News Burst 21 November 2019
- Facebook Next? Google will bar political advertisers from targeting voters on political affiliation to promote increased visibility of election ads and trust.
- Finland launches first gender neutral fire station with individual dressing rooms and showers, which allows all firefighters to wash at the same time in private.
- Solar explosions create Aurora Borealis in parts of US and Canada, the unique astral display will be visible in the parts that are located quite far from the polar regions.
- Russian Orthodox Christians believe that taking a dip in the freezing water on 19 January is an important part of celebrating Epiphany, or Baptism Day, to wash away one’s sins.
- Survey “White Helmets: terrorist abettors and sources of disinformation” reveals that the non-governmental organization has also been involved in forcible removal of organs from Syrians living in militant-controlled zones, according to Russian experts who interviewed locals.
- Bolivia’s ex-president Evo Morales compared the interim government’s crackdown on protests with genocide.
- The Swedish retailer IKEA is going to open several thousand pickup points in Russia.
- Tech titans Google and Facebook employ “surveillance-based business models” that threaten human rights and erode privacy worldwide,
- Amnesty International said, calling for an end to the data-grabs.
- NATO wants the general public to believe is that it had no choice but to intervene in 1999, because “Kosovo Albanian forces” were fighting the “policy of ethnic cleansing” of Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, who was “not interested” in a peaceful solution.
- Fewer than 100 protesters remained holed up in a Hong Kong university on Thursday as riot police encircled the campus.
- Lebanon lost $10bn in bank deposits since august; bond yields soar past 100% into “Venezuela territory”.
- Knife crime in London, UK, jumped by 43% over the last year, 320 ‘bleed control kits’ are to be given to bars.
- A story with the wrong “official narrative” was scrubbed by mainstream media outlets. After reporting on detained migrant children, AFP and Reuters scrubbed the story when the United Nations revealed it happened on Barack Obama’s watch.
- Goldman Banker on trial had $24,000 hidden in his sunglasses case.
- Illinois path toward insolvency just got steeper.
- It appears as though someone figured out that red light cameras could rack up tons more in fines if the number of times a light changes to red increases. This has led to nefariously shorter green lights in certain areas of Chicago.
- 65% of Americans said they could not imagine any circumstances or information coming out of the inquiry that could still change their minds about whether President Donald Trump should be impeached or not.
Active Weather on the Planet
- Tropical Depression Kalmaegi 26kt – Philippines
- Tropical Storm Sebastien 52kt, 999hPa – Caribe
- Tropical Storm Fung-wong 61kt – Taiwan
The World’s Shark Attack Hotspots
- USA 1441
- Australia 642
- South Africa 225
- Brazil 107
- New Zealand 57
- PNG 48
- Réunion 46
- Mexico 40
- Bahamas 29
- Iran 23
Strongest EQ in Europe M3.5 Azores
Strongest EQ in US M4.6 Alaska
Strongest EQ on the Planet M6.3 Mexico
Deepest EQ M6.3 486 km Russia
News Burst 21 November 2019
