1) A third woman has come forward to publicly accuse NY Gov. Cuomo of sexually harassing her and there’s a picture to back her up. Anna Ruch, who worked on the Biden campaign, told The NYT that Cuomo put his hand on her bare lower back at a wedding in 2019 then....
2) ....placed his hand on her cheeks and asked if he could kiss her. “I was so confused and shocked and embarrassed,” Ruch told the paper, which said her account was corroborated by the friend and photographs that show the governor clasping her face.
3) I knew there would be more than two women, there's always more women out there in these types of situations.
3) AP calls for the immediate release of a journalist who was arrested in Myanmar. "AP decries in the strongest terms the arbitrary detention of Thein Zaw,” Ian Phillips, AP vice president for international news, said.
1) Coronavirus live news: Ukraine sees record levels of hospitalisations; explosion at Dutch testing centre theguardian.com/world/live/202…
2) Germany has told the EU it is keeping border curbs with neighboring countries, despite its warnings this would curtail freedom of movement within the bloc;
3) The Lloyd’s of London Insurer Hiscox has swung to a loss after paying out $475m (£340m) for cancelled events, business interruption policies and other claims related to the coronavirus pandemic;
1) Coronavirus live news: Germany plans to extend lockdown; WHO says Covid won't be over this year theguardian.com/world/live/202…
2) Israel, the UAE and UK have administered the highest number of vaccine doses per capita globally. In Israel, 93.5 doses have been given per 100 people, while in the UAE the figure is 60.87. In the UK, 30.77 shots have been administered for every 100 residents;
3) Austria & Denmark, chafing at slow rollout of 💉 in EU, have broken ranks w/Brussels to form an alliance w/Israel to produce 2nd-generation 💉 against covid mutations; 4) Nigeria’s first 💉 , AZ jabs from the Covax program, landed in capital city Abuja today;
1) Coronavirus live news: Finland declares state of emergency; Chinese hackers 'target Indian vaccine makers' theguardian.com/world/live/202…
2) Mexico admits its controversial covid tsar, Hugo López-Gatell, is hospitalized w/covid, after initial denials. López-Gatell has faced heavy criticism for undermining the use of face masks and carrying out insufficient testing;
3) Israel’s Supreme Court on Monday banned the government from the sweeping use of mobile phone tracking of coronavirus carriers, calling the measure a grave infraction of civil liberties;
Key points : 1) Trump’s D C. hotel hopes to cash in on Q’Anon true believers, who may descend on DC for his big comeback; 2) 5K NG troops expected to stay in DC a/o 3 weeks, amid potential violence concerns from Q’Anon followers, some believing Trump will be inaugurated March 4;
3) “..75 years ago, the President used to be inaugurated on March 4," House Armed Services Chr Adam Smith said. "Now why that's relevant, God knows. At any rate, now they are thinking maybe we should gather again and storm the Capitol on March 4 ... that is circulating online."
4) Trump Org’s taken notice of chatter, w/Trump INT Hotel in DC increasing room rates for March 3 & 4 by nearly $1K. It was the only hotel in DC to increase rates for those days & hasn’t raised them on surrounding days.
1) Not a shocker at all...
“Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, says Covid-19 situation is "very serious". "What we do now affects how we can celebrate Lucia & Christmas" he adds. Halland, Örebro, and Jönköping regions will now also have tougher local restrictions, he says.”
2) Halland, Örebro, and Jönköping regions will now also have tougher local restrictions. Currently Stockholm, Uppsala, Skåne, Östergötland, Västra Götaland and now Halland, Örebro and Jönköping regions have local "allmänna råd" (local recommendations).