EA on BBC: Coronavirus, A Vaccine, and The Decline of US “Soft Power”
Will Trump Administration stand in way of Coronavirus vaccine for all? And how much damage has mismanagement of deadly crisis done to US “soft power”?
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Author: Scott Lucas
Trump Fires Inspector General to Block Investigation of Pompeo
Donald Trump fires State Department Inspector General Steve Linick to block inquiry into Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over “misuse of political appointee”.
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Iran Daily: French Academic Adelkhah Given 5-Year Prison Sentence
Iran authorities have given French-Iranian academic and political prisoner Fariba Adelkhah, detained since June 2019, a 5-year sentence for “espionage”.
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TrumpWatch, Day 1,212: House Passes $3 Trillion Coronavirus “Heroes Act” — But Senate Republicans Will Block Aid to States
The House passes a $3 trillion Coronavirus “Heroes Act”, but Republican Senators will ensure that the bill is killed and no aid reached embattled US states.
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EA on Video and talkRADIO: UK and Coronavirus — “A Slogan is Not a Plan”
UK Government’s latest fumbling over Coronavirus, with folly of “Stay Alert” slogan in absence of plan for handling virus and lifting stay-at-home measures
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Syria Daily: Demonstrations in Daraa
Amid rising violence, protests return to Daraa Province, original site of Syria’s March 2011 uprising, as Assad regime threatens military action.
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