Non-IT News Thread
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EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan resigns over 'Covid breach'
EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan has resigned after the Irish government accused him of breaching Covid-19 guidelines.
Mr Hogan attended a golf dinner with more than 80 people in County Galway on 19 August. He was also criticised for not complying with quarantine rules when he arrived in Ireland from Brussels. Mr Hogan said he did not break any law but he "should have been more rigorous" in adherence to the Covid guidelines. In a resignation statement, the outgoing commissioner said he regretted his trip to Ireland had "caused such concern, unease and upset". "I reiterate my heartfelt apology to the Irish people for the mistakes I made during my visit," he added. -
Hurricane Laura causes severe damage and floods as it batters Louisiana
Hurricane Laura has struck the US state of Louisiana, causing flash floods, severe damage to buildings and power cuts to more than half a million homes.
It is one of the strongest to ever hit the US Gulf Coast, striking at category four with winds up to 150mph (240km/h). Laura's storm surge has not reached the levels feared but is still considered life-threatening, and could spread 40 miles (65km) inland. Half a million residents had been told to leave parts of Texas and Louisiana. Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards said early on Thursday: "We've had daylight now for a couple of hours. It appears there is more structural damage from the wind and a little less flood damage than we anticipated." -
France Covid-19: Paris compulsory face-mask rule comes into force
Wearing a face mask in public has become mandatory across Paris and several surrounding areas, amid a surge in Covid-19 cases in France.
The move came after the country recorded 6,111 new infections - its highest number since early May. The number of "red zones" where the virus is in active circulation has risen from two to 21. Announcing new local curbs on Thursday, PM Jean Castex said he wanted to avoid another general lockdown. He said the coronavirus was "gaining ground" across France, and that if the government did not act fast infection growth could become "exponential". Despite a sharp rise in cases in recent weeks, daily death tolls have remained low. Overall, more than 30,500 people have died and almost 300,000 have been infected in France. A number of European countries are seeing a surge in new cases, and Germany is also planning tighter rules. -
Chadwick Boseman: Black Panther star dies of cancer aged 43
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@black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:
Chadwick Boseman: Black Panther star dies of cancer aged 43
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53955912Damn that's so young! My condolences to his family.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Cloudflare issue as well
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CenturyLink as well
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Vultr says it is a Tier 1 ISP outage.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Vultr says it is a Tier 1 ISP outage.
Yup, our MFA is affected. Good thing I was already on the VPN.
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A lot of things impacted.
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Garmin Connect is out too. I had suspected ransomware round 2 but I’m glad that there’s an alternative explanation
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CenturyLink went down, taking CloudFlare with it
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
CenturyLink went down, taking CloudFlare with it
Doesn't CenturyLink include Level3 now? Uck, that's a lot of infrastructure, and explains my morning.
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@travisdh1 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
CenturyLink went down, taking CloudFlare with it
Doesn't CenturyLink include Level3 now? Uck, that's a lot of infrastructure, and explains my morning.
Yes they do.
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BBC News - Girl thrown into air by kite in Taiwan
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Chadwick Boseman: Netflix postpones Ma Rainey's preview
Netflix delayed a virtual preview event for the film Ma Rainey's Black Bottom on Monday, following the death of its star, Chadwick Boseman.
The film adaptation of August Wilson's play, about the queen of the blues and her band in the 1920s, will be his final movie performance. Boseman, who appears alongside Viola Davis and Colman Domingo, died of cancer last week aged 43. Tributes have been paid by producer Denzel Washington and Michael B Jordan. The Black Panther actor's diagnosis was kept entirely private and came as a shock to many in the film industry and beyond. -
BBC News - Heart of Belgian city mayor found entombed in fountain
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Alexei Navalny: Russia opposition leader poisoned with Novichok - Germany
There is "unequivocal proof" that Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a Novichok nerve agent, Germany has said.
Chancellor Angela Merkel said he was a victim of attempted murder and the world would look to Russia for answers. Mr Navalny was airlifted to Berlin in a coma after falling ill on a flight in Russia's Siberia region last month. His team says he was poisoned on President Vladimir Putin's orders. The Kremlin has dismissed the allegation. he foreign ministry in Moscow said the Novichok allegations were not backed up by evidence and the Kremlin spokesman called on Germany for a full exchange of information. -
Germany children deaths: Bodies of five found in flat in Solingen
The bodies of five children have been found in a private apartment in the city of Solingen in western Germany, police say.
They gave few initial details about the discovery, with no information about the cause of death.
Emergency services were called to the residential block in the Hasseldelle area of the city on Thursday. Police are reportedly treating the incident as a criminal act, and are expected to give further details later. According to unconfirmed reports published on the German news website Bild, the five children were aged from one to eight. A sixth child, reportedly aged 11, was said to have survived. Few details about the children's parents have been given, although there are unconfirmed reports that the mother, 27, attempted to kill herself at a train station in Düsseldorf.
