News of the World

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Actor Michael J. Fox Retires Once Again

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/11/19/enter...index.html
As you might have noticed by now, his disease makes it hard for him to move to and fro and portray as many emotions as required by his potential roles. Wulfo suspects he should be trying voice over acting before totally retiring from the silver screen.

China and the Moon Rocks

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-55033875
Nope, it's not some anime, donghua or a pop band at all. China is really after 2 kilograms of moon rocks, meaning they want to be the first country to resume their extraction since the 1970s. Their plan is to study them to better understand the Moon's origin and formation. Russia was the last nation that managed to bring some lunar rocks back to Earth. What I find curious is that wanna land in the place known as the Ocean of Storms where nobody has ever been so far.

You might need to recall that it was the Apollo mission who brought back 382 kilograms to our planet.

It’s ‘sweet relief’ to be home

US boy was forced to threaten Trump in IS video

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54995445

An American boy who was made to threaten President Donald Trump in an Islamic State group video says it was "sweet relief" to return to the US.
Matthew, taken to Syria by his mother and stepfather, was 10 when he was filmed telling Mr Trump to prepare for a battle on US soil.
Now 13, he has been living with his father for a year, after being flown home by the US military in 2018.
"It's happened and it's done. It's all behind me now," he told the BBC.

I hope that anybody still unaware of how IS usually operates, manages to understand how evil they have become in the last decade or so.  

His mother, Samantha Sally, was convicted earlier this month of financing terrorism and sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison.

Well, his stepfather, an IS sniper, was killed during an attack against the organization and she was a terrorist of sorts. Gladly he could still count on his biological father.

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: PM gives Tigray forces 72 hours to surrender

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-55023029

Abiy Ahmed told Tigrayan leaders they were "at a point of no return".
The Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), which controls the mountainous region, has vowed to keep fighting.
The conflict has reportedly killed hundreds and displaced thousands in recent weeks. The UN has warned it could trigger a humanitarian crisis.
Earlier the Ethiopian military warned Mekelle's 500,000 residents that the army would "encircle" the city and attack it with artillery fire.
"There will be no mercy," a spokesman said.
On Friday, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa, in his capacity as the African Union chairman, announced the appointment of three former presidents to broker talks to end the conflict.

I sincerely hope they depose their weapons for good before anything terrible happens there.

Merkel 'worried' about vaccines for poor countries

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55037760

Angela Merkel was speaking at a G20 summit which saw leaders promise a fair distribution of jabs.
But Mrs Merkel warned progress was slow, saying she would raise the matter with global vaccine alliance GAVI.
G20 nations also pledged to address the immediate financing required to support the production and fair distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, as well as treatments for the virus, and tests.
French President Emmanuel Macron called on G20 leaders to "go further and faster" in supporting poorer nations by donating doses, forging industrial partnerships and even sharing intellectual property.
But the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said "more funding is needed," to plug a $4.5bn (£3.3bn) gap in the so-called ACT-Accelerator, a mechanism led by the World Health Organization that aims to ensure access to tests, treatments and vaccines for all.

So we still lack the protocols or mechanisms that are supposed to let people all around the world get a chance to get vaccinated, except for China who already denied the CCP needed to give its citizens their shots.

California's Covid curfew to begin

US cases hit 12-million mark

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-55030611

California has begun a night-time curfew, in an attempt to curb a surge in coronavirus cases.
Several states have imposed new mask mandates and restrictions to try to combat the rise, and in Texas the National Guard is being deployed to the city of El Paso to help with morgue operations there.
California reported a total of one million cases last week, making it the second state to do so after Texas.
The new daily curfew, from 22:00 local time on Saturday (06:00 GMT Sunday) until 05:00, will carry on until 21 December, with a possible extension if needed, according to authorities.

By the way, Donald Trump Jr. has tested positive for the Wuhan virus last Friday. The incumbent US President is self quarantining as a precaution.