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Trump moves to formally withdraw US from World Health Organization as of July 2021 – CNET
The World Health Organization will lose funding from the US if the move goes through.
Scientists find first direct evidence of ocean mixing across the Gulf Stream
Scientists have discovered the first direct evidence of the so-called Gulf Stream “blender effect” where the waters mix on either side of the current.
Airborne Coronavirus: What You Should Do Now
How to protect yourself from a virus that may be floating indoors? Better ventilation, for starters. And keep wearing those masks.
Auto dealers, restaurants with ties to lawmakers were among the firms that got PPP loans: Treasury/SBA data
Live Coronavirus Updates: Miami Reverses Course on Reopening
Texas and Idaho set daily records for new cases. Two Texas sheriffs say they won’t enforce the governor’s order requiring residents to wear masks in public. Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta said that she tested positive for the coronavirus.
ICE: International students must leave US if universities only offer online classes this fall
The Trump administration announced that international students will have to go home if the schools they attend only offer online classes this fall.
'We're next': Hong Kong security law sends chills through Taiwan
The imposition of a sweeping national security law on Hong Kong has sent chills through Taiwan, deepening fears that Beijing will focus next on seizing the democratic self-ruled island. China and Taiwan split in 1949 after nationalist forces lost a civil war to Mao Zedong’s communists, fleeing to the island which Beijing has since vowed to seize one day, by force if necessary. “The law makes me dislike China even more,” 18-year-old student Sylvia Chang told AFP, walking through National Taiwan University in Taipei.
No one knows why decapitated sea lions keep turning up in Vancouver, Canada
The decapitated bodies of at least five sea lions found on the shores of Vancouver Island, Canada, over the past few months hint that there may be a marine-mammal serial killer on the loose, or perhaps someone who is lopping off the heads of already dead sea lions, according to news sources.
Amy Cooper, white woman who called police on Black bird-watcher in NYC, has been charged
Cooper is facing a misdemeanor charge of filing a false report, Manhattan’s district attorney announced Monday.
