KTFA Members "Saturday News" 3-28-2020

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Samson:  The most famous people in the world with Corona

03/27/2020 19:15:03

 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose test result was positive, has become a positive figure among the world's well-known people infected with the emerging coronavirus.

Where many of the famous political, sports and art celebrities have previously attacked the virus and caused the death of some of them, as follows:

- Politicians -

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his infection with the emerging corona virus after he showed "slight symptoms" of the disease, as the British government announced on Friday.

The British Minister of Health Matt Hancock also announced that he had contracted the virus.

Before that, Prince Charles, 71, the British Crown Prince, contracted the emerging coronavirus with mild symptoms of the disease, as his office announced last Wednesday.

On March 19, the Monaco Palace announced that Prince Albert II was infected with the new coronavirus, confirming that he could continue working from his own residence and that his "health condition was not a cause for concern."

The European chief negotiator for Brexit Michel Barnier, 69, also announced that his test result had been positive and that he was HIV-19 infected. But he said his health called for reassurance in a video posted on Twitter.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has placed himself in house isolation for two weeks since March 13, after his wife Sophie Gregoire Trudeau's tests were positive.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel also placed herself in quarantine on Sunday after contacting an infected doctor. The result of the first examination conducted on Monday was negative.

The Finnish presidency announced that the 82-year-old Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martti Ahtisaari was infected with the new Corona virus.

- Artists -

The famous Cameroonian saxophonist Manu Dipango died in France from a 19-year-old Covid injury at the age of 86, according to Thierry Doubert, publisher of the musical artist Agence France-Presse.

American playwright Terence McNally died on Tuesday of complications from being infected with the emerging coronavirus at 81 years of age, his agent told AFP.

Before him, singer Orlos Mabelle, star of modern Congolese rumba, who was infected with the new Corona virus, died on Thursday in Paris.

Young Canadian singer Lenny-Kim announced Saturday that he had contracted the disease.

Also on Sunday, Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo announced his injury, saying he was "in good health."

And US media reported on Sunday that former film producer Harvey Weinstein, who was recently sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexual assault and rape, was infected with the virus.

Tom Hanks and his wife, actress and singer Rita Wilson, the first Hollywood superstar to report their injury on March 12, said they were improving after about two weeks of quarantine in Australia.

Also on March 16, British actor Idris Elba announced that his examination was positive and placed himself in isolation.

The 70-year-old Chilean writer, Luis Cibolveda, who lives in northern Spain, contracted the virus and remains in hospital. He felt the first symptoms on February 25, two days after returning from a literary festival in Portugal.

- Sports World -

Former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz died last Saturday, three days after being hospitalized, as a result of Covid-19.

Several players in the Juventus Torino football team were injured, including French Blaise Matuidi, world soccer champion with the French national team in 2018, who has voluntarily isolated himself at home since March 11, after a positive test result.

Last Saturday, AC Milan announced that legendary former defender Paulo Maldini and his son Daniel had infected the new Corona virus.

In England, Arsenal coach Michael Arteta announced that his test was positive, as was a player from Chelsea.

Turkish soccer player Fatih Terem, Galatasaray coach, was also infected with the virus.

Tests of at least 15 NBA basketball players were positive, including Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant and French Rudi Goubert (Utah).

The French volleyball team superstar, Arvin Ngapith, was admitted Thursday to the hospital due to the new Corona.  LINK

Samson:  Trump puts reservists on standby

28th March, 2020

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order authorizing the Secretaries of Homeland and Defense to summon Army and Coast Guard reservists to service, the White House announced.

According to the decision, the two ministers were authorized to issue a summons to reserve soldiers from the army, navy, air force, and coast guard, to serve for up to two years "with a number not exceeding one million individuals in service at any time."    LINK

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Samson:  An attack on the purchase of gold in America in the time of Corona

28th March, 2020

Almost all of the gold offered has been sold in the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported, in a precedent the country had never seen before the global pandemic

The newspaper said today, Saturday, that US investors and bankers faced a severe shortage of gold bars and coins

Credit Suisse Group AG, which has been casting alloys since 1856, informed its clients of not requesting gold ingots to be unable to fulfill their requirements

In Britain, bankers are trying to hire military cargo planes to deliver their gold bars to New York stock exchanges

Wall Street bankers, Business and Finance Street, are also reported to have taken refuge in the Canadian Royal Instrument House for assistance, asking Canada to increase gold production for shipment to the United States

The price of gold futures contracts in the United States increased by about 9 per cent to $ 1.6 thousand per ounce this week, and reached its highest level in seven years

It was reported earlier that negative oil prices rocked the US market, and "Bloomberg" reported that "black gold" producers had to pay extra money to empty the tanks and storage facilities  LINK

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Samson:  Baghdad Operations: Arrest of 3,040 violators of the ban

27th March, 2020
The Baghdad Operations Command announced on Friday that it had arrested 3040 violators of the curfew and seized 612 wheels and bicycles from March 17 to date.

The leadership said in a statement that Mawazine News received a copy of it, "Despite the continuous directions, recommendations and instructions that it is not necessary to leave homes inside the capital, some people deliberately violate this ban, which requires the security forces to take legal measures against them."

She added, "3040 violators have been arrested, while 612 wheels and various motorcycles have been seized. The number of fines has reached 22,950 fine, from March 17 to 27 of the same month."  LINK

Don961:  US report: The Pentagon ordered an escalation of operations in Iraq against Iran-backed 

3/27 2020 16:50:37

 Shafaq News / The American New York Times reported that the Pentagon has ordered the military leaders to plan an escalation of the fighting in Iraq.

The newspaper reported in the report that the ministry issued directives last week to prepare a campaign to destroy an Iranian-backed militia that threatened more attacks against US forces.

The report added that the Supreme Commander of the United States in Iraq warned that such a campaign could be bloody, counter-productive and threaten war with Iran.

The commander, Lieutenant General Robert B. wrote. White, that the new military campaign will also require sending thousands of other US forces to Iraq and distract attention in the fight against ISIS, according to the newspaper.

The report indicated that some senior officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Robert C. O'Brien, the National Security Adviser, are pressing for a new aggressive action against Iran and its proxy forces, and see an opportunity to try to destroy Iran-backed militias with the latter preoccupied with the Corona pandemic crisis.

The report quoted US officials as saying Defense Secretary Mark Esber had authorized planning a new campaign inside Iraq - even as the US military downsized its anti-terrorist presence there - to provide Trump options to respond to an escalation of Iranian-backed militias in its attacks against US forces.

The report noted that during the Oval Office meeting on March 19, Trump did not make a decision on whether to authorize the new campaign in Iraq, but it allowed planning to continue, according to US officials.   LINK

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Samson:  The Chinese authorities are partially restarting the Wuhan subway

28th March, 2020

The authorities of the Chinese city of Wuhan announced today, Saturday, that it has partially restarted the city's subway, after it closed for a while due to the outbreak of the new Corona virus.

The authorities said in a statement, "On March 28 at 6:30 am, lines 1,2,3,4,6 and 7. have been resumed for the subway that operates on weekdays from 6.00 to 23.00 on weekends from 6.30 to 23.00." She stressed that "all the subway passengers must wear protective medical masks upon entry and exit and during the transition from one line to another."

It is noted that the metro of Wuhan, China, contains nine metro lines and 228 stops.

The authorities of Wuhan, China, have announced that they will lift restrictions on transportation in the city since April 8.

Wuhan was isolated from the outside world by the outbreak of the epidemic virus on January 23, and transportation in the city, including the metro and buses, was suspended and buses and water transport were prevented from entering the city, in addition to stopping the work of the airport and railway stations, and residents were prevented from Leaving or entering without special permission, and movement around the city is very limited.  LINK

Samson:  Over 500 police officers were injured in New York, Corona

28th March, 2020

New York police announced today, Saturday, the diagnosis of more than 500 of its members with the Corona virus.

And she confirmed that the results of the examination of 442 officers and 70 civil servants in it were positive, in a sharp rise compared to about 350 cases that were announced less than 24 hours ago.

Meanwhile, more than 4.1 thousand New York Police officers are still on sick leave, or about 11.4% of the total number of its employees.

On Thursday, the first death of corona was recorded in New York police, and the victim is a civil servant at the age of 62, while Deputy Chief of Police John Miller was transferred to a hospital in critical condition with symptoms of severe HIV infection.

This came at a time when the United States became the first country in the world to exceed the number of confirmed cases of the Corona virus in 100,000.

The state of New York is the largest epicenter of the virus in the country, with more than 44,000 infections and 450 deaths.  LINK

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Samson:  Corona virus locked half of the world's population in their homes

28th March, 2020

More than three billion people around the world are quarantined in their homes in the face of the rapid spread of the new Corona virus and the World Health Organization has provided some advice to people who perform their work from home. The organization was advised to sit in the right position and verify this from time to time while working from home. She also indicated the importance of taking a break from time to time from sitting and standing during work to maintain physical and mental health.

Most Islamic countries decided to suspend the holding of congregational and Friday prayers in all mosques and chapels, to prevent the outbreak of the new Corona virus. Instructions were directed to "abide by this duty, and to keep performing prayers in their homes and to turn to God Almighty to pray to distract the calamity.

" In the Italian peninsula, the Covid-19 epidemic has killed about a thousand people in 24 hours, in an unprecedented daily count in one country since the beginning of the crisis, raising the total number of deaths in that country to 9134. Spain comes second to the largest number of deaths in the world With more than 4,858 deaths recorded, including 769 in the last 24 hours. But Covid-19 infection continues to slow in the peninsula, hoping that the tough quarantine measures taken two weeks ago will finally lead to results, even if the epidemic has not yet reached its climax.

The number of infections in the United States with the Coronavirus, which causes (Covid 19), is 93,000, and 1,400 deaths. And US President Donald Trump announced today, Friday, that the main reason behind his country's lead in the number of cases of corona in the world is due to the acceleration of the tests. This situation prompted US President Donald Trump to issue a decree obligating the automaker group "General Motors" to produce basic respirators for Covid-19 patients, the number of whom are hospitalized, while these devices are running out weeks after the outbreak of the epidemic.

The latest statistics recorded the total number of people infected with Coronavirus around the world, about 537 thousand people, and the number of deaths exceeded 24 thousand, and the number of people recovered reached about 125 thousand people.   LINK

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Samson:  Italy warns of the collapse of the European Union due to Corona

28th March, 2020

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conti warned today, Saturday, of the fall of the European Union as a collective entity.

Conte called for no serious mistakes to be made during the anti-Corona virus operation in the European continent. Conte indicated during an interview with the Italian "Il Sole 24" website that "failure will leave our children the enormous burden of a devastating economy." He added, "Do we want to be on the level of this challenge? So, to launch a grand plan, a European recovery and reinvestment plan that supports and revitalizes the entire European economy."

Conte added, "More than one disagreement, there was a severe and frank confrontation with German Chancellor Angela Merkel because we are living in a crisis that results in a large number of victims of our citizens and causes severe economic stagnation." "I represent a country that suffers a lot and cannot allow myself to procrastinate," he said, adding that "we must avoid making tragic choices in Europe. If Europe does not prove to be on the level of this unprecedented challenge, the entire European bloc may lose in view Our citizens, the reason for his existence."

Italian Foreign Minister Luigi Di Mayo said on Friday that his country was facing a health and economic emergency resulting from the Corona virus, and that his country was "awaiting loyalty from its European partners." And the Russian military experts, who arrived in the Italian city of Bergamo today, began to provide medical assistance to the citizens, while the Russian Ministry of Defense said in a statement today, Friday: "The Russian military specialists who arrived in Bergamo began practically to fulfill the tasks of assisting the citizens of the Italian Republic.   LINK