Daily Archives: 24. Oktober 2020
Anti-Netanyahu Protesters Return to the Streets, Thousands March From Knesset
At about 10:00 P.M., thousands of Jerusalem protesters started another march from the vicinity of the prime minister‘s residence. Police tried to stop the march in the Mamila area, but demonstrators broke into a run and bypassed the roadblocks.
Meanwhile, about 1,000 people are taking part in a protest by the Movement for Quality Government at Tel Aviv‘s Rabin Square for the second week in a row, under the banner of „Corruption is leaping – the state is sinking,“ a play on the Hebrew word for submarine.
Seychelles votes for president, lawmakers in election
Polling stations will open at 7:00am (0300 GMT) on Mahe, Praslin and La Digue — the three main islands of Seychelles, home to the majority of its 74,600 voters, with the rest living on further-flung territory of the Indian Ocean nation.
Egypt starts voting in first stage of parliament elections
Egyptians voted Saturday in a parliamentary election in which there was little doubt of a sweeping victory for supporters of hardline President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Bolivia‘s TSE Declares Luis Arce the Elected President
Bolivia‘s Electoral Supreme Court (TSE) declared Luis Arce, the elected president of the Plurinational State of Bolivia and David Choquehuanca as vice-president on Friday after the official vote counting showed that Arce‘s party, the Movement Towards Socialism, reached a landslide victory of 55.10 percent of the votes.
Gera beantragt Unterstützung der Bundeswehr für mobiles Testteam
24.10.2020
Zwei Soldaten des in Gera stationierten Panzerpionierbataillons 701 unterstützen das Gesundheitsamt bei der Kontaktnachverfolgung.
De Blasio calls Trump’s NYC ‘ghost town’ description ‘unfair,’ Manhattan offices could fill up more by early 2021
As of Sept. 18, only 10% of Manhattan office workers had returned to their buildings, the Wall Street Journal reported late last month.
De Blasio confirmed that City Hall had indeed been considering bringing back more of its workforce, but new developments were put on hold due to the recent COVID clusters in Brooklyn and Queens.
From peak city to ghost town: the urban centres hit hardest by Covid-19
FT research shows London and New York have suffered the most from the pandemic, but more substantial change lies ahead
We can’t let Main Street become a ghost town
(09.10.2020)
Darkened storefronts adorned with “Closed” and “For Lease” signs have become common sights in both urban and rural areas.
Maryland is no exception. From my hometown in Takoma Park to the bucolic charm of Chestertown, many businesses have shuttered or are hanging on for dear life.
Militärische Manöverübung im Landkreis Stendal
Am Freitag bewegt sich ein Panzerlehrbataillon mit 600 Soldaten und 150 Fahrzeugen im öffentlichen Raum.
AstraZeneca, J&J resuming US tests of COVID-19 vaccines
The two coronavirus vaccines are among several candidates in final-stage testing, the last step before seeking regulatory approval.
The drugmakers said they got the go-ahead Friday from the Food and Drug Administration to restart tests in the U.S.
Biden’s oil slip gives Trump campaign hope in Pa., Texas
Both 2020 candidates have lavished attention to the natural gas industry in Pennsylvania, the likely tipping-point state in the Electoral College.
Democrats play defense, GOP goes on attack after Biden oil comments
Campaign manager Bill Stepien told reporters they would “put the nail in the coffin” for Biden in Pennsylvania, and possibly Ohio and Minnesota.
Biden and Trump are also locked in a tight race in Texas, a state Democrats have long dreamed of taking but one in which the comments could prove damaging.
Trump: „Would you close down the oil industry?“ Biden: „I would transition from the oil industry, yes.“ Trump: „That‘s a big statement.“ Biden: „That is a big statement.“ #Debates2020
(23.10.2020)
US Oil Majors Shift Cash From Trump To Biden
(16.10.2020)
The two largest U.S. energy firms, Chevron Corp CVX.N and Exxon Mobil Corp XOM.N, have increased their share of campaign donations to Democrats this year, according to the latest filings, amid a looming battle over fracking.
US oil groups grow less fearful of a Biden presidency
(26.09.2020)
“Fracking has to continue because we need a transition,” the former vice-president said during a recent meeting with voters in Pittsburgh, close to the heart of swing state Pennsylvania’s prolific shale gas industry. There’s “no rationale to eliminate, right now, fracking”.
Peace in Afghanistan to enhance regional connectivity: Pakistani PM
An Afghan parliamentary delegation, headed by Rahmani, arrived in Pakistan on Friday to discuss relations between the two parliaments and Pakistan‘s role in the Afghan peace process, and also to boost economic ties.
UN nuclear ban treaty just one ratification shy of taking effect
Jamaica and Nauru are the latest countries to complete the ratification procedures, the United Nations said. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, adopted in 2017, will enter into force 90 days after it has been ratified by at least 50 countries and regions.
Chinese-owned Surge Energy expands oil field business in U.S. Texas
Surge Energy currently has about 93,000 net acres of land lease rights and more than 700 producing wells in the Permian Basin in western Texas and eastern New Mexico, the largest source of shale oil production growth in the United States.