News of the World

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Hushpuppi's lawyer says FBI 'kidnapped' Nigerian Instagrammer from Dubai
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-53361490
A Nigerian man better known as Ray Hushpuppi was accused of multimillion-dollar fraud and money laundering by the US but his lawyer claims he was kidnapped by the FBI from Dubai. The guy appeared on a Chicago court on July 3rd.
It's interesting to notice that Dubai and US authorities don't agree on how exactly he was arrested and taken to USA. Dubai stated they extradited the suspect while DOJ asserted he was expelled from Dubai. They also noticed there's no extradition treaty between US and the Arab Emirates.

Is pandemic being used for power grab in Europe?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52308002
Well, now that we think about this we gotta admit Eastern European countries and Russia have become quite authoritarian as of late.

Syria: Russia and China veto last-ditch aid extension deal
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-53370890

Up to now, food and other aid for millions of people have come through two crossing points to Aleppo province and to rebel-held Idlib.
A Belgian-German draft resolution was a last-ditch attempt to prolong the deal, which expires later on Friday.
Russia wants one crossing to be open, and a vote on this is now expected.
Moscow argues that aid for Syria should be channelled through its ally there, the government of President Bashar al-Assad.

That's like asking China to manage all aids sent to Uighurs. They'd be definitely not getting them at all.

France: Bus driver dies after 'attack over face masks' in Bayonne
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53367432

A bus driver has died in France, five days after he was attacked by passengers who reportedly refused to wear face masks, his family says.
Philippe Monguillot, aged 59, had been left brain dead after the assault in the south-western city of Bayonne.

Well, this reminds me of how some Costa Ricans and Nicaraguans welcome police officers when they come by to verify claims that they're doing something illegal or having a party when it's forbidden because they could infect many people with Covid-19. Their present is a storm of bullets and broken "guaro" bottles.

Ghislaine Maxwell requests bail due to significant coronavirus risk
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53370960
It looks more like she grew tired of wearing paper attires.

How bad is the crisis in US care homes?
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53172302

So far, facilities across the US have reported over 126,400 confirmed Covid-19 cases leading to the death of 35,517 residents and hundreds of staff to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

Still, some claimed that not all care homes provided them with data from before May. So we don't know how badly has hit them so far.

Goya Foods: Hispanic brand faces boycott for praising Trump
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53371392

at the White House, Goya Foods CEO Robert Unanue said Mr Trump's leadership was a blessing.
Goya Foods - sold in the US and many Latin countries - is the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the US.
But now many of its loyal customers and some high-profile Democrats are calling for the firm's products to be shunned.
On Thursday, Robert Unanue, the CEO of Goya Foods, attended an event at the White House where President Trump signed the Hispanic Prosperity Initiative, which was described as an effort to improve access to educational and economic opportunities.

Of course, AOC couldn't stay away from this controversy and clearly supports the boycott.
If you don't support a product made by people that share your own culture, what's next? Letting them think that only American or Chinese or Russian products are trustworthy?
Would or should black Americans do the same to a company owned by black people?
Let's be serious, that's plain BS! They're free to disagree with a CEO's opinion at any time, still, that doesn't ever mean they should start boycotting their own community out of the blue.
Just compare it with Facebook's or Twitter's or Google's actions, they're far more serious, they truly affect democracy by telling readers what to think, and that often means you GOTTA think like Democrats. They block anything they disagree with based on bias not facts. They blocked videos, posts or tweets because they came from Republican sources. How's that even democratic!?  
They criticized Trump for not offering Latinos a way to improve their socioeconomic status and when he finally supports it and someone praised it, they ask all Latinos to boycott the company!  
Does that even make any sense to you!?  
Now we should expect Dems to tell us we all should buy Russian or Chinese ventilators during the current pandemic. Right...  

European hamster added to critically endangered list
https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-53363474

IUCN says global warming, industrial development, light pollution and plantations may be possible causes.
The IUCN says that in the 20th Century, a female hamster would give birth to an average of 20 baby hamsters a year, but this has dropped to only five or six a year.
There are 33 species of lemur which have been named by IUCN as critically endangered, with 103 of 107 types of lemur threatened with extinction.
This is mainly due to deforestation, although some species are also threatened by hunting.
The North Atlantic whale is said to be "one step from extinction", with fewer than 250 mature individuals believed to have been alive at the end of 2018.

Who would ever have imagined a species of rodents could ever go extinct in a few decades!?