News Burst 7 March 2020

2013 – Nestle Chairman Peter Brabeck-Letmathe. According to him, corporations should own every drop of water on the planet — and you’re not getting any unless you pay up. “Nestlé production of mineral water involves the abuse of vulnerable water resources. In the Serra da Mantiqueira region of Brazil, home to the “circuit of waters” park whose groundwater has a high mineral content and medicinal properties, over-pumping has resulted in depletion and long-term damage.” – Corporate Watch. “In 2001, Nestlé faced criticism for buying cocoa from the Ivory Coast and Ghana, which may have been produced using child slaves.[58] According to an investigative report by the BBC, hundreds of thousands of children in Mali, Burkina Faso and Togo were being purchased from their destitute parents and shipped to the Ivory Coast, to be sold as slaves to cocoa farms.” – Corporate Watch.

A few days ago, the Turkish leader turned to Donald Trump, asking him to supply Ankara with weapons and ammunition. On March 4, the Russian Defense Ministry accused Turkey of violating international law in the Idlib zone and announced a practical merger of Turkish roadblocks and the positions of militants. The Turkish leader presents the actions of Ankara as an attempt to ensure national security. He repeatedly emphasized that he was trying to prevent the Kurdish formations from approaching their borders. ccording to the expert, in reality there are currently no Kurds in Idlib. In addition, Ankara’s actions only exacerbate the refugee problem.

During the six-hour talks, Moscow and Ankara agreed on introducing a ceasefire in Idlib. In addition, the parties decided to create a security corridor near the strategically important M4 highway – this area will be patrolled by Russian and Turkish forces. Experts interviewed by Izvestia believe that the negotiations will contribute to the normalization of the situation in the region.

Signs of progress against the coronavirus epidemic emerged in China on Friday with epicentre Hubei province reporting no new cases of infection outside the provincial capital and scientists pointing to advances in the development of vaccines and drugs. “According to our estimates, we are hopeful that in April some of the vaccines [that are being developed] will enter clinical research or they would be of use in emergency situations.” – National Health Commission.

At least 27 people were killed in an attack on a political rally in Kabul on Friday, officials said, in the deadliest assault in Afghanistan since the US signed a withdrawal deal with the Taliban. The Taliban immediately denied responsibility for the assault, which occurred at the commemoration ceremony for Abdul Ali Mazari — a politician from the Hazara ethnic group, most of whom are Shiite. The US withdrawal hinges to a great extent on the Taliban being able to control jihadist forces such as the Islamic State group.

Pakistani rescuers using their bare hands searched Friday for seven people missing after an apartment building collapsed in the port city of Karachi on Thursday, as more bodies were pulled from the rubble, taking the death toll to 16. The residential building had been constructed as a four-story complex, but another floor was added about a year ago, in violation of construction rules, officials said earlier. A building inspector said the sewage system appeared to have triggered the disaster.

Foreign military attachés aboard a Myanmar military helicopter escaped serious injury when it crashed in eastern Myanmar. The helicopter was bound for the commercial capital Yangon when it crashed shortly after taking off. The foreigners from several countries had attended a press briefing in the area, where authorities recently seized US$37 million worth of narcotics, chemicals and equipment. Myanmar is the world’s biggest producer of methamphetamine, and authorities are often keen to show large-scale seizures to the media.

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has detained three members of the royal family, including a brother of the king and a former crown prince, a sign of how fully Crown Prince Mohammed has consolidated power, and that he may have seen a potential threat to it. The detentions were disclosed Friday by a member of the royal family and a person close to the royal family, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the danger of speaking out publicly about the crown prince.

Sun Activity

Earlier this week (March 2nd) NASA’s STEREO spacecraft saw a faint coronal mass ejection (CME) billowing away from the sun. The slow-moving cloud could hit Earth’s magnetic field on March 7th, bringing enhanced magnetic fields capable of sparking Arctic auroras. This is a very uncertain forecast; no guarantees!

Sunspot number: 0
Spotless Days
Current Stretch: 33 days
2020 total: 49 days (74%)

Strongest EQ in Europe M3.1 Iceland
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