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So you're saying there are experts confirming hydroxychloroquine is a safe drug?

China's First Move to Eliminate Hong Kong's freedoms
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-52765838
Its parliament already approved an initial draft of a terrible law that would impose China's security forces and probably the Chinese judiciary system as well. The rest of the article is full of conjectures but they might come to be true anyway.  

What if the US removes Hong Kong's special status?
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52835471

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.

Aren't Hong Kong and China the same now? It does make same not to make any difference at the customs.

Russian outcry as journalists held during Ilya Azar protest
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52839216

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.

Putin once again punishes journalists alias political opponents. They had arrested Ilya Azar, a journalist and councillor who works for the opposition newspaper Novaya Gazeta, after he protested against the detention of an ex-policeman who campaigns against police corruption.

Renault prepares for 15,000 job cuts
https://www.bbc.com/news/business-52839134
made Renault believe they have to save 2 billion euros so they will be cutting jobs around the world.

Trump to take 'big action' against social media
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52832800

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.

Twitter fact-checks China amid bias row
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-52833063
It took Twitter TWO MONTHS to mark Chinese government spokesman Lijian Zhao's tweets as biased. Sometimes they don't let conservative tweets last that long if they disagree with their contents.

Coronavirus in Costa Rica

1,000 confirmed, 10 deaths, 646 recoveries, 344 active, ~17,000 discarded, ~25,000 tests

Coronavirus in Nicaragua according to Ortega

759 confirmed, 35 deaths, 370 recoveries

They changed their ridiculous report of less than 40 confirmed cases after Costa Rican congressmen sent a letter to WHO/PAHO asking it to investigate the situation. Obviously, Sandinistas didn't wait for long before they started insulting the Costa Rican politicians for their interference and arrogance.

Coronavirus Worldwide

5,8 million confimed, +360,000 deaths, 2,4 million recoveries