[aggregation-styles] Nieman Lab There is nothing more beguiling than a lame duck One America News Network (OAN) segment. Everything about it feels slightly ersatz. The anchors sit in dreamlike green screen sets, hair perfectly coiffed, as they update the nation on the proceedings of the biggest crime in American history...
LA County Paramedics Told Not To Transport Some Patients With Low Chance Of Survival
[aggregation-styles] NPR Paramedics in Southern California are being told to conserve oxygen and not to bring patients to the hospital who have little chance of survival as Los Angeles County grapples with a new wave of COVID-19 patients that is expected to get worse in the coming days. The Los...
Already a New Boss in Town: Saudis, Afraid of Biden, Hurry to End Their Blockade on Qatar
[aggregation-styles] Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Saudi Arabia announced Monday that it would lift its land and sea blockade against Qatar, and that Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (the UAE) would allow Qatari aircraft to fly through their air space again. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain and...
Why Indonesia Is Vaccinating Its Working Population First, Not Elderly
[aggregation-styles] Reuters As Indonesia prepares to begin mass inoculations against COVID-19, its plan to prioritise working age adults over the elderly, aiming to reach herd immunity fast and revive the economy, will be closely watched by other countries. Several countries such as the United States and Britain that have already...
PAAIA Celebrates Historic Election for Iranian Americans
[aggregation-styles] PAAIA Washington, DC – The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA) a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonsectarian organization serving the interests of Iranian Americans, congratulates Oklahoma State Senator Stephanie Bice (R-OK), Florida State Representative Anna Eskamani (D-FL), New York State Senator Anna Kaplan (D-NY), Phoenix’s City Council candidate Yassamin Ansari,...
Chinese Cities Reportedly Go Dark as Country Faces Shortage of Coal, a Major Australian Export
[aggregation-styles] CNBC SINGAPORE — Several major Chinese cities have reportedly gone dark as authorities limit power usage, citing a shortage of coal. Analysts said prices of the commodity in the country have shot up due to the reported crunch. The reports also follow rising trade tensions between Beijing and Canberra,...
Lawyer: Time for US to Shut Down Assange Case
[aggregation-styles] UK Reuters The U.S. should "shut down" the Julian Assange extradition case, his lawyer said on Monday after a British judge ruled that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should not be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges including breaking a spying law. Read More → 4 Jan...
To Take the Most Relaxing Bath Ever, Add Some Healthy Tips
[aggregation-styles] Popular Science Baths are relaxing. This is, while perhaps not a universal truth, at least a decidedly uncontroversial opinion to have. And while research on bathing isn’t the booming field of study it deserves to be, the data we do have supports their stress-relieving powers. People who regularly take...
Here’s the Costume That May Have Infected 44 People and Killed One at San Jose Kaiser
[aggregation-styles] SF Gate With a red nose and big smile, a Christmas tree costume worn by a Kaiser employee in a California emergency room on Christmas was meant to spread cheer. Instead it may have help spread COVID-19, infecting more than 40 staff and killing one at the Kaiser Permanente...
Why an Iran Attack Could Be Biden’s ‘Hour One’ Crisis
[aggregation-styles] Politico On January 3, Iran’s leadership will mourn the one-year anniversary of the U.S. airstrike that killed Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps general Qassem Soleimani and Iran’s senior Iraqi militia commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. And the world seems preoccupied with the possibility of imminent armed conflict in the Middle East...