News of the World

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Trump's Oklahoma rally can go ahead, court rules
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53116623
Even if has not faded away, Trump can continue with his campaign plans said the Oklahoma's Supreme Court. It seems that the raise in confirmed cases didn't persuade them as to forbid him to gather as many partisans as possible in a single place...

Katie Hopkins permanently suspended from Twitter
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53111295
Twitter claimed she is a hateful commentator for she promoted violence or direct written attacks.
Hopkins was banned for a week back in January but this time it's permanent.
Trump used to retweet her posts.

Juneteeth is a new holiday in New York City
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53113555
Was it that hard to call it the day of the end of slavery or the day of freedom?
It seems both Cuomo and de Blasio were behind this move.

Sir Ian Holm is no longer among the living
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53110391
Better known as Bilbo Baggins in the Lord of the Rings or Ash in Alien, he passed away due to an illness related to Parkinson...

Brazil and its +1 million cases of Covid-19
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-53092196
It seems nobody escapes from in Brazil, not even an indigenous leader living in the Amazonas.

Fears over US media independence as Trump-appointed chief fires editors
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53111704
Now several US media fear they're gonna politicized them just to favor Trump.

The director of Voice of America, Amanda Bennett, and her deputy Sandy Sugawara resigned on Monday after Mr Pack was confirmed by the Senate.
The heads of Radio Free Europe, Asia, Middle East Broadcasting as well as the Open Technology Fund were ousted on Wednesday.
President Donald Trump has recently criticised Voice of America, calling its reporting "disgusting" and accusing it of spreading "propaganda" in favour of China.

Galwan Valley: India PM Modi says military will keep borders secure
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-53114762
Nope, Wulfo! China and India still hit the news media with another chapter of their political novel.  
I dunno how India is supposed to defend itself when they've already lost a war several decades ago and they're definitely not in a advantageous position right now...

Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor: Canada renews calls for China to release charged pair
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-53113179
No matter what China said about their arrest, the truth is that Chinese authorities went after them once Meng Wanzhou, the executive of Huawei, was detained in Vancouver. What a curious coincidence!

Serbia and its national elections: Trick or Treat!?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53107011
They claim that Serbia has been ruled by a candidate for the title of tyrant for about a decade. Even if their domestic politics are a mess, its ruler thinks they can continue following the path of integration with the EU.

Into The Wild bus removed from Alaska wilderness
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53106441
After several people died there, they finally got rid of that thread. I wonder why it didn't take them another decade to dispose of it...  
What do the author of Into the Wild book and Sean Penn think about it?

A Chechen blogger and his Russian wannabe assassin
https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-53066537
Read this story of full of assassinations and a failed attempt. Events take place in several countries like Sweden, Germany and France. Did it all start back in Russia?  

Canadian politician kicked out for calling rival a racist
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-can...val-racist
He introduced a new motion to recognize systemic racism in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and ended up calling another politician a racist.

Costa Rica suspends economic reopening plans as new cases spike
https://ticotimes.net/2020/06/19/costa-r...ases-spike

79 of 82 cantons have reported confirmed cases so far. Today 40 cantons had 119 new confirmed cases!
2058 cases made the Health Minister fear and ordered the cancellation of phase 3 of the economic reactivation. Even the final matches of the national football league are cancelled till further notice. Hotels, churches, beaches and many other shops are gonna suffer greatly because of this drastic measure he announced today. This happens a day after he had told people all hotels, cinemas, churches and others would be allowed to open weekends. Since Sunday is Father's day, he didn't wanna take a chance.
Nope, Wulfo, I have nowhere to run.

Jean Kennedy Smith, JFK's younger sister passed away
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53095039

Curiously, we can't link her to her family's "curse" here for she left this world at age 92.