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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - Strange News: Embezzlement in Florida, Viral Police Videos, Crustaceans are Horny for Plastic
A disgraced accountant affiliated with the University of South Florida pleads guilty to embezzling millions. A viral video from law enforcement creates panic over Fentanyl. Crustaceans are super into plastic waste. All this and more in this week's Strange News segment.
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Severe Tennessee flooding leaves large numbers of dead and missing. President Biden says there have been talks of extending the August 31st pullout deadline in order to complete evacuations from Afghanistan. Plus, there are reports that full FDA approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is imminent. CBS's Steve Kathan will have these stories and more on the CBS News World News Roundup.
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CBS News Roundup - World News Roundup: 08/23
Severe Tennessee flooding leaves large numbers of dead and missing. President Biden says there have been talks of extending the August 31st pullout deadline in order to complete evacuations from Afghanistan. There are reports that full FDA approval of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is imminent. Correspondent Steve Kathan has the CBS World News Roundup for Monday, August 23, 2021:
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Headlines From The Times - California’s gun-control wars sway the U.S.
Today we talk about California’s huge role in influencing gun control laws in the U.S. and about the backlashes. We discuss the state’s historic 1989 ban on assault weapons and why a federal judge recently issued an order to overturn that ban. And we talk to the mayor of San Jose, who wants his city to be the first in the United States to require gun owners to buy liability insurance. Gun rights advocates are already threatening a lawsuit.
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California’s long history on assault weapons on the line in court battle
The judge upending California’s gun laws: ‘Blessed’ jurist or ‘stone-cold ideologue’?
Biden huddles with local officials over gun violence as ownership rises
African Tech Roundup - UNAJUA S5 E1: What is the state-of-play In Nigeria’s healthcare sector? ft. Vivian Nwakah
In this UNAJUA series opener, Vivian Nwakah breaks down Nigeria's healthcare scene—highlighting the size of the sector as well as the disparity of healthcare access between the rich and less well off.
Vivian Nwakah is the co-founder & CEO of Medsaf, an enterprise pharma supply chain company based in Lagos, Nigeria. Vivian is a serial entrepreneur and strategist and whose accolades include recognition by Forbes, the British Royal Family, and the Women in Africa Initiative.
In this episode, Vivian addresses the following questions:
—How big is Nigeria's healthcare sector?
—What does the scene look like for grassroots level
—How are tech startups like Medsaf attempting to usher in a new paradigm in Nigeria's pharmaceutical industry?
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First Things Podcast - Joshua and Obedience
On this episode, David Firth joins contributing editor Mark Bauerlein to discuss his new book, "Joshua: Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary."
Honestly with Bari Weiss - You’re Already Living in China’s World Pt 1: The Lab Leak Lies
When the pandemic began eighteen months ago, anyone who dared suggest that the virus came from a lab in Wuhan, China, was dismissed as a crank, or otherwise accused of racism, xenophobia, and refusing to “believe science.” Why was this highly plausible theory unsayable?
On today’s podcast, Josh Rogin, a foreign policy columnist for the Washington Post and author of “Chaos Under Heaven: Trump, Xi and the Battle for the Twenty-First Century” answers that question. He makes the powerful case that it all comes back to the power of the Chinese Communist Party, which he likens to the Gambino crime family. If the Gambinos, that is, were running one of the richest countries in the world.
Josh is a phenomenal guest and we couldn’t contain our conversation to just one episode. So today, in Part One, a look into what went down in Wuhan and Washington during the fateful month of January 2020. We show how the “Lab Leak Theory,” due in big part to Josh’s reporting, went from a fringe conspiracy theory to a credible explanation for the virus that continues to ravage the planet. Also discussed: Anthony Fauci, Donald Trump, Rand Paul, Peter Daszak, Xi Jinping, Elaine Chao, Henry Kissinger.
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Annexed question, please: Ukraine’s summit on Crimea
President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to draw attention to Russia’s continued occupation of Crimea, and its failure to look after the region’s citizens. A new report attempts to put numbers to the “enforced disappearances” of Bangladesh’s opposition voices. And why so few astronauts have been women, and how that is changing.
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What Next - What Next | Daily News and Analysis – California’s Recall Nightmare
With just a month left, the California recall election is looking a little too close for comfort for Democrats. Governor Gavin Newsom’s approval rating is doing alright at the moment, but because of the way California conducts its recalls, if more than 50% of voters vote to oust Newsom, he loses his office, and whichever candidate garners even a small plurality of votes becomes his replacement.
How likely is it that California swears in a new executive next month? And how would the state fare under potential new leadership?
Guest: Guy Marzorati, politics and government reporter for KQED.
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