Síntesis informativa - 4 de septiembre 2020

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Suspect in Fatal Portland Shooting Is Killed by Officers During Arrest

LACEY, Wash. — Law enforcement agents shot and killed an antifa supporter on Thursday as they moved to arrest him in the fatal shooting of a right-wing activist who was part of a pro-Trump caravan in Portland, Ore., officials said.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/us/michael-reinoehl-arrest-portland-shooting.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

 

U.S. Added 1.4 Million Jobs in August: Live Updates

The U.S. economy added 1.4 million jobs in August, the Labor Department said Friday, down from 1.7 million in July and down sharply from the 4.8 million added in June. Payrolls are still more than 11 million jobs below their pre-pandemic level.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/09/04/business/stock-market-today-coronavirus?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

 

Covid-19 Live Updates: Russians Publish Early Vaccine Results

On Friday, a team of Russian scientists published the first report on their controversial Covid-19 vaccine. Writing in the Lancet, they reported that volunteers produced a relatively modest amount of antibodies to the coronavirus. But vaccine developers roundly criticized the announcement, observing that no data had been published on the vaccine. In addition, the Russian scientists had yet to run a large-scale trial to demonstrate that the vaccine was safe and effective.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/world/covid-19-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

 

Trump Angrily Denies Report He Called Fallen Soldiers ‘Losers’ and ‘Suckers’

WASHINGTON — President Trump heatedly denied on Thursday night that he referred to American soldiers killed in combat during World War I as “losers” and “suckers,” moving quickly to avoid losing support among the military and its allies just two months before an election.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/us/politics/trump-veterans-losers.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

 

Netanyahu Privately Condoned U.S. Plan to Sell Arms to U.A.E., Officials Say

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel privately went along with a plan for the Trump administration to sell advanced weapons to the United Arab Emirates, despite publicly saying later that he opposed the arms deal, according to officials familiar with the negotiations.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/us/politics/israel-uae-weapons.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

 

What You Can No Longer Say in Hong Kong

A sweeping national security law passed on June 30 instantly altered the lives and liberties of Hong Kong’s residents, criminalizing words and images that just hours earlier had been legally protected free speech. As a result, artists, journalists, activists, academics and others risk running afoul of the law for what they say, write, or tweet.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/09/04/world/asia/hong-kong-speech.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

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RUSSIA TODAY

‘I was almost paralyzed’: Palestinian pensioner invokes George Floyd as he recalls Israeli soldier KNEELING on his own neck

An elderly Palestinian man told Ruptly what it was like to be detained in a choke hold by an Israeli soldier, saying he was nearly paralyzed by the brute force used. His detention triggered media outrage across the Arab world.

https://www.rt.com/news/499856-palestinian-elderly-israeli-arrest-floyd/

 

EU & France call on US to reverse ‘unacceptable’ sanctions against International Criminal Court’s war crimes investigators

US sanctions against two International Criminal Court officials are “unacceptable and unprecedented” and should be reversed, said the EU’s top diplomat, while the French foreign minister called them “a grave attack” on the court.

https://www.rt.com/news/499825-france-eu-icc-sanctions/

 

Massive blaze erupts aboard fully loaded oil tanker off Sri Lanka’s coast (VIDEO)

A tanker vessel carrying 2 million barrels of oil has caught fire off Sri Lanka’s east coast, prompting a massive rescue operation amid fears of an ecological disaster.

https://www.rt.com/news/499853-sri-lanka-tanker-fire/

 

Dozens of militants enter DRC’s regional capital Bunia, overrun local prison – media

Fighters from the CODECO militia grouping have made their way into Bunia, a major city in Democratic Republic of Congo's northeast, authorities report, saying the invaders are demanding the release of comrades from a local prison.

https://www.rt.com/news/499863-drc-militants-storm-bunia/

 

Athens & Ankara agree to talks, Stoltenberg says, amid maritime tensions between NATO allies

Greece and Turkey will meet for talks to reduce the likelihood of clashes in the Eastern Mediterranean and to establish deconfliction mechanisms, NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg has announced.

https://www.rt.com/news/499812-turkey-greece-nato-talks/

 

EU won’t blacklist Lukashenko: Germany, France, & Italy slap down Poland & Baltic states’ hardline proposals on Belarus – Die Welt

Europe is famous for its political fault lines, and a new one has now emerged: the divide between the ‘core EU’ and peripheral countries subservient to the US on foreign policy, such as the UK, Poland, and the three Baltic states.

https://www.rt.com/russia/499848-eu-rejects-blacklist-lukashenko/

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AL JAZEERA

Greece, Turkey set for 'technical talks' on Mediterranean tension

NATO members Turkey and Greece have agreed to hold "technical talks" on ways to de-escalate military tensions in the eastern Mediterranean Sea over disputed gas exploration activities.

Tensions are running high over Turkey's drilling activities, which Greece and Cyprus say violate their sovereignty, and both sides have deployed warships in a show of force, raising fears of conflict erupting by accident.  

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/greece-turkey-set-talks-mediterranean-tension-200903172536390.html  

 

Warships join fight to put out blaze on oil tanker off Sri Lanka

A new fire broke out on a supertanker carrying about two million barrels of oil in the Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka's eastern coast as Russian and Indian warships joined the battle to put out the blaze.

The New Diamond, travelling from Kuwait to the Indian port of Paradip with a cargo of 270,000 tonnes of crude and 1,700 tonnes of diesel, issued a distress call on Thursday, navy spokesman Captain Indika de Silva said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/warships-join-fight-put-blaze-oil-tanker-sri-lanka-200903173641622.html  

 

Palestine's Abbas: 'No one authorised to speak on our behalf'

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for a comprehensive national dialogue, and said the Fatah and Hamas movements must initiate a dialogue to endorse ways to end the division according to the principle of "one people and one political system".

During a video conference on Thursday with heads of the Palestinian groups in Ramallah and Beirut, Abbas said: "From now on, no one is authorised to speak on our behalf. We only speak for our cause".

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/palestine-abbas-authorised-speak-behalf-200903203313109.html 

 

Taliban prisoners to be 'moved to Qatar' ahead of talks

High-profile Taliban prisoners will be transferred to Qatar ahead of the intra-Afghan peace talks that are set to begin "in a matter of days", officials from the group and the Afghan government have said.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/taliban-prisoners-moved-qatar-talks-200903141536282.html 

 

'Signs of life' under Beirut rubble one month since explosion

Beirut, Lebanon - A Chilean rescue team said it detected signs of life underneath the rubble of a building that collapsed in the massive explosion that tore through Beirut one month ago.

A member of the TOPOS CHILE rescue team told Al Jazeera that, using a scanning machine, it discovered signs of a pulse and breathing near the ground floor of the collapsed building.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/09/life-beirut-rubble-month-explosion-200903181439843.html 

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GLOBAL TIMES

Foreign force's attempt to agitate Inner Mongolia bound to fail

A notice reportedly posted by Public Security Bureau of Tongliao, Inner Mongolia has been circulating on the internet today, saying that some people were stirring up trouble in the Horqin District. I would say that the use of illegal means of making an appeal is bound to be discouraged. All over China, it has been shown that pressuring the government on major issues through stirring up trouble will never gain public support and will never achieve its goal.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1199873.shtml

 

US attempt to create 'new order' aimed at maintaining hegemony

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the victory of World War II and the 75th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations (UN). It's a time of great celebration, but the world is shrouded in the shadow of a "new cold war," and people are increasingly worried that a "hot war" between major powers might break out. Particularly, for the Chinese who have enjoyed peace for the past few decades, preventing war is of utmost significance

Obviously, China's development in the past few decades has benefited from the current international order, so there is no need for China to overthrow it. It is precisely the US under the Trump administration that is striving to be a revisionist hegemon. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo once acknowledged that in order to deal with the so-called "great power competition," Washington was trying to build a new international order. Pompeo once clamored, "America intends to lead - now and always

More importantly, the "ideological civil war" in the US has intensified. White supremacy, hate crimes, and the spread of violence are eroding the country's liberal democratic system.

"The arc of history will depend heavily on whether the post-coronavirus US embraces constructive internationalism or clings to its current, disastrous course under President Donald Trump."

https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1199930.shtml

 

Unsustainable US debt level a cause for concern

It is no secret that the US national debt is on an unsustainable path, but the question is how far it is from a real debt crisis. The US Congressional Budget Office (CBO) said on Wednesday that federal debt held by the public was projected to reach or surpass the size of the US GDP in the fiscal year that begins on October 1.

Inevitably, generous fiscal stimulus will lead to a fast increase in federal debt and fiscal deficit. Some might optimistically expect that urgency brought by all these debt and deficit issues will naturally disappear post-pandemic as the economy will rebound and government expenditures will go down. But it should be pointed out that the US has had a debt problem for a long time. 

 If the US continues to use the low interest rates to issue new debts to cover its old liabilities, once the Fed raises interest rates again, all the accumulated debt bubbles may burst, causing a debt crisis that may be unprecedented in its scale.

 If the US government doesn't improve its balance of payments, its financial hegemony will backfire sooner or later once its debt problem explodes. And a US debt crisis, if breaks out, will send shockwaves through global markets, and the world needs to be prepared for the risks.

https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1199854.shtml

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LE MONDE

Alexandre Loukachenko, dernier dinosaure de l’ère soviétique

L’autocrate biélorusse, au pouvoir depuis 1994, fait face à une contestation inédite dans son pays. Avec lui, c’est toute une époque qui se débat pour ne pas disparaître, celle née après la chute de l’URSS

Benoît Vitkine

Quelque chose est cassé dans la mécanique Loukachenko. L’esbroufe, la menace ne fonctionnent plus. Pour « gagner » l’élection présidentielle du 9 août, il a organisé une fraude d’une ampleur inédite – même à l’échelle de son régime. Les résultats des quelques bureaux de vote qui ont refusé de se plier aux ordres montrent que son adversaire, Svetlana Tsikhanovskaïa, a probablement gagné au premier tour.

https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2020/09/04/alexandre-loukachenko-dernier-dinosaure-de-l-ere-sovietique_6050894_3210.html

 

Washington suspecte Moscou de chercher à décrédibiliser la présidentielle américaine

Le renseignement américain disposerait d’informations montrant que la Russie cherche à nuire à la campagne du candidat démocrate Joe Biden et à favoriser celle de Donald Trump, comme elle l’avait déjà fait en 2016.

Le renseignement américain dispose, selon eux, d’informations montrant que la Russie cherche à nuire à la campagne du candidat démocrate Joe Biden et à favoriser celle de Donald Trump, comme elle l’avait déjà fait en 2016.

https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2020/09/04/washington-suspecte-moscou-de-chercher-a-decredibiliser-la-presidentielle-americaine_6050902_3210.html

 

Lithium, bauxite, cobalt... l’Europe cherche sa voie pour moins dépendre de l’étranger

Après les batteries, la Commission européenne veut lancer une nouvelle alliance pour dépendre moins d’autres pays en matière de métaux stratégiques.

Virginie Malingre

« Entre 75 % et 100 % de la plupart des métaux que nous utilisons proviennent de pays non-membres de l’Union européenne [UE], la Chine fournit 98 % de notre approvisionnement en terres rares [utilisées pour certaines technologies numériques et indispensables dans l’énergie éolienne et solaire] », a prévenu l’un des vice-présidents de l’exécutif européen, Maros Sefcovic, appelant les Européens à « prendre conscience de la dure réalité ». Autres statistiques inquiétantes : la Turquie fournit 98 % du borate, produit-clé pour la fabrication des produits ignifuges et d’aimants permanents, que l’UE consomme. L’Afrique du Sud, quant à elle, couvre 71 % des besoins du Vieux Continent en platine.

https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2020/09/04/matieres-premieres-l-europe-cherche-sa-voie-pour-moins-dependre-de-l-etranger_6050900_3234.html

 

 

Un incendie sur un pétrolier faire craindre une nouvelle marée noire dans l’océan Indien

Le « New-Diamond » transporte 270 000 tonnes de pétrole brut et 1 700 tonnes de diesel. Selon les garde-côtes indiens, la coque du navire présente une fissure de deux mètres au-dessus de la ligne de flottaison.

Les Maldives, situées à un millier de kilomètres au sud-ouest du Sri Lanka, ont fait part de leur inquiétude concernant une éventuelle fuite de pétrole. Ahmed Naseem, ministre auprès du cabinet du président des Maldives, a réclamé des mesures de précaution pour son pays. Une marée noire « pourrait être un désastre majeur », a-t-il tweeté.

https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2020/09/04/un-incendie-sur-un-petrolier-faire-craindre-une-nouvelle-maree-noire-dans-l-ocean-indien_6050966_3244.html

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DEUTSCHE WELLE

Alexéi Navalny: ¿problemas digestivos o víctima del "programa Novichok"?

Según médicos rusos, el opositor Navalny tenía problemas digestivos antes de ser ingresado inconsciente. La OTAN, por su parte, pidió a Rusia que hiciera públicos los detalles de un presunto "programa Novichok".

Por su parte, la OTAN instó a Rusia a que revele en su totalidad su programa Novichok a la Organización para la Prevención de las Armas Químicas (OPAQ), luego de lo que considera envenenamiento de Navalny. 

El agente nervioso de la era soviética también había sido utilizado contra el ex-agente doble ruso Sergéi Skripal y su hija en Inglaterra hace dos años, un ataque que llevó a la expulsión de siete diplomáticos rusos de su misión en la OTAN.

https://m.dw.com/es/alexéi-navalny-problemas-digestivos-o-víctima-del-programa-novichok/a-54816038

 

OMS: no habrá vacunaciones masivas hasta mediados de 2021

Margaret Harris, portavoz de la ONU, dijo que entre seis y nueve candidatas a vacunas se encuentran en fase avanzada de investigación, pero que, de forma masiva, no podrá vacunarse hasta mitad de 2021.

https://m.dw.com/es/oms-no-habrá-vacunaciones-masivas-hasta-mediados-de-2021/a-54813792

 

Relatores de la ONU ven “riesgo grave” en ley de seguridad de Hong Kong

El texto entró en vigor a finales de junio en el territorio semiautónomo. "Las medidas adoptadas [...] presentan un riesgo grave de que estas libertades fundamentales [...] sean violadas", afirma el documento, fechado en 1 de septiembre, que acusa a Pekín de no respetar sus obligaciones internacionales. 

El texto supone especialmente una amenaza para "la libertad de pensamiento, de expresión y de reunión", avisan los expertos. La ley parece "criminalizar la libertad de expresar cualquier crítica a China".

https://m.dw.com/es/relatores-de-la-onu-ven-riesgo-grave-en-ley-de-seguridad-de-hong-kong/a-54809900

 

Estados Unidos se arriesga a sanciones por amenaza financiera a la Agencia Antidopaje

En junio, la Oficina de política nacional de control de drogas (ONDCP) de Washington recomendó en un informe que los legisladores estadounidenses tengan la facultad de retirar la financiación del organismo antidopaje si no aplica una serie de profundas reformas.

La AMA respondió entonces diciendo que ese informe contenía "múltiples inexactitudes, conceptos erróneos y falsedades".

https://m.dw.com/es/estados-unidos-se-arriesga-a-sanciones-por-amenaza-financiera-a-la-agencia-antidopaje/a-54809953

Serbia se niega a reconocer a Kosovo en cumbre de Washington

Serbia rechazó este jueves (03.09.2020) un intento por parte de Estados Unidos para que reconociera a Kosovo, tras el primer día de una cumbre en la Casa Blanca con los líderes de ambos países balcánicos, en la cual intentan "normalizar" sus relaciones económicas.

Serbia se niega a reconocer la independencia de Kosovo, proclamada en 2008 tras una guerra que a fines de los 90 dejó 13.000 muertos. Serbia es apoyada por Rusia y China, mientras que Estados Unidos se cuenta entre los que casi inmediatamente reconocieron al nuevo Estado.  

https://m.dw.com/es/serbia-se-niega-a-reconocer-a-kosovo-en-cumbre-de-washington/a-54809834

 

Turquía en Venezuela: ¿un puente a la salida negociada?

Ankara ha intercambiado oro por dinero y solidaridad con Venezuela. Erdogan podría convertirse en un puente hacia una salida negociada al régimen venezolano, si la idea no es antes frenada en Venezuela o Washington.

A pesar de la pandemia, el volumen del comercio entre Turquía y Venezuela se triplicó en los primeros seis meses de este año en comparación con el mismo periodo en 2019

Pero la misión de Ankara no se limitó a lo comercial. La misma cancillería turca reveló que había sostenido conversaciones en Caracas con el excandidato presidencial Henrique Capriles Radonski y el diputado opositor Stalin González. "Negociaciones”, que según el presidente de la Asamblea Nacional, Juan Guaidó, se hicieron "sin conocimiento ni autorización de su gobierno interino”

Turquía surge ahora como un posible "mediador” que aboga por que la jornada electoral en Venezuela sea "democrática y transparente”. ¿Un régimen autoritario que quiere garantizar elecciones democráticas en otro régimen autoritario? "Si bien hay que mantener los ojos abiertos, también es cierto que Turquía ha reconocido los esfuerzos de la Unión Europea por que se garantice, en efecto, la observación internacional de las elecciones”, dice a DW Geoff Ramsey, director para Venezuela de WOLA, un taller de investigación sobre derechos humanos, con sede en Washington

concluye el analista Geoff Ramsey, quien agrega que justamente un proceso de salida de Maduro debe contar con el respaldo de Rusia, China e Irán. Y Turquía como puente. Mientras el aval del Gobierno de Estados Unidos se hace esperar.

https://m.dw.com/es/turquía-en-venezuela-un-puente-a-la-salida-negociada/a-54808527

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BLOOMBERG

Tech Selloff Seen as Removal of Froth, Not a Warning Sign

The technology selloff was speculative excess coming off a hot market, rather than the beginning of a broader pullback. 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-04/tech-selloff-seen-as-removal-of-froth-rather-than-a-warning-sign?srnd=premium

 

Bezos, Musk Lead Tech Wealth Retreat as $44 Billion Evaporates

A banner streak of wealth gains came to an end Thursday for the world’s richest technology billionaires. The industry’s 10 wealthiest people had $44 billion erased from their collective net worths as U.S. equities tumbled the most in almost three months over investor concerns about frothy valuations. 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-03/bezos-musk-lead-tech-wealth-retreat-as-44-billion-evaporates

 

Trump Push for TikTok Fee Confounds Washington Security Experts

President Donald Trump insists that any sale of the TikTok video app include a cut for the federal government, yet that demand has baffled policy experts and lawyers who say such a payment would stretch his authority under U.S. law. 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-04/trump-push-for-tiktok-fee-confounds-washington-security-experts

 

Apple App Store Draws New Scrutiny in Japan, Epicenter of Gaming

Epic Games Inc.’s decision to sue Apple Inc. over its mobile store practices has sparked new scrutiny in the massive Japanese gaming market, prompting complaints and questions about how to counter the tech giant’s dominance.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-03/apple-app-store-draws-new-scrutiny-in-japan-epicenter-of-gaming?srnd=premium

 

Yandex and Uber to Spin Off Self-Driving Cars Into New Company

Yandex NV and Uber Technologies Inc. will spin off the self-driving car unit of their joint venture into a separate company, giving Yandex more control over the businesses and paving the way for new investors.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-09-04/yandex-and-uber-to-spin-off-self-driving-cars-into-new-company?srnd=premium

 

How Disinformation Has Morphed for the 2020 Election

Social media companies have found no magic bullet to fight disinformation, or “fake news,” since the 2016 U.S. elections. If anything, America’s adversaries, including Russia and China, have become “more adept at using social media to alter how we think, behave and decide,” according to the U.S. intelligence community’s threat assessment, and they have branched beyond politics to other hot-button issues including the coronavirus pandemic. Disinformation isn’t just a foreign threat, as it’s becoming a more common tactic within American politics.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-05-14/how-disinformation-has-morphed-for-the-2020-election-quicktake?srnd=premium

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WALL STREET JOURNAL

Juul Shelves Plan for Feature That Counts Puffs

E-cigarette maker cites budget cuts; some said feature had potential to help users quit

E-cigarette maker Juul Labs Inc., facing budget cuts and regulatory scrutiny, has shelved the development of a puff-counting feature that some company employees say had the potential to help users wean themselves off nicotine.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/juul-shelves-plan-for-feature-that-counts-puffs-11599211801?mod=hp_lead_pos6

 

Brazil’s Vice President Admits Mistakes in Fighting Amazon Deforestation

Hamilton Mourão, leader of the administration’s Amazon-protection task force, says he will keep the army in the rainforest this year to stop illegal logging

Brazil’s conservative president, Jair Bolsonaro, has responded to international criticism over deforestation in the Amazon by lashing out at other world leaders and environmentalists and asserting that what the rainforest needs is more economic development, not less.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/brazils-vice-president-admits-mistakes-in-fighting-amazon-deforestation-11599211803

 

Colombia Arrests Venezuelans Tied to Failed Invasion

Charges are latest twist in the bizarre saga to overthrow strongman Nicolas Maduro in May

Officials here said Thursday they arrested four Venezuelan nationals for their alleged role in arming and training mercenaries who in May invaded neighboring Venezuela in a failed bid to overthrow authoritarian leader Nicolas Maduro.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/colombia-arrests-venezuelans-tied-to-failed-invasion-11599175987

 

Covid-19 Pandemic Ravages World’s Largest Developing Economies

From India to Mexico, countries are hit by worst economic declines since World War II

Developing nations haven’t felt this kind of pain since the Great Depression. India’s economy shrank by nearly a quarter, 23.9%, during the April to June period compared with a year earlier, its worst performance since quarterly figures began in 1996. Peru’s economy contracted by 32% during that same period from a year earlier, Mexico’s by 18.9%, Brazil’s by 11% and Turkey’s by 9.5%.  

https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-pandemic-ravages-worlds-largest-developing-economies-11599171833

 

Facebook to Limit Political Ads Week Before Election, Label Premature Calls

CEO Mark Zuckerberg says steps are meant to halt misinformation, prevent civil unrest

Facebook Inc. will prohibit new political advertisements in the week before the U.S. presidential election in November and seek to flag any candidates’ premature claims of victory, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-to-limit-political-ads-week-before-election-label-premature-calls-11599130800?mod=business_lead_pos1

 

Apple Delays Privacy Change Amid App Publishers’ Concerns

The change, which would give iPhone users control over whether they are tracked, will go into effect next year

Apple Inc. said it would delay until early next year a privacy change that would invite iPhone users to keep their devices cloaked from apps that want to track them.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-delays-privacy-change-amid-app-publishers-concerns-11599164713?mod=business_lead_pos4

 

Face It, Facebook Is the Picture of Politics

Despite its best efforts to the contrary, Facebook is now a political app and the majority of its users are ‘here for it’

Amid pressure from virtually all angles, the social media network has slowly been layering in regulations to check the dissemination of hateful and inaccurate content in posts and ads on its platforms. Facebook said this week that it will prohibit new political ads in the week before the U.S. presidential election and seek to flag candidates’ premature claims of victory.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/face-it-facebook-is-the-picture-of-politics-11599219180?mod=business_major_pos10

 

Samsung’s Drugmaking Future Includes a $2 Billion ‘Super Plant’ Bigger Than the Louvre

Samsung Biologics spots unprecedented opportunity from Covid-19 treatments and ongoing biopharmaceutical demand

Samsung ’s drug-manufacturing arm is betting that the already-booming market for biologic drug ingredients will only get hotter, thanks to industry shifts sparked by the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/samsungs-drugmaking-future-includes-a-2-billion-super-plant-bigger-than-the-louvre-11599125658?mod=tech_lead_pos4

 

Cable, Satellite Operators Place New Bets on 5G Airwaves

Newcomers Charter, Comcast, Cox follow Verizon and Dish among top bidders in $4.6 billion auction for licenses

Cable-TV newcomers joined Verizon Com munications Inc. and Dish Network Corp. among the top bidders in the Federal Communications Commission’s latest auction of cellular spectrum licenses, according to data released Wednesday.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/cable-satellite-operators-place-new-bets-on-5g-airwaves-11599063412?mod=tech_lead_pos11

 

Amazon Gets U.S. Approval for Drone Fleet, a Package-Delivery Milestone

Company joins UPS and Google’s Wing unit in tests involving customers, but routine use is years away

Amazon . com Inc. said Monday it received federal approval to establish a fleet of drones and will begin limited tests of package deliveries to customers in the U.S., although a number of key steps remain before widespread use of the technology will be allowed.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-gets-u-s-approval-for-drone-fleet-a-package-delivery-milestone-11598913514?mod=tech_listb_pos3

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EL PAÍS

Iván Cepeda: “Uribe ha desplegado inmensos esfuerzos para obstruir la labor de la justicia”

“Esto no es ninguna falta de garantías, es una actitud de ataque a las instituciones”, sostiene el congresista del Polo Democrático sobre el proceso que tiene al exmandatario en detención domicliaria

Entrevista

https://elpais.com/internacional/2020-09-04/ivan-cepeda-uribe-ha-desplegado-inmensos-esfuerzos-para-obstruir-la-labor-de-la-justicia.html

 

La renta mínima del coronavirus revoluciona el Brasil más pobre, pero no salva de la calle en São Paulo

Unos 67 millones de personas cobran la paga que el Gobierno de Bolsonaro instauró en abril

Creado para mitigar los efectos de la pandemia, el programa ya benefició de alguna manera a la mitad de las familias y llegó a 67 millones de personas. La renta promedio de los beneficiarios está incluso mejor ahora que antes de la crisis sanitaria: engordó cerca de un tercio (34%), según un estudio de la Fundación Getúlio Vargas. Sin embargo, esa mejoría no es lineal. El efecto fue mucho mayor en los empobrecidos Estados del norte y del nordeste, que en la rica São Paulo. “Lo que vemos es hasta qué punto el país es pobre y muy desigual”, analiza el investigador Lauro Gonzalez.

La paga, que ha sido durante estos meses de 600 reales (95 euros, 110 dólares), acaba de ser prorrogada hasta fin de año, pero su cuantía se reducirá a la mitad. El presidente quería alargarlo como fuera con los ojos puestos en las municipales de noviembre en vista de que su popularidad ha aumentado notablemente pese a su criticada gestión de la pandemia.

https://elpais.com/internacional/2020-09-04/la-renta-minima-del-coronavirus-revoluciona-el-brasil-mas-pobre-pero-no-salva-de-la-calle-en-sao-paulo.html

 

La vacuna experimental rusa contra la covid tiene resultados positivos en su primer ensayo en humanos

La vacuna experimental rusa Sputnik V, utilizada con fines propagandísticos por el presidente Vladímir Putin, “es segura e induce una respuesta inmune”, según los primeros resultados publicados en una revista médica. Los ensayos, realizados con 76 adultos menores de 60 años y en su mayoría hombres jóvenes, no son suficientes para afirmar que la vacuna será capaz de proteger frente a la covid

https://elpais.com/ciencia/2020-09-04/la-vacuna-experimental-rusa-contra-la-covid-tiene-resultados-positivos-en-su-primer-ensayo-en-humanos.html

 

Rafael Correa no logra entrar a tiempo en la lista de precandidatos para las elecciones de Ecuador

El exmandatario debía firmar personalmente la aceptación de su postulación a vicepresidente hasta el miércoles a medianoche, pero lo hizo de forma remota desde Bélgica

https://elpais.com/internacional/2020-09-03/rafael-correa-no-logra-entrar-a-tiempo-en-la-lista-de-precandidatos-para-las-elecciones-de-ecuador.html

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PÁGINA 12

La vuelta de Henrique Capriles sacude a la oposición venezolana

Desde Caracas.Ya ni Mike Pompeo, secretario de Estado estadounidense, parece capaz de salvar a Juan Guaidó. El opositor venezolano que fue portada de revistas y periódicos, invitado a la Casa Blanca, está siendo desplazado por un antiguo dirigente de la política venezolana: Henrique Capriles, quien fue candidato presidencial contra Hugo Chávez y Nicolás Maduro.

El resurgimiento de Capriles estaba preanunciado. El dirigente, alejado del centro de atención mediática, venía sosteniendo que la “ficción de gobierno” de Guaidó era insostenible, en particular debido al próximo escenario de elecciones de la Asamblea Nacional que implicará una renovación del poder legislativo.

https://www.pagina12.com.ar/289678-la-vuelta-de-henrique-capriles-sacude-a-la-oposicion-venezol

 

El gobierno de facto de Bolivia admitió su vínculo con una consultora denunciada por Facebook

A través de un breve comunicado, el gobierno de facto de Bolivia admitió haber contratado a la empresa estadounidense CLS Strategies, cuestionada por desarrollar campañas digitales de desinformación a través de cuentas falsas. La consultora prestó sus servicios luego de las elecciones de octubre de 2019 "para realizar una tarea de cabildeo en busca de respaldo a la democracia boliviana y en apoyo de la celebración de nuevos comicios presidenciales". Pero el documento, presentado por el régimen para "clarificar" su situación tras la difusión de un artículo del Washington Post  que expuso el irregular funcionamiento de la compañía, es más bien una declaración de principios: en el marketing político, cabildear alude a hacer lobby para influir y alcanzar determinados fines. 

https://www.pagina12.com.ar/289679-el-gobierno-de-facto-de-bolivia-admitio-su-vinculo-con-una-c

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EL TIEMPO

Vacuna para la covid-19 podría estar lista el 1 de noviembre en EE.UU.

Los Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades (CDC) de EE. UU. pidieron a los estados que se preparen para que la vacuna de la covid-19 este disponible el 1 de noviembre y les pidió que eliminen los obstáculos que pudiesen bloquear una apertura de los sitios de distribución.

https://www.eltiempo.com/mundo/eeuu-y-canada/vacuna-para-el-covid-19-puede-estar-lista-el-1-de-noviembre-en-ee-uu-535760

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LA JORNADA

Instalarán 25 cámaras en proyecto del Tren Maya en Calakmul

Ciudad de México. En 17 kilómetros comprendidos de la zona protegida de la Biosfera de Calakmul, los desarrolladores instalarán al menos 25 cámaras trampa que servirán para monitoreo del comportamiento de la vida silvestre en la zona, el objetivo es analizar la viabilidad de los puentes de paso animal por donde pasarán las vías férreas del proyecto del Tren Maya, explicó José Zuñiga Morales, director de la Reserva de la Biósfera de Calakmul.

https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/estados/2020/09/02/instalaran-25-camaras-en-proyecto-del-tren-maya-en-calakmul-874.html

 

Pide perdón el Estado por la masacre de 1997 en Acteal

Viernes 4 de septiembre de 2020. Desde la Secretaría de Gobernación (SG) se escuchó en tzotzil y en español el reconocimiento del Estado mexicano por su responsabilidad en la masacre de Acteal (Chenalhó, Chiapas), perpetrada el 22 de diciembre de 1997, con saldo de 45 muertos y 26 heridos. A nombre de las víctimas, Fernando Luna Pérez se pronunció a favor de que se lleve a juicio a los ex presidentes, en particular a Ernesto Zedillo.

https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/09/04/pide-perdon-el-estado-por-la-masacre-de-1997-en-acteal-6270.html

 

En Colombia, estrategia para garantizar impunidad de Uribe: senador Iván Cepeda

El juicio al ex presidente y ex senador colombiano Álvaro Uribe, actualmente en prisión domiciliaria –no muy sufrida, pues se encuentra recluido en su hacienda El Ubérrimo, mil 500 hectáreas en una fértil zona de la costa atlántica–, debe verse en la perspectiva latinoamericana de los ex presidentes enjuiciados en América Latina por delitos de lesa humanidad, sostiene el senador del opositor Polo Democrático Iván Cepeda: Ocurre por primera vez en Colombia, como posibilidad, lo que ya ocurrió en otras naciones: que ex mandatarios o mandatarios en ejercicio puedan ser interpelados, llevados ante la justicia, sancionados y en caso de ser culpables tengan que cumplir con una pena. Esto es propio de una sociedad democrática.

https://www.jornada.com.mx/2020/09/04/politica/013n1pol

 

Espera Estado Palestino reconocimiento de México: embajador

Ciudad de México. El embajador de Palestina en México, Mohamed Saadat, expuso que aún se espera el reconocimiento de México al Estado Palestino, y “es la pregunta que siempre estamos haciendo, y siempre pedimos de México, del gobierno amigo, que tome una decisión de reconocimiento al Estado de Palestina. Nosotros esperamos que México pueda tomar una decisión pronto, porque se trata de una causa de carácter mundial. Se trata de una causa de justicia, de paz.”

https://www.jornada.com.mx/ultimas/politica/2020/09/03/aun-se-espera-reconocimiento-de-mexico-al-estado-palestino-embajador-1794.html

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