CEO Ken Mayer leaves Disney and goes to China's TikTok 

BBC Wrote:It said email addresses and travel details had been stolen and that 2,208 customers had also had their credit card details "accessed".

BBC Wrote:"Our hospital is full of Covid cases, but only a tiny handful of patients have a confirmed diagnosis," Dr Yevtemirov clarifies, saying that most of the swabs the hospital sends off for analysis are recorded as pneumonia.

BBC Wrote:Connecticut became the final state to lift restrictions when it gave the green light to shops and restaurants under certain conditions.

BBC Wrote:In Maryland, for example, residents must stick to outdoor recreation, including golf courses, beaches and campgrounds, while states like Oklahoma now allow residents to attend religious services, get a tattoo, and even spend an evening at a nightclub.

BBC Wrote:At least 50 healthcare workers were fined and three people arrested for a protest outside a hospital in Paris.
Officers demanded that the protesters disperse, and gave those who refused a €135 ($150; £120) on-the-spot fine.
Protesters called for pay rises, and demanded reforms for better working conditions for healthcare workers.

BBC Wrote:The congress has proposed a new national security law that looks set to limit freedoms in the territory.
The annual meeting is usually scheduled for early March but was postponed because of the pandemic.
And, as much as that delay highlighted the severity of the crisis, its rescheduling is a show of strength and confidence - a sign, Beijing hopes, that things are under control.

BBC Wrote:It usually approves whatever has been decided beforehand by the top echelon of the Communist Party.

BBC Wrote:Chris Patten, Hong Kong's final British governor before the 1997 handover, says the UK should tell China its proposal for a Hong Kong national security law is "outrageous".
Lord Patten said China was using the preoccupation with the coronavirus pandemic to "bully and harass in other areas".

BBC Wrote:The far-right Vox party urged supporters to drive through major cities without leaving their vehicles in order to maintain social distancing.
Protesters in the capital, Madrid, drove in convoy and waved Spanish flags as they called for socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez to resign.
On Saturday, far-right protesters called for the lockdown to be lifted entirely owing to its impact on jobs and the economy.
Almost one million jobs were lost in March alone, and forecasts suggest the Spanish economy will contract by up to 12% this year as a result of the pandemic.

(05-23-2020, 09:23 PM)kyonides Wrote: Darrell Issa sues California over 'unconstitutional' November vote election
https://www.foxnews.com/media/rep-darrell-issa-suing-over-californias-unconstitutional-vote-by-mail-order
Issa accused governor Newsom of looking for ways to manipulate November elections via vote by mail (and probably creating mysterious polling places out of the blue). Of course, they'd follow Newsom's guidelines instead of the Californian Voter’s Choice Act.

(05-21-2020, 02:22 AM)kyonides Wrote: Dr. Mike Ryan rejects that chloroquine and its derivative make any difference in treating covid-19 disease.

The same story goes everywhere?

No joke. All these sites quoting the same story. Think about it.

BBC Wrote:Until now, the US has given Hong Kong favourable trading terms, dating back to the territory's time as a British colony, but US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Congress that Hong Kong no longer enjoys a high degree of autonomy from China.
Meanwhile, President Donald Trump's top economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Beijing "will be held accountable" for a new security law set to be imposed on Hong Kong.

BBC Wrote:A group of well-known Russian journalists were arrested in Moscow on Thursday as they took part in single-person protests over a 15-day jail term handed down to a colleague.
They accused police of using the Covid-19 outbreak to crack down on activists.
The journalists detained mostly work for independent media outlets. Most have now been released, but charged with various offences.

BBC Wrote:US President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order redefining the legal protections given to social media platforms.
It means platforms such as Facebook and Twitter could be sued if they are judged to "deceptively" block posts.
The draft of the executive order says social networks are engaged in "selective censorship".
Mr Trump has regularly accused social-media platforms of stifling or censoring conservative voices.

(05-29-2020, 02:37 AM)kyonides Wrote: Trump to take 'big action' against social media
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52832800

BBC Wrote:US President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order redefining the legal protections given to social media platforms.
It means platforms such as Facebook and Twitter could be sued if they are judged to "deceptively" block posts.
The draft of the executive order says social networks are engaged in "selective censorship".
Mr Trump has regularly accused social-media platforms of stifling or censoring conservative voices.

Well, there gotta be a limit to what Facebook and Twitter's unofficial WHO / Chinese branches censor.

Telegraph Wrote:Monkeys can contract Covid-19 and then infect humans in turn, according to scientists.

Telegraph Wrote:Others saw the funny side of the monkey attack, with the incident coming days after the Indian authorities detained a pigeon in Jammu & Kashmir on suspicion of spying for Pakistan.
“The nation wants to know if Pakistan has sent those monkeys to steal coronavirus samples,” joked one user on Twitter. “These are highly trained monkeys and very intelligent monkeys.”