Month: November 2020

Politico Reporter: Biden team blocking press pool access during his orthopedic office visit
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— Neon Nettle (@NeonNettle) November 30, 2020

Few people in Joseph R. Biden’s inner circle have thrived in the swamp of Washington more swimmingly than Ron Klain.

Mr. Klain, tapped by the presumed president-elect to become White House chief of staff, also served as Mr. Biden’s chief of staff during his tenure as vice president. The Harvard Law School graduate has worked three stints in the Clinton and Obama administrations, along with top jobs as a Democratic Senate aide.

Donald Trump has used his first TV interview since losing the US Presidential election to attack the FBI for not investigating his unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud.  At one point he even appeared to accuse his own FBI of ‘maybe being involved’ in an alleged conspiracy to rig the election in favour of Democratic rival Joe Biden. The outgoing US president appeared on Fox News on Sunday for a rambling 45 minute interview in which he repeated claims the election was ‘rigged’ without providing evidence.

Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) has claimed responsibility for a rocket attack that set an oil refinery in northern Iraq on fire. The refinery was previously put out of action by IS during the caliphate’s Iraqi campaign.

Two rockets struck the Siniya refinery on Sunday afternoon, hitting a fuel storage depot and setting the facility ablaze, Reuters reported. Shortly afterwards, Islamic State took responsibility for the attack.

There were no casualties reported, but the blaze halted production at the site.

The World Health Organization (WHO) fears that the corona pandemic could herald a relapse in the fight against malaria. The pandemic's pressure on funding and care could lead to tens of thousands of additional victims, warns leader Pedro Alonso of the WHO's malaria program.
According to WHO, malaria can be prevented and cured, provided there is adequate funding and adequate care. The corona pandemic threatens to further undermine that aim. If access to treatment in Sub-Saharan Africa is reduced by 10 percent, it would lead to an additional 19,000 deaths. Halving would mean 100,000 additional deaths, according to the WHO.

US President Donald Trump has vowed not to change his mind about “tremendous cheating” in the 2020 presidential election.

“It’s not like you’re going to change my mind. In other words, my mind will not change in six months. There was tremendous cheating here,” Trump told Fox News in his first television interview since Election Day on Sunday.

The outgoing president further vowed to pursue the lawsuits he has filed in the hope of overturning the election, won by former Vice President Joe Biden.

Pope Francis has appointed several new cardinals, including the first African-American, to hold the high rank in the Catholic Church, while advising them against using their titles for corrupt, personal gains.

During a ceremony that was slimmed down due to the coronavirus pandemic, the pope appointed the cardinals on Saturday.

Only 10 guests per cardinal were allowed to attend the event in St. Peter’s Basilica.