Today's top coronavirus headlines
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 19, 2020
📈U.S. death toll passes 250,000
💉AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s potential vaccine produced a strong immune response in older adults
🎄Can COVID-19 testing allow us to gather safely for the holidays?https://t.co/AIkIfb2qKQ pic.twitter.com/eXq04vbMGs
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says a proposed $21 billion defense spending boost will "end the era of retreat" for the U.K.'s military and “restore Britain’s position as the foremost naval power in Europe.” Critics worry it will detract from overseas aid. https://t.co/Arr2ivLXua
— AP Europe (@AP_Europe) November 19, 2020
Mexico said Thursday it'll no longer allow officials accused of corruption to be tried in the US, potentially ending a decades-old tradition in which most of Mexico’s high-profile drug-trafficking and corruption cases have been tried north of the border. https://t.co/Sn5PNrBrYm
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 19, 2020
EU leaders deadlocked over Polish, Hungarian veto of recovery plan https://t.co/aTq06FuAYe pic.twitter.com/PefD6idqlD
— Reuters (@Reuters) November 19, 2020
🇺🇬 Sixteen people have been killed in two days of violent clashes between Ugandan security forces and supporters of detained opposition leader Bobi Wine, police said, as tensions flared two months before a presidential election https://t.co/AOAJNvmV6b pic.twitter.com/DOoqe24KGR
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) November 19, 2020
Hundreds protest in Santiago against Chilean president #AFP https://t.co/fpjLh2WPDb
— AFP Photo (@AFPphoto) November 19, 2020
📸 MartÃn Bernetti
📸 Javier Torres pic.twitter.com/xHidH3UhaX
After decades of aiding astronomical discoveries, one of the most powerful telescopes on Earth will cease its observation of the universe after sustaining irreparable damage https://t.co/Pa1RzqSuA3
— CNN (@CNN) November 19, 2020
2 comments:
Good article on repairs and upgrades for Arecibo
https://skyandtelescope.org/astronomy-news/damaged-arecibo-telescope-will-be-dismantled/
"Prime Minister Boris Johnson says a proposed $21 billion defense spending boost will "end the era of retreat" for the U.K.'s military and “restore Britain’s position as the foremost naval power in Europe.” Critics worry it will detract from overseas aid."
The purpose of a country is not give foreign aid.
It can be helpful, but also at times deleterious when they do.
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