Canada identifies first coronavirus case https://t.co/NQWNUzkLh3 pic.twitter.com/N66VGwwmyd
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 25, 2020
Ontario officials say there is a "presumptive positive" test result for the coronavirus in Toronto. A man in his 50s had travelled to Wuhan, China and felt ill on his return to Canada. He is now in stable condition in Sunnybrook hospital. WATCH LIVE: https://t.co/JsppVn4aD4
— CBC News Alerts (@CBCAlerts) January 25, 2020
A 62-year-old ear, nose and throat specialist became one of the latest victims of the coronavirus outbreak in China on Saturday. State-owned television said the doctor had been at the “front line” of the outbreak. https://t.co/f2rzLV8Se4
— The New York Times (@nytimes) January 26, 2020
Residents fret as China's virus exclusion zone widens https://t.co/19Kucqy15v pic.twitter.com/IeGrtGVYgf
— Reuters (@Reuters) January 26, 2020
Spread of coronavirus ‘accelerating’, warns China president https://t.co/CVwH7fJu2L
— The Independent (@Independent) January 25, 2020
The US government is arranging a charter flight to evacuate American diplomats and citizens from the Chinese city that has become ground zero for a new deadly strain of coronavirus, a US official said https://t.co/xt7nK5qFD3
— CNN (@CNN) January 25, 2020
The impact of the new coronavirus is strongest in Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the virus — a city of 11 million now under lockdown.
Other Asian cities, from Manila to Seoul, are also feeling the effect.
Here's what life looks like amid the outbreak: https://t.co/lTnS4kbFhi
— NPR (@NPR) January 26, 2020
If you wonder why the virus spreads so quickly Chinese citizens in Guangzhou "We don't care. What is there to fear? We have the government. With the government, there is nothing to fear" "No masks! We are healthy We trust the government! " 🤔pic.twitter.com/Hp8lwDidO1#coronavirus
— croalxbis (@croalxbis) January 25, 2020
Don’t give the NHS any ideas, please. https://t.co/37U876Mct2
— Dave Jones 🏴🏳️🌈 (@WelshGasDoc) January 25, 2020
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WORLD
At least 22 people have been killed in earthquake that rattled east Turkey on Friday https://t.co/oUQEhPZtrr
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) January 25, 2020
Moment when 6.8 magnitude #earthquake that jolts eastern #Turkey, happens in live TV. #deprem #elazig pic.twitter.com/HoLvRXIdKX
— Xhildinho Z (@xhildinho) January 24, 2020
JUST IN: 5.0 magnitude earthquake has hit southern Puerto Rico amid ongoing tremors https://t.co/sNIhgRH6n5 pic.twitter.com/QP36Nnjjoc
— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 25, 2020
This has been the Iranian position for many months. I guess it finally made its way into Trump’s Fox News intel briefing. https://t.co/lmSqM92EZj
— Nicholas Miller (@Nick_L_Miller) January 26, 2020
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IMPEACHAPALOOZA
The Senate Republicans will likely vote to acquit President Trump, but they will not be able to erase the record that Adam Schiff and his colleagues laid down clearly, methodically, and meticulously. https://t.co/qUBuku8kzn
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) January 25, 2020
“I hear from individual Republicans about how troubled they are, that they really are becoming convinced” of Trump’s guilt, Brown said. “Those are private. The question is, how afraid are they of this president?” https://t.co/njcZAdxbgV
— Robert Costa (@costareports) January 25, 2020
"Confronted by a skilled examiner, Trump would melt down in minutes," attorney George Conway wrote. "He’d be humiliated, and he knows it — which is why he’s too terrified to give testimony under oath, and why it won’t happen." https://t.co/m47GuUTjSk
— The Hill (@thehill) January 25, 2020
Republicans can’t wait to give Trump a pass on impeachment so he’ll quit threatening them: @TheRickWilsonhttps://t.co/Tn6lqSixAC
— Sarah Burris (@SarahBurris) January 25, 2020
Senate GOP leaders are strongly considering a move to quickly end President Trump’s impeachment trial next week https://t.co/gpvIQPaOXY
— POLITICO (@politico) January 25, 2020
WASH POST BOARD: “Those who choose to disregard evidence against Trump will be reduced to watching in the months/years to come as the case against him — and their abdication of constitutional duty — grows steadily stronger.” @SenAlexander #LamarsLegacy 🇺🇸https://t.co/LjqIl0MWxR
— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) January 25, 2020
But hey, you do you…
Trump lackey Lindsey Graham vows to conduct a Biden, Ukraine probe after the impeachment trial https://t.co/9NHB97O7fm
— Jon Cooper 🇺🇸 (@joncoopertweets) January 25, 2020
"Trump has been in a particularly foul mood as impeachment drags on. Trump recently told some Republicans that he decided to say “fuck it” and kill General Qasem Soleimani."
Sigh. So knew this! He almost started WW3 to change subject. https://t.co/32ryoCNMRm via @VanityFair
— Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈 (@Amy_Siskind) January 25, 2020
Elsewhere in Trumpworld…
Without giving evidence, @SecPompeo accused @NPRKelly of lying to him — "twice."
"Let me just say this: we will not be intimidated," NPR President and CEO John Lansing told @npratc. "Mary Louise Kelly won't be intimidated, and NPR won't be intimidated." https://t.co/Ic9wEs4XEr
— NPR (@NPR) January 25, 2020
Is this the Secretary of State
the top U.S. diplomat, 4th in line for the presidency
claiming that Mary Louise Kelly
a Cambridge-educated journalist who’s covered Europe, the Pentagon & the intel community
was asked to identify Ukraine on a map
and pointed to Bangladesh? https://t.co/j9IzKYp6ZJ
— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) January 25, 2020
Rightly so. https://t.co/I91AcHxOFm
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) January 25, 2020
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BREXITSHAMBLES BRITAIN
Wow. Who could possibly have predicted that the famously dishonest fridge wanker who wears his rich guy privilege like a fucking badly tailored suit would immediately renege on his promises to protect working class communities?
Still, we got Brexit so 👍🏼https://t.co/aIWaHt77ej
— 🏳️🌈 Max 🏳️🌈 (@SpillerOfTea) January 25, 2020
As a Brexit Day treat, Trump bitch-slaps Britain – again!
When do we #TakeBackControl again? 🙄#BrexitDay pic.twitter.com/P7zdb7Djrt— El Christo (@ElCorbynista) January 25, 2020
Me in the Observer on the listlessness that infects Britain. It's as if people believe Johnson has sorted Brexit out when all the suffering is yet to comehttps://t.co/vpxjBlmf6t
— Nick Cohen (@NickCohen4) January 25, 2020
Meanwhile …
The Guardian reports Labour’s 2nd Ref/Remain policy led to the collapse of the “Red Wall”. As a source in this article says, “This campaign was lost before it began” 🤦🏻♀️ https://t.co/YA35qLPw99
— Caroline Flint (@CarolineFlint) January 22, 2020
I have spoken to plenty of West Yorkshire based lawyers who testify to Burgon’s vision
Almost Unanimously, they are keen for him to progress in politics so they never have to see him in their legal world again
Make of that what you will https://t.co/zDHjGVP7yq— nazir afzal (@nazirafzal) January 24, 2020