Watch Duration: 1 minute 19 seconds 1 m 19 s. World War III? A look around the world tells us it might already be here. America and Iran are teetering on the brink of war. This is why they hate each other. More on:. Government releases its modelling underpinning the net zero emissions target. Perth Airport 'missed the mark' in move to recognise traditional owners on boarding gates.
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Massive funnel-web nicknamed Megaspider donated to venom-milking facility. Probably not before June. They are a lot more certain to give protection even than a vaccine.
Far into the future, physical protection will be important to crush this bug. Herd immunity didn't work in Sweden, and anyway, getting there will cost , lives. The hardest tool to use in epidemiology is quarantine. Stay home; lock down the economy; hold until there are no new cases.
With a strict quarantine, this disease would have been crushed , lives ago. Quarantine works, but people don't like it. Even putting limits on public behavior is hard; I want to go to a restaurant, want to hug my daughter, and see my son.
I also wear anti-virus body armor, just as my daughter, a noncombatant in Afghanistan had, to wear her armor. Mine is lighter, and cheaper; it's just a simple surgical mask. In February when there weren't enough masks to protect our doctors and nurses, we were asked not to use scarce supplies. Doctors and nurses were at greater risk. But that was a long time ago; masks are widely available now. That's more protection than ceramic armor and a helmet give a soldier.
If you wouldn't go on patrol in a war zone without your helmet, don't leave home without your antivirus gear. It's not a matter of courage or masculinity. It's good sense. Following the death of Iran's top military commander, there's a lot of speculation about what might happen next. General Qasem Soleimani was killed by American drones in Iraq. It's escalated an already-tense situation between Iran and the US. Alongside his name, phrases like Franz Ferdinand and World War Three have been trending, with plenty of mentions for the man who ordered the strike - President Donald Trump.
So here's a quick guide on what's trending and why:. Qasem Soleimani was sometimes touted as a future Iranian president, but in many ways his position was even more powerful. As the leader of an elite unit of the country's military, he was responsible for expanding Iran's influence across the entire Middle East. He led military operations in Syria, Lebanon and Iraq. He was a hugely influential figure abroad and with almost rock-star status among many people in his home country. But the US has called the commander and his military force "terrorists" and holds them responsible for the deaths of hundreds of US personnel.
His death has provoked huge anger in Iran and worries internationally about what might happen next. That trial is on hold, awaiting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's decision on when to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate.
For more on politics:. Ben Wikler: Wisconsin threw hundreds of thousands off the voter rolls, endangering democracy. David Andelman: The biggest global threats facing Trump in Julian Zelizer: The five questions that will decide election. Horror in Monsey. As Jews were celebrating Hanukkah a week ago, a man wielding an inch knife charged into the home of a Hasidic rabbi in Monsey, New York, and slashed at least six people.
Investigators later found anti-Semitic journal entries in the attacker's home, indicating that the stabbings were the latest in a series of purposeful attacks on Jews. Frimet Goldberger , a former member of a Hasidic community in New York, wrote, "while the Hasidic community is reeling, it is also resilient. Sure, when Jews are unsafe, it is they who are most at risk, but Jews are the canary in the coalmine, an early warning sign of a community or a nation losing its moorings.
The coalmine is filling with toxic fumes. Meanwhile, West Virginia authorities pushed back strongly against one episode of symbolism associated with hate, noted Jill Filipovic : "There is a tiny bit of good news at the tail end of the trash fire that was A Nazi salute will, in some corners of America, get you fired.
Ricki Lake's story. Actress and TV host Ricki Lake posted on social media about her struggle with hair loss and shared a photo of her shaved head.
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