The Week in Stories Around the Globe

Younger blacks and Latinos are dying of COVID-19 at higher rates in California

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“It attacks who it’s going to attack,” she said. “I don’t think that knowing that would have saved Scott or any black person or Latino person. Because you’re black, or Latino or Asian, it doesn’t pick who it wants to make sick. It just attacks.”

#COVID19 #California #ThisIsAmerica

 

Health Alert: U.S. Consulate General Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

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All U.S. citizens in China are subject to local law. If you violate Chinese laws, even unknowingly, you may be arrested, expelled, or imprisoned.  The Chinese legal system can be opaque, and the interpretation and enforcement of local laws may be arbitrary. The judiciary does not enjoy independence from political influence. U.S. citizens traveling or residing in China may be subject to heightened scrutiny by Chinese local law enforcement and state security. They should carry identity documents at all times.

#China #USA #AfricanAmericans #International

 

Ecuador’s Government Is Persecuting the Man Who Doubled Health Care Spending

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In office from 2007 to 2017, Ecuador’s left-wing president Rafael Correa more than doubled investment in health care. But Lenín Moreno’s austerian regime has abandoned that legacy — and is now using the courts to silence those who criticize its response to COVID-19.

#Ecuador #LatinAmerica #Politics #ForeignPolicy

 

World celebrates 30 years of iconic deep space images from Hubble Telescope

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“Astronomers used Hubble to make the first measurements of the atmospheric composition of extrasolar planets,” NASA said. “Hubble also captured what might be the first visible-light images of an extrasolar planet. The imaged planet circles the star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away.”

#Science #Space #Hubble #Physics

 


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