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CYBER ATTACK IN CHINA – A cyber attack previously unreported on the website of the Inter-American Development Bank is drawing attention to the role that China plays in the multilateral creditor. An internal IDB document reviewed by the AP says the September 2019 attack coincided with the bank’s 60th anniversary celebration and originated from more than 15,000 Internet addresses across China. IDB President Mauricio Claver-Carone was a fervent critic of China when he served as the Trump administration’s top national security officer for Latin America. News of the attack is surfacing as Claver-Carone tries to outdo critics in Washington and beyond, still furious at his politically charged election last year, which broke the tradition of a Latin American being in charge of the bank. By Joshua Goodman. SUBMITTED: 1,710 words, photos. This story has a short version.
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VIRUS OUTBREAK – Despite the clamor to speed up the US vaccination campaign against COVID-19 and get the country back to normal, the first three months of launch suggest that faster isn’t necessarily better. A surprising new analysis found that states like South Carolina, Florida and Missouri, which ran ahead of others to offer the vaccine to ever-larger groups of people, vaccinated smaller portions of their population than those that moved more slowly. and methodical, like Hawaii and Connecticut. By Carla K. Johnson and Nicky Forster. SUBMITTED: 1,140 words, photos. With VIRUS OUTBREAK-THE-LATEST (sent).
SHOOTING SUPPORT FOR MASSAGE BUSINESSES – Many people are contributing to the GoFundMe pages for the victims of the deadly shots in the Atlanta area. Randy Park launched a page asking for $ 20,000 to help pay for the expenses of his mother’s funeral, who was killed in the attacks. On Sunday, donations were approaching $ 3 million. SUBMITTED: 620 words, photos.
ISRAEL’S ELECTION – Israelis vote on Tuesday in their fourth parliamentary election in just two years. Once again, the dispute is reduced to a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu, who has served as prime minister for the past 12 years, hopes voters will reward him for leading the successful launch of the coronavirus vaccine in the country and its diplomatic reach to the Arab world. By Josef Fedrman. SUBMITTED: 1,150 words, photos. COM: ISRAL ELECTION-EXPLAINER (sent).
MYANMAR-KAREN ATTACKS – In the jungles of southeastern Myanmar, the army was shooting and oppressing civilians long before last month’s military coup. This largely invisible repression continues until now. An army offensive has prompted some 8,000 Karen people to flee their homes in what humanitarian aid groups say is the worst uprising in nearly 10 years. By Jerry Harmer. SUBMITTED: 870 words, photos. WITH: MYANMAR-AUSTRALIA – A friend of an Australian couple who works as an agricultural development consultant in Myanmar says they are being detained at their home because the woman was not allowed to leave the country. SUBMITTED: 380 words, photos.
GEORGE FLOYD-OFFICER TRIAL – The jury selection enters its third week on Monday for a former Minneapolis police officer accused of the death of George Floyd. Thirteen jurors were seated at Derek Chauvin’s trial on charges of manslaughter and manslaughter, with the judge saying that two more will be seated before the initial statements expected on March 29. SUBMITTED: 560 words, photos.
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FLOODS IN AUSTRALIA – Hundreds of people have been rescued from the floods that isolated dozens of cities in Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, and have forced thousands to evacuate their homes while the record rain continues. SUBMITTED: 420 words, photos.
TURKEY ECONOMY – The Turkish currency plummeted against the US dollar after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sacked the central bank governor over the weekend for raising interest rates. SUBMITTED: 250 words, photos.
JAPAN-NISSAN GHOSN-AMERICANS CHARGED – Japanese prosecutors accused two Americans, Michael Taylor and his son Peter, in connection with the flight of former Nissan president Carlos Ghosn to Lebanon. SUBMITTED: 430 words, photos.
NICKI MINAJ’S FATHER DEAD – Action brought by the death of Nicki Minaj’s father for being run over and escaped. SUBMITTED: 250 words, photo.
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TAIWAN VIRUS OUTbreak – Health workers are receiving their first injections in Taiwan’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign. But the campaign will not use supplies from China amid uneven distribution of vaccines around the world. SUBMITTED: 380 words, photos.
MIAMI SPRING-CURFEW TOUR – Miami Beach authorities are extending an emergency curfew at 8 pm for at least another week. Sunday’s decision by city commissioners comes after days of intense partying, where rebel crowds flocked by the thousands in South Beach, fighting in the streets, destroying property and ignoring COVID masks and other orders. SUBMITTED: 540 words, photos. NEXT: 800 words at 6:30 pm
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CYBERSECURITY-MICROSOFT HACK – A tool designed to help companies protect themselves from new commitments after a global hack of Microsoft’s email server software has been downloaded more than 25,000 times since it was released last week, the Council said National Security Council of the White House on Monday. By Eric Tucker. NEXT at 5 am EDT; 240 words, photos.
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REED-CONGRESS-MISCONDUCT ALEGATIONS – US Rep. Tom Reed, a Republican from western New York who was accused last week of rubbing the back of a lobbyist and untying her bra without her consent in 2017, apologized to the woman on Sunday and announced that he will not run for re-election next year. SUBMITTED: 350 words, photos.
AMERICA INSTANTLY-PHOTO ENSAY – The eye of an outsider, an instant camera and America seen again. SUBMITTED: 350 words, photos.
ALASKA-MARIJUANA – Regulators, amid much fanfare, last year approved two cannabis salons in Alaska. The move has made the state one of the few where consumers would be allowed to use marijuana in retail marijuana stores. SUBMITTED: 780 words, photos.
AIRPORT BODIES – Authorities are still investigating allegations made by a man who said he killed a total of 16 people in various states, although a law enforcement official has confirmed that he is the prime suspect in the murder of his ex-wife and three other people found in a car in New Mexico. SUBMITTED: 350 words, photos.
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INTERNATIONAL
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CANADIAN DETERMINED IN CHINA – A second Canadian citizen detained for more than two years on charges of espionage in apparent retaliation for the Canadian arrest of a senior executive at telecommunications giant Huawei went on trial in Beijing. The trial of analyst and former diplomat Michael Kovrig on Monday follows an initial hearing in the case of businessman Michael Spavor on Friday in the northeastern city of Dandong. SUBMITTED: 610 words, photos.
HONG KONG-CHINA – Eight activists detained at sea while trying to escape Hong Kong by speedboat have finished serving prison sentences in China and are due to be handed over to Hong Kong authorities on Monday, where they could face further prosecution. SUBMITTED: 450 words, photos.
ITALY-HATE CRIMES – A recent attack on a train station in Rome against two kissing men fueled calls from Italian political leaders for the speedy passing of a hate crime law to protect LGBTQ community members, women and people with disabilities . SUBMITTED: 400 words, photos.
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FILM-WGA AWARDS – “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” by Sacha Baron Cohen was partially improvised and scripted by nine writers, but it still came out on Sunday night with one of the Writers Guild Awards’ greatest honors, the best adaptation script. SUBMITTED: 400 words, photos.
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THE BUSINESS
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NABE ECONOMIST RESEARCH – Most business economists believe that the recovering economy will benefit from much more government spending, despite concerns in the financial markets that the $ 1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief measure recently enacted by Congress could inflame inflation. SUBMITTED: 600 words, photo.
FINANCIAL MARKETS – Asian stocks are being traded mixed, as sentiment was shaken by the US Federal Reserve’s announcement that it will end some of the emergency measures put in place last year to help the financial sector deal with the pandemic. Japan’s benchmark fell, South Korea’s index barely changed, while Australia and China shares rose on Monday. SUBMITTED: 550 words, photos.
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SPORTS
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BKC – NCAA-MONDAY FUN – It’s not like someone is going to the office anyway. The March Madness schedule change brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic will provide basketball fans with an unprecedented experience – eight games on a Monday. By national writer Eddie Pells. NEXT: 510 words, photos at 4 am
GLF – ROCKET MORTGAGE DIVERSITY – The Rocket Mortgage Classic emphasized diversity and inclusion when it became part of the PGA Tour program two years ago. This turned out to be just the beginning. The next stop on the Detroit PGA Tour is a four-day event called “The John Shippen”. The idea is to create opportunities for blacks. By golf writer Doug Ferguson. NEXT: 690 words, photos at 4 am
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