News Burst 2 March 2020
- On Monday, Israelis are going to the polls to elect their parliament. This will be the third election in less than a year after no party managed to win a majority or form a coalition in the two previous votes.
- Three people have died and more are in hospital after a birthday surprise at a Moscow party had unforeseen consequences. Video shows dry ice being poured into a pool for effect, inadvertently creating a carbon dioxide gas chamber. Footage of the fateful moment emerged online. It shows the revelers wearing improvised protective costumes and goggles and gathered by a small indoor pool. One of them reads the instructions aloud, jokingly warning that the dry ice might be very dangerous before pouring the substance into the pool. The guests then proceed to jump in, with the bravest one submerging himself completely – while one of the onlookers jokes “He’s dead, he’s not with us anymore.”
- A prankster is facing up to five years in prison for causing panic on the Moscow underground. That’s the high price he may yet pay for an ill-conceived attempt to turn Chinese coronavirus hysteria into online likes. A young man in a black tracksuit and a face mask was walking along the subway car on one of the busiest lines before suddenly collapsing on the floor and starting to convulse in agony. Several guys rushed to help the poor soul, but then quickly fled, shouting “Coronavirus! Coronavirus!” The event had a strong effect on other passengers, who started rushing out of the car as soon as the train reached its station, creating a real risk of a stampede and injuries.
- The Turkish troops have shot down two Syrian Air Force’s planes in the Idlib Governorat. According to the report, “the Syrian regime’s forces have downed two jets of the Syrian government army in the Idlib Governorate.” The pilots of both planes ejected with parachutes. “They were unhurt,” the report said.
- A NASA report Saturday (February 29) said nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels over China had dropped dramatically in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
- Volunteers gathered to clear a beach strewn with used compresses, dirty needles and vials of blood on Saturday, apparently discarded by nearby hospitals in Senegal’s capital Dakar. The city beach, named Cap-Manuel, is bordered by turquoise waters on one side and construction sites on the other. It’s a hit with locals, and children often use it as a football pitch. But a video published by environmentalist Riad Kawar in late January provoked outcry in the West African metropolis. It showed dozens of syringes, catheters and used medical tubes dumped on the beach.
- Frog breeders are appealing for help as China bans the wildlife trade.
- A Chinese man was sentenced to death on the weekend for fatally stabbing two officials at a roadblock set up to contain the spread of the coronavirus in early February.
- True to Erdogan’s prior threat that Europe would see 18,000 to as many as 30,000 refugees pour across European Union borders on Saturday after Turkey ‘opened the gates,’ it’s being reported that the number of migrants at Evros — a key land border between Turkey and Greece — has now reached 15,000. In places like the now completely closed Kastanies crossing (sealed by the Greek side as Turkish guards stood down and let migrants pass freely), thousands are stuck in ‘no man’s land’ between the borders, with the situation fast descending into chaos.
- Happening in Thermis, Lesvos right now. Migrants have reached the port in a rubber boat. A crowd is now stopping them from disembarking. There are reports of violence against journalist. Some roads around moria camp are being blocked by locals. No authorities on the scene.
- Reddit seems to have decided that special rules need to be enforced for the most popular pro-Trump subreddit, the_Donald. Subredditors there claim half their moderators have been purged and new ones are being installed from above.
- Smuggling of hashish to Europe, America and other countries from Nepal is common. However, smuggling of drugs from foreign countries to Nepal for local consumption has recently been reported. Earlier on October 23, NCB had arrested three persons with six kg cannabis and seven kg hashish sent from Canada and the US, respectively.
- Sheriff’s deputies of San Jacinto, CA, seized more than 4,700 marijuana plants and the equipment used to grow them at two San Jacinto homes in separate investigations.
- How is ‘Oumuamua’ strange? It showed a “strong non-gravitational acceleration” indicating gravity was not the only thing dictating its path.
-no gas escaping
-no dust trail behind it
-no heat from thermal infrared
Oumuamua means “messenger” in Hawaiian.
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