defend his two-year investigation into allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in the 2016 election – and to castigate US president Donald Trump’s decision to commute Roger Stone’s prison sentence.

    Mueller wrote an opinion article for the Washington Post published under the headline “Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s sentence is an unforgivable betrayal of his office”.

    “The work of the special counsel’s office – its report, indictments, guilty pleas and convictions – should speak for itself,” he wrote.

    “But I feel compelled to respond both to broad claims that our investigation was illegitimate and our motives were improper, and to specific claims that Roger Stone was a victim of our office …

    “Stone was prosecuted and convicted because he committed federal crimes. He remains a convicted felon, and rightly so.”

    Trump commuted the sentence of Stone on Friday night, sparking outrage from Democrats and some senior Republicans.

    Stone was a former campaign adviser to the president, convicted in November 2019 of seven crimes including obstruction of justice, lying to Congress and witness tampering.

    The 2017-19 Mueller investigation uncovered evidence of communications between Stone and WikiLeaks related to the release of hacked Democratic party emails during the 2016 election, discovered in a separate inquiry into Russian intelligence officers charged with hacking the emails and staging their release.

    The partially released Mueller report in April 2019 described Russian efforts to tamper with the election and the Trump campaign’s receptivity to certain “Russian offers of assistance to the campaign”.

    It outlined actions by Trump that may have amounted to obstruction of justice and concluded: “While this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”

    Mueller also concluded he did not have the power to charge Trump even if he thought it was warranted.

    Mueller wrote: “The special counsel’s office identified two principal operations directed at our election: hacking and dumping Clinton campaign emails, and an online social media campaign to disparage the Democratic candidate.

    “We also identified numerous links between the Russian government and Trump campaign personnel – Stone among them. We did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government …

    “The investigation did, however, establish that the Russian government perceived it would benefit from a Trump presidency and worked to secure that outcome. [And] that the campaign expected it would benefit electorally from information stolen and released through Russian efforts.”

    Trump has repeatedly attempted to discredit Mueller and his investigations.

    Mueller has kept his counsel since he testified in Congress in July last year. It was a muted affair, and many perceived Trump was emboldened in his efforts to seek assistance in his current election campaign from the Ukraine.

    This led to the historic impeachment of the president, and Trump’s ultimate acquittal by the Senate earlier this year.

    Mueller wrote: “Russia’s actions were a threat to America’s democracy. It was critical that they be investigated and understood.”

    Source Article from https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/12/robert-mueller-breaks-his-silence-and-condemns-trump-for-commuting-roger-stones-sentence

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    Los documentos hallados en la cápsula de tiempo nazi son exhibidos en el Museo Nacional de Szczecin en Polonia.

    El paso del tiempo no dejó rastro alguno en los documentos de la Alemania nazi encontrados hace unos días en Polonia. Estaban intactos.

    Un grupo de arqueólogos armados con martillos derribaron parte de la estructura de una antigua edificación nazi hasta dar con una cápsula que llevaba 82 años enterrada en la ciudad polaca de Złocieniec.

    Fue muy emocionante dar por fin con el lugar donde estaba escondida”, le dijo a la BBC la arqueóloga Alicja Witowiak, quien participó en el descubrimiento.

    Witowiak detalló que se había iniciado una primera búsqueda en la década de los 70 por parte de soldados de la Unión Soviética que ocupaban la construcción, un antiguo campo de entrenamiento nazi.

    Pero el intento fue fallido.

    “Hicimos una investigación documental exhaustiva para ubicar el sitio preciso”, señaló la investigadora.

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    Dentro de la cápsula del tiempo se encontraron varios retratos de Adolf Hitler (imagen de archivo).

    ¿Qué había en su interior?

    Lo más sorprendente, según Witowiak, fue encontrar unos documentos que describían con detalle la creación de la escuela de Krössinsee, que se levantó en ese mismo lugar antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

    Dentro del tubo de cobre había periódicos locales con fechas del 21 y 22 de abril de 1934 que hablaban de la inauguración del instituto, uno de tres que se fundaron para formar a los futuros combatientes nazis.

    También había una invitación a la apertura del lugar y un programa con las celebraciones que se llevarían a cabo en la ciudad de Falkenburg, hoy llamada Złocieniec, en el noroeste de Polonia.

    El cilindro también almacenaba fotografías de Adolf Hitler, varias copias de su manifiesto nazi “Mein Kampf” (“Mi lucha”), monedas y fotos de la ciudad, así como un folleto publicado con ocasión del 600 aniversario de esta y un cuaderno ilustrado que incluía información de la misma.

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    En el tubo de cobre se hallaron monedas, fotografías, periódicos y copias del manifiesto nazi “Mi lucha”.

    El inventario fue dado a conocer a la prensa recientemente por el Museo Nacional de Złocieniec, donde se exhibirán las piezas históricas.

    Pero, ¿qué interés tenían los nazis en enterrar objetos y documentos de aquella época?

    La arqueóloga Alicja Witowiak explicó a la BBC que su objetivo era capturar el tiempo en que la ideología nazi empezaba a ponerse en práctica.

    La ciudad de Zlocieniec formó parte de Alemania hasta 1945, cuando las tropas de Hitler fueron derrotadas por los Aliados.

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    Una primera búsqueda del cilindro de cobre se realizó en los 70.

    Source Article from http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-internacional-37413731

     

    No todo es el dólar, ni la ronda cero, o como se llame, ni la violencia desaforada. Gil está de plácemes. La Fórmula 1 vuelve después de veinte años de ausencia a nuestro país. Gamés no podía con la mortificación, cada noche le decía a su alma vagabunda: ¿por qué no hay Fórmula 1 en México? ¿Qué hicimos mal? ¿Por qué nos hemos acostumbrado a vivir sin la escudería? La verdad la vida no era una vida tan vida hasta que la noticia atravesó los portales, los foros televisivos, las redacciones de los diarios: Fórmula 1 vuelve a México. ¿Querían resultados de las reformas estructurales del gobierno de Peña? Ahí los tienen: Fórmula 1 en nuestro país. Gran noticia.

    Para quienes lo ignoran: el Gran Premio de México es una carrera de campeonato mundial. El triunfo se lo han llevado a casa Ayrton Senna, Alan Prost y Ricardo Patrese. ¿Cómo les quedó el ojo? No empiecen, caracho. Si no saben nada de nada, Gilga les va a explicar: es como si dijéramos que en un equipo juegan Messi, Christiano y el gran Chícharo. Ya en serio: como si una mesa la compartieran Flaubert, Dickens y Dostoyevski. Como lo oyen. Si la lectora, el lector y el lectere supieran algo, Gamés añadiría que Senna y Prost vencieron en un Mclaren Honda, y que Patrese pasó por la meta como una ráfaga en un Ferrari, pero Gilga siente que quienes leen esta página del fondo no sintonizan con el apasionante deporte del automovilismo. Ah, el Autódromo de los Hermanos Rodríguez; ah, el inenarrable circuito; ah, la pasión por el deporte. Digan lo que quieran, pero se trata de un deporte de gran tensión. ¿No?

    Ríos rojos
    Esta semana sólo hemos leído en los periódicos noticias que retumban en esa zona del cerebro donde se produce la felicidad. Ya lo saben: la Nasa dio a conocer uno de los principales hallazgos hechos en el planeta rojo: la presencia de agua líquida salada durante las estaciones cálidas, agua que se evapora durante las épocas frías del año marciano. Si Gil ha entendido bien, cosa improbable, este descubrimiento pone al descubierto la posibilidad de encontrar vida en Marte, o bien que el hombre pueda colonizar ese mundo rojo.

    Así las casas (muletilla patrocinada por Grupo Higa), Gilga ha meditado: al paso que vamos en la Tierra, quizá lo mejor sea emigrar al planeta rojo. Eso sí, pioneros mexicanos, y no es que Gamés albergue (no empiecen) nacionalismos inconfesados, pero ya le toca a México un planeta, qué diablos, le hemos dado al mundo el pulque, el sarape, el amaranto, al Chícharo Hernández, a Pascual Ortiz Rubio. Y el mundo, ¿qué nos ha dado? Nada, sólo sinsabores: petróleo a precios de risa, dólar caro, jamás el quinto partido. No hay derecho.

    ¿Saben qué?, vámonos a Marte. Dejamos aquí al PRI de Beltrones y a la Morena de Liópez, al PAN del enjundioso joven Anaya y a los partidos pequeños como el PRD. Nos llevamos un pie de cría de los Ángeles Azules, unos tacos de suadero, unas chelas bien muertas y verán si no fundamos una civilización poderosa como el Dios marciano manda. Porque efectivamente, al cambiar de planeta, cambia el Dios, ¿no es cierto? No se sabe bien, pero mientras lo averiguamos busquen a Gilga en Marte.

    Populismo
    Gil caminó sobre la duela de cedro blanco y meditó: nadie sabe si en Marte hay populismo. El presidente Peña ha llamado la atención sobre los peligros del populismo en el planeta Tierra y en especial en México. En poder de Gilga obran documentos en los cuales se demuestra que en Marte sí hay populismo.

    Un marciano que se dice bueno y que afirma representar a la marcianiza pobre está necio con que le robaron la presidencia marciana, que no cualquiera gana. Aquí en la Tierra es fácil, pero allá arriba (¿o abajo?) está muy cañón porque falta el oxígeno. A ver, ¿ganen unas elecciones sin oxígeno? Ese marciano quiere persuadir a su planeta de que puede ahorrarse 500 mil millones de marciapesos, que cotizan como la lumbre, no el pesito que tenemos de este lado del u
    universo. El marciano mayor no se anda con pequeñeces. Según él, si nos ahorramos unos celulares y bajamos los salarios, en Marte todo será bienestar. En fon, cada quien su vida marciana.

    La máxima de Baltazar Gracián espetó en el ático de las frases célebres: “Ciencia sin seso, locura doble”.

    Gil s’en va.

    Twitter: @GilGamesX

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    Source Article from http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/opinion/buenas-noticias.html

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    Ikram: poultry business

    São Paulo – Four Arab importers are taking part of the 15th Expodireto Cotrijal this Wednesday (12), the agribusiness fair that takes place in Rio Grande do Sul’s city of Não-Me-Toque. On their way to the fair, the group passed through São Paulo’s capital this Monday (11) and visited the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce. They are food and machinery distributors and, according to information supplied to ANBA, they intend to find suppliers on the fair.

    One of them is Imran Ikram, general manager of Gusto Distribution, company that deals with importing and distributing food products in Oman, Dubai and Saudi Arabia, and will soon start operations in Libya and Iraq. Gusto works with products such as poultry, meat, French fries, green beans, frozen vegetables among others; but has in poultry 60% to 70% of their business. It is the first time Ikram has come to Brazil, but Gusto already purchases Brazilian poultry. Their goal in Expodireto Cotrijal, however, is to find new supplying plants.

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    Zamoum wants to buy more from Brazil

     Also in Brazil to take part in the fair is president and director-general of ONAB Trade, Mustapha Zamoum, from Algeria. The company imports food products and processes them to sell in their country. According to him, Algeria is a market with great opportunities. The company purchased last year 27,000 tonnes of meat and 32,000 tonnes of soy bean from Brazil, worth US$ 10 mn. Their goal is to increase these volumes, said Zamoum.

    According to the Algerian’s perception, soy and corn from Brazil are competitive, but the country has infrastructure problems that affect business and goods transport. In Expodireto, he wants to know the producers, buy feed and be in touch with poultry equipment manufacturers for possible partnerships.

    From Morocco to Brazil to take part in the fair in Não-Me-Toque is purchasing director of Koutobia Holding, Omar Iraqi. The company is the biggest meat industry in Morocco, with 75% local market share. It deals with poultry, meat and sausages, purchasing the raw material mainly from Europe. The company does not import from Brazil yet, but would like to do so, according to Iraqi. In Expodireto, the Moroccan intends to do business, find good price and products, according to the importer. He wants to arrange long term partnerships.

    Isaura Daniel/ANBA

    Mech works with the machinery sector

     Alanwar Trading Company, from Iraq, is an agricultural machinery and parts importer and distributor in the Arab country and is also represented in the Brazilian Fair. It deals with brands such as Massey Ferguson, AGCO, New Holand, John Deere, among others. The import manager from the company, Anwer Habesh Mech says the company imported from Brazil on three opportunities, in the years of 2009, 2011 and roughly two months ago. Mech claims that he wants to do direct business in Expodireto.

    While in São Paulo, the importers met with Arab-Brazilian Chamber’s CEO, Michel Alaby, and watched presentations about Brazilian agribusiness, the entity’s work and Expodireto Cotrijal. They acquired information about the fair’s size, the Brazilian production of grains such maize and soy bean, agricultural machinery, among other products. Government relations manager of the entity, Tamer Mansour, and Market Intelligence director, Suelma Rosa dos Santos, placed the Arab-Brazilian Chamber at the executives and entrepreneurs’ disposal, in order to help them on their business with Brazil and put them in touch with potential importers.

     *Translated by Rodrigo Mendonça

    Source Article from http://www2.anba.com.br/noticia/21863141/business-opportunities/arabs-search-for-suppliers-in-brazilian-fair/

    As the Delta variant of COVID-19 runs rampant throughout the U.S., a renewed push is being made to get more Americans vaccinated.

    President Joe Biden said last week he would require federal workers to verify they have been vaccinated or undergo regular testing.

    Similar policies have been introduced at some local governments, while some companies are requiring their employees to get the vaccine to return to the office. Even Broadway said it will make the same request of theatergoers before attending a show.

    Of course, you could bring the COVID-19 vaccine card verifying those details with you, which brings not only the annoyance of carrying it everywhere (try fitting that into a wallet), but the fear you wind up losing it.

    Thank goodness we have something else in our pockets that can assist: our smartphones. Here are a few ways you can keep your vaccine card handy:

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    Spot on patrol:Robotic police ‘dogs’ have privacy watchdogs worried

    Take a picture

    Seriously, that’s it. If you go this route, consider placing it in a hidden album so it can’t be viewed from your library. This also avoids the awkward scenario of having to scroll through the abyss of your camera roll to pull up your vaccine card.

    Source Article from https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/08/02/covid-vaccine-cards-how-add-them-your-smartphone/5453983001/

    A major winter storm has dumped several inches of snow across the Chicago area Monday and made a mess of the morning commute.

    Higher snow totals were recorded in the northern suburbs close to the Wisconsin border. As of 7:15 a.m., 7 inches of snow fell in Gurne, 6 inches of snow fell in Algonquin, and 5 inches of snow fell in Arlington Heights and Fox Lake. In the western suburbs, Romeoville received 4.9 inches of snow and Aurora received 5 inches of snow. In the city, O’Hare had received 3.1 inches of snow and Midway received 2.9 inches of snow. In the southern suburbs, Oak Lawn received 4 inches of snow and Homewood received 3 inches of snow.

    School Closings: Chicago Area Complete List

    A Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for the Chicago area, including Boone, Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kendall Lake, McHenry, Ogle and Will counties in Illinois and Lake and Porter counties in Indiana. The advisory will expire at 6 p.m. Monday.

    The snow began falling Sunday night and moderate snow persisting until about 9 a.m. with light snow continuing in the afternoon. Winds are also creating blowing and drifting snow, reducing visibility.

    The snow is making for a messy commute across the area Monday. The ABC7 Stormtracker checked out conditions on Lake Shore Drive, where the roadway was covered in snow, as was the outbound Eisenhower Expressway.

    The Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation is deploying 287 snow vehicles to clear the city’s streets, focusing on the city’s arterial streets and Lake Shore Drive before transitioning to side streets when the snow stops.

    RELATED: Find a Chicago area warming center near you

    According to CTA, during conditions like this, track switch heaters are turned on to keep them from freezing and to keep trains moving at a consistent pace.

    MEASURING SNOW: How to make an accurate snowfall measurement

    The city’s buses are equipped with engine pre-heaters so that they can be started up quickly and to keep commuters warm.

    The Illinois Tollway is reminding drivers who need help that they can call star-9-9-9 motorist assistance.

    Chicago’s Top 5 Biggest Snowstorms

    Stranded motorists should turn on their emergency lights and remain in their vehicles until help arrives.

    When there is snow and extreme cold the Tollway recommends that you have your cell phone fully charged before heading out, be sure tires are properly inflated, keep your gas tank at least half full to avoid gas line freeze-up and keep a cold weather safety kit in your car with items such as a flare, a blanket and flashlight.

    The snowstorm has created significant problems at Chicago’s airports. As of 9:17 a.m., O’Hare reports average delays of 49 minutes and 637 flight cancellations and Midway reports average delays of under 15 minutes and 198 flight cancellations.

    Sunday, Chicago Public Schools said it was closely monitoring conditions, but that school would be in session Monday. Meanwhile, a number of schools across the area have cancelled. For a complete list, click here.
    The snowstorm comes ahead of another week of brutal cold as the polar vortex continues to bear down on the area – bringing historically low temps mid-week.

    Polar Vortex Explainer: Get ready for bitter cold the next few weeks

    Wednesday’s expected high is sitting well below zero, and wind chills will make it feel like as much as 50 degrees below. It has the potential to be the second-coldest day in the history of Chicago.

    The record for the coldest day in Chicago was December 24, 1983, with an average temperature of -18 degrees recorded at O’Hare. Wednesday could be as cold as -15.5 or -16, which could make it the second or third coldest day in Chicago’s recorded history.

    COLDEST DAYS IN CHICAGO HISTORY:
    1. Dec. 24, 1983: -18
    2. Jan. 18, 1994: -16
    3. Jan. 20, 1985: -15.5
    4. Jan. 10, 1982: -15.0
    5. Dec. 23, 1983: -13.5
    6. Jan. 29, 1966: -13.0
    7. Jan. 15, 1972: -13.0
    8. Jan. 23, 1963: -12.5
    9. February 3, 1996: -12.0

    A Wind Chill Watch will go into effect at 6 p.m. Tuesday through noon on Thursday.

    Dozens of warming shelters in the city and throughout Cook County have been opened as an additional safety precaution. Officials say everyone should limit their outdoor exposure over the next few days.

    Source Article from https://abc7chicago.com/weather/live-radar-chicago-weather-storm-dumps-several-inches-of-snow-across-area/5109352/

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    China’s top trade negotiator, Liu He, will meet with President Donald Trump‘s trade team on Thursday without the title “special envoy” for President Xi Jinping, a role he has held in previous talks, suggesting the vice premier may have diminished authority to make concessions that could be key to striking a deal.

    A source on the Chinese side told CNBC’s Eunice Yoon that Liu’s demotion suggests that he may not have much leeway to make compromises on his own.

    That could leave negotiations to happen at a higher level. On Thursday afternoon, Trump said that Xi had written him a “beautiful letter” that he had “just received,” and said he will probably speak to Xi by phone.

    The news of Liu’s title change comes as Washington and Beijing wrestle over the contours of a trade deal that has faced a number of setbacks in recent days.

    Trump over the weekend set a Friday deadline to more than double the rate for existing tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, a turnaround after weeks in which the administration signaled that negotiations were moving forward.

    U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and other officials are scheduled to meet with Liu for dinner just hours before those tariffs are set to take effect.

    Stocks continued to tumble Thursday after Trump said at a rally the night before that China “broke the deal” and reiterated his tariff threats. Meanwhile, China has signaled it is unlikely to back down in the face of American pressure.

    Part of the China’s calculus has involved the suspicion that Trump’s public pressuring of Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to lower the central bank’s benchmark interest rate is motivated by the president’s belief that the U.S. economy is weaker than he has claimed, The Wall Street Journal reported.

    China backtracked on nearly every commitment that it had made in previous negotiations in a diplomatic cable sent Friday, according to Reuters.

    In response, on Sunday, Trump issued his threat to raise tariffs on the country in a post on Twitter.

    “The Trade Deal with China continues, but too slowly, as they attempt to renegotiate,” Trump wrote. “No!”

    Source Article from https://www.cnbc.com/2019/05/09/chinas-top-negotiator-may-have-diminished-role-in-trade-talks.html

    New York State issued an air quality health advisory for Tuesday, lasting until midnight, because of high levels of fine particulate matter in the air, which wildfires contribute to.

    By late afternoon, the Air Quality Index for New York City had reached 170, well above average. The concentration of microscopic particulate pollution called PM2.5 was nine times above exposure recommendations from the World Health Organization.

    In a statement, the Department of Environmental Conservation noted that while it was not rare for traveling wildfire smoke to reach the New York region, the smoke usually stayed high in the atmosphere. But in this case, “data showed that the smoke is extending down to the ground level,” since much of it is coming from relatively nearby fires in western Ontario and eastern Manitoba.

    Climate change is making wildfires larger and more intense, with results visible from satellites and on the ground. The Bootleg Fire in Oregon now covers more than 388,000 acres and is so intense that it is essentially making its own weather. Satellite images from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration show smoke from that fire and others making its way across wide swaths of the United States and Canada. It first reached New York City around July 15.

    Mr. Cristantello said that a cold front pushing through the New York City area on Wednesday should clear out the haze, but it could return if the fires persist.

    Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/us/wildfire-smoke-new-york-city.html

    MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The young woman killed in the mass shooting early Sunday morning at a St. Paul bar is being remembered as “bright, joyful and supportive.”

    MORE: ‘Horrific’: Minnesota Officials React To Mass Shooting At St. Paul Bar

    A person close to the victim has identified her as Marquisha Wiley, who was in her 20s. Wiley worked in animal care through Globe University, according to her LinkedIn page.

    Marquisha Wiley (credit: CBS)

    The shooting began just after midnight at the Seventh Street Truck Park, down the block from Xcel Energy Center. Fourteen other people were hurt in the shooting, and all are expected to survive.

    WATCH: Full Police Press Conference On Shooting At St. Paul Bar

    Police say three men are in custody, and are also being treated for injuries at local hospitals.

    Anyone with information on this shooting is asked to call 651-266-5650.

    MORE: ‘We Need Cops’: Republican Candidates For Governor Decry Defund The Police Movement After St. Paul Bar Shooting

    Source Article from https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/10/10/st-paul-mass-shooting-marquisha-wiley/

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    Danilo Medina, el actual presidente, encabeza el conteo.

    El presidente de República Dominicana, Danilo Medina, es el que encabeza el conteo de papeletas y se vislumbra como posible ganador de las elecciones generales, celebradas este domingo.

    Medina, quien representa al Partido de la Liberación Dominicana y a sus formaciones aliadas, lleva una ventaja de más de veinte puntos con respecto a su principal contrincante, el empresario Luis Abinader, del Partido Revolucionario Moderno.

    El tercer boletín oficial emitido por la Junta Central Electoral (JCE) a las 10:30am hora local (14:30 GMT), otorga a Medina el 61,99% de los votos, mientras que Luis Abinader del Partido Revolucionario Moderno (PRM), su principal adversario, obtuvo el 35,18%.

    Sin embargo, aún no se ha terminado el conteo.

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    Además del favorito Danilo Medina, los candidatos a presidente son (de izquierda a derecha): Hatuey De Camps (Partido Revolucionario Social Demócrata), Soraya Aquino (Partido de Unión Nacional), Guillermo Moreno (Alianza País), Luis Abinader (Partido Revolucionario Moderno), Pelegrín Castillo (Fuerza Nacional Progresista), Minerva Tavárez Mirabal (Alianza por la Democracia) y Elías Wessin Chávez (Partido Quisqueyano Demócrata Cristiano).

    Para que Medina fuera proclamado vencedor tendría que acumular más del 50% de los votos una vez contadas todas la papeletas.

    Y si ninguno de los candidatos obtiene más del 50%, tendrá que celebrarse una segunda vuelta.

    La jornada de votación se extendió una hora más por los retrasos causados por fallas técnicas en algunos centros y por la renuncia de 3.000 técnicos contratados para el montaje de las mesas.

    Por este motivo la Junta Central Electoral (JCE), el órgano electoral del país, continúa contabilizando votos manuales y electrónicos.

    En estas elecciones generales, también se elige al vicepresidente, a los representantes municipales y a congresistas y diputados.

    Source Article from http://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias/2016/05/160515_resultados_elecciones_republica_dominicana_2016_ps

  • What if somebody in my family gets sick?

    If the family member doesn’t need hospitalization and can be cared for at home, you should help him or her with basic needs and monitor the symptoms, while also keeping as much distance as possible, according to guidelines issued by the C.D.C. If there’s space, the sick family member should stay in a separate room and use a separate bathroom. If masks are available, both the sick person and the caregiver should wear them when the caregiver enters the room. Make sure not to share any dishes or other household items and to regularly clean surfaces like counters, doorknobs, toilets and tables. Don’t forget to wash your hands frequently.

  • Source Article from https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/11/us/virus-fort-worth-park-shooting.html