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Merkel heckled in German parliament after warning against Covid-19 'lies and disinformation'
Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, was heckled by opposition MPs during a speech to parliament on Thursday, while taking aim at groups spreading “lies and disinformation” as the country continues to battle the coronavirus crisis. The speech, which took place the morning after Mrs Merkel announced a range of sweeping reforms to tackle the spread of the pandemic, warned that the German people find themselves in a “dramatic situation”. On Thursday morning, Germany recorded 16,774 new daily coronavirus infections, the highest number of new cases within a 24-hour period since the pandemic began. In a veiled criticism of the far-right Alternative for Germany – staunch opponents of the country’s lockdown measures – Mrs Merkel laid out a plea for unity. “Lies, disinformation, conspiracy theories and hate not only damage democratic debate, but also the fight against the coronavirus” Mrs Merkel said. “Soothing wishful thinking and populist trivialisation (of the coronavirus) is not only unrealistic, it is irresponsible.” The speech was frequently interrupted by jeers from AfD MPs. Such interjections are rare in German parliament, with house speaker Wolfgang Schäuble threatening the hecklers with calls to order and criticising their “dangerous” behaviour.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:59:07 GMT

UK Brexit negotiators arrive in Brussels under shadow of coronavirus lockdown
British Brexit negotiators arrived in Brussels under the threat of lockdown on Thursday for trade negotiations in one of the EU countries hardest hit by the second wave of coronavirus. Brussels is at the epicentre of rocketing infection rates in Belgium that are second only to the Czech Republic in the EU and far outstrip the UK’s. Belgium is expected to announce that it will follow France and Germany back into lockdown on Friday. UK-EU Trade talks resume on Friday in Brussels and will continue through the weekend as both sides race to agree a trade deal before mid-November and avoid a damaging no deal Brexit. Future negotiations could be held exclusively in London, although this is understood to be unlikely, or be shifted to cumbersome online video conferences, depending on how strict the Belgian lockdown is. UK-EU negotiations restarted in London last Friday after the European Commission promised Britain daily, intensified talks. They were extended until Wednesday in the hope the public health situation in Brussels would improve. Instead it got worse. Belgium reported 1424.2 new coronavirus infections per 100,000 inhabitants over the last two weeks, and rising death and hospitalisation rates on Thursday. In Britain the rate is 424.1, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Contamination figures in Belgium are ten times worse than in Germany and significantly worse than in France, where non-essential travel was banned this week. Brussels has already closed all its bars and cafes and introduced a curfew. Masks are mandatory everywhere outside and working from home is strongly recommended. Marc Van Ranst, a virologist advising the Belgian government since the start of the pandemic, said earlier measures had failed. He tweeted, “Like in our neighbouring countries, it is time for us to hit the emergency brake: lockdown.” David Frost and Michel Barnier, the two chief negotiators, will discuss the impact of the new Belgian coronavirus restrictions, which are expected to last a month and beyond the mid-November deadline, and make a joint decision on the next steps. “If it is a full lockdown, then we will cross that bridge when we come to it,” an EU official said, “The lockdown would have to close the borders and prevent us meeting in person for it to have an impact.” The UK and EU could decide to continue talks as planned, move them online or to London. The joint principles for the talks allow for flexibility in reacting to the unpredictable virus, sources said. Both sides have committed to prioritising “their duty of care to the individuals in negotiating teams”. “Both parties will give due regard to the evolving Covid-19 situation, the practicalities of travel, and, in particular, the different levels of risk in both London and Brussels,” the joint principles read. British travellers to Belgium must quarantine for a fortnight on their return to the UK but the negotiators have special diplomatic exemptions from the requirement. The atmosphere over the past week of negotiations was described as “relatively constructive” by sources. Some progress was made over the last days, the Telegraph understands, but there was no breakthrough on the major obstacles of fishing, the level playing field guarantees or the deal’s enforcement. A joint secretariat taking in progress from 11 different negotiating streams has been set up. It oversees a consolidated master text that will form the basis of the future trade deal. The trade negotiations were forced online when the coronavirus pandemic broke out in March but both sides admitted it was hard to make real progress in the virtual talks, which made it tough to build a rapport. Lord Frost and Mr Barnier were both forced to quarantine in the first months of the pandemic. Face to face negotiations eventually resumed in both London and Brussels with strict hygiene and social distancing measures in place.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:54:20 GMT

Germany imposes partial lockdown to control COVID's spread
German Chancellor Angela Merkel urged people to stay home in November so families and friends can meet again during the Christmas season.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:34:00 GMT

Tanzania elections: Opposition leader Tundu Lissu 'won't accept poll results'
Presidential candidate Tundu Lissu says the election was "marred by irregularities at all stages".

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:22:56 GMT

Old men, chocolate and Ivory Coast's bitter election
The president's U-turn over a third-term bid has opened up wounds in a country with a history of civil wars.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:13:33 GMT

Saudi man arrested after stabbing guard at French Consulate

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:57:51 GMT

Election 2020 Today: Wooing Florida, getting out the vote
ON THE TRAIL: President Donald Trump will be in Florida and North Carolina; Democratic challenger Joe Biden will be in Florida; Vice President Mike Pence will be in Iowa and Nevada; Biden's running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, will be campaigning virtually. WOOING FLORIDA: Trump and Biden will hold competing rallies hours apart in Tampa, Florida, a state all but essential to the Republican president's pathway to reelection.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 10:49:24 GMT

Europe, Middle East and Africa Polyurethane Chemicals and Products Market Report: 13th Edition 2020 - Volume 4 Coatings
Dublin, Oct. 29, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Polyurethane Chemicals and Products in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) 13th Edition 2020 - Volume 4 Coatings" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The publisher introduces the updated in-depth market report on Polyurethane Chemicals and Products in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Geographical coverage of the report is as follows: Western Europe (12 countries/regions) Austria, Benelux, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Nordic Region, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom Eastern Europe (9 countries/regions) Czech Republic, CIS, Hungary, Other (Baltic States, Romania, Bulgaria), Poland, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Turkey Middle East and Africa (9 countries/regions) Iran, Levant, North Africa, Other GCC, Other MEA, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, UAE, West Africa Volume 4 covers the coatings sector and covers: * Architectural Coatings (interior/exterior) * Auto OEM * Auto Refinish * Commercial Vehicles * Industrial Coatings * Maintenance Coatings * Marine Coatings * Plastic (non-automotive) Coatings * Roof * Tank & Deck Coatings * Textile & Leather Coatings * Wood/Furniture Coatings * OtherThis publication is presented in eight volumes, with data tables detailing the production of polyurethane products and related raw material consumption, plus summaries of key market trends and drivers.Key Topics Covered: 1\. Introduction Coatings 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Indicative Formulations 1.3 Abbreviations 1.4 End-Use Market Definitions 2\. Coatings Product Description 2.1 Product Description3\. Key Market Players 3.1 Major Producers of PU Coatings4\. Total EMEA Coatings 4.1 Coatings Trends - EMEA 4.2 Growth in Production of Coatings 4.3 PU Production by Type and Country - Western Europe 4.4 PU Production by Type & Country - Eastern Europe 4.5 PU Production by Type and Country - MEA 4.6 Coatings Raw Material Consumption 4.7 Forecast Raw Material Consumption5\. Western Europe Coatings 5.1 Coatings Trends - Western Europe 5.2 Growth in Production of Coatings 5.3 PU Production by Type and Country 5.4 Forecast PU Production by Type and Country 5.5 Coatings Raw Material Consumption 5.6 Forecast Raw Material Consumption * Austria * Benelux * France * Germany * Greece * Ireland * Italy * Nordics * Portugal * Spain * Switzerland * UK6\. Eastern Europe Coatings 6.1 Coatings Trends - Eastern Europe 6.2 Growth in Production of Coatings 6.3 PU Production by Type and Country 6.4 Forecast PU Production by Type and Country 6.5 Coatings Raw Material Consumption 6.6 Forecast Raw Material Consumption * CIS (Excl Russia) * Czech Republic * Hungary * Other Eastern Europe * Poland * Romania * Russia * Slovakia * Slovenia * Turkey7\. Middle East and Africa Coatings 7.1 Coatings Trends - Middle East and Africa 7.2 Growth in Production of Coatings 7.3 PU Production by Type and Country 7.4 Forecast PU Production by Type and Country 7.5 Coatings Raw Material Consumption 7.6 Forecast Raw Material Consumption * East Africa * Iran * Levant * North Africa * Other GCC * Saudi Arabia * South Africa * UAEFor more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/kw6zgcResearch and Markets also offers Custom Research services providing focused, comprehensive and tailored research. CONTACT: CONTACT: ResearchAndMarkets.com Laura Wood, Senior Press Manager press@researchandmarkets.com For E.S.T Office Hours Call 1-917-300-0470 For U.S./CAN Toll Free Call 1-800-526-8630 For GMT Office Hours Call +353-1-416-8900

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:58:00 GMT

Merkel warns Germans of a 'difficult winter' as virus surges
Chancellor Angela Merkel told Germans to expect a “difficult winter” as the number of newly reported coronavirus cases in the country hit a new high. Merkel spoke Thursday in Parliament a day after she and the governors of Germany’s 16 states agreed upon far-reaching restrictions to curb the spread of the virus, including the closure of bars and restaurants, limits on social contacts and bans on concerts and other public events. Germany’s disease control agency said local health authorities reported 16,774 new positive tests for COVID-19 in the past day, pushing the country’s total since the start of the outbreak close to half a million.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:49:54 GMT

Merkel warns against 'lies, disinformation' in virus fight
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday defended tough new shutdown measures her government has announced against the coronavirus, warning that propaganda and conspiracy theories undermine the fight against the pandemic.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:41:13 GMT

Meng Wanzhou's lawyer accuses Canadian police officer of lying in court about why he delayed arrest of Huawei executive

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:30:00 GMT

China, Russia seek to curb use of US dollar in Eurasian trade bloc deals to minimise risks
By creating its own monetary and financial system, an economic and trade bloc backed by Russia is looking to reduce its reliance on the US dollar and euro for internal trading and in deals with China.The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), a counterpart to the European Union, has five member states - Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Russia - and ensures the free flow of goods and economic cooperation among them, but it does not have a single currency like the 19 of the 27 EU states do.The union has also cultivated a close relationship with China, which has been expanding its influence in Eurasia via the Belt and Road Initiative.Get the latest insights and analysis from our Global Impact newsletter on the big stories originating in China.Sergei Glazyev, the union's minister of integration and macroeconomics and a former adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin, said on Monday in an online forum about extending EAEU-China collaboration that the union is increasing the use of national currencies to minimise risks."Russia and China have created their own payment systems and a system of electronic information exchange between banks, but economic activity participants are still very inactive in using these infrastructure elements and still work in foreign currencies," Glazyev said.China and Russia forge stronger Eurasian economic ties behind Xi Jinping's belt and road plan"I believe that we should radically reverse the situation and create our own Eurasian monetary and financial system," he said. "It would insure us against risks and would be reliable, transparent, convenient and efficient, and would not be burdensome for economic activity participants."At the moment, about half of the payments made within the union are settled in national currencies, while the share when trading with China was even lower - at 15 per cent - according to the EAEU.Glazyev also stressed the urgent need to stabilise the exchange rates of the bloc's national currencies, to establish Eurasian exchanges and pricing mechanisms, and to offer incentives to settling in national currencies.The proposal comes as both Russia and China have been seeking to cut their dependence on the US dollar for some time.The United States has used its control over the global financial system to impose sanctions on Russia since 2014, and this year Washington sanctioned a series of Chinese Communist Party officials and companies for their roles in eroding Hong Kong's autonomy, in helping Beijing build up islands in the disputed South China Sea, and for alleged human rights abuses in Xinjiang province.How the US uses the dollar payment system to impose sanctions on a global scaleIn a deteriorating Sino-US relationship, Beijing is looking to speed up its internationalisation of the yuan in global payments to reduce the impact of conflicts with the US.In the first quarter of this year, only 46 per cent of bilateral trade between Russia and China was settled in the US dollar - the first time the share had fallen below 50 per cent - according to data from Russia's central bank and Federal Customs Service. This stood in stark contrast to 2015, when almost 90 per cent of their bilateral trade was settled in the US dollar.Meanwhile, the euro's share in those bilateral deals during the first quarter accounted for a record high of 30 per cent, while the yuan's share reached 17 per cent, and the rouble accounted for 7 per cent.Beyond trade, Moscow and Beijing have also sought to strengthen their financial collaboration to speed up the de-dollarisation process. Last year, Moscow said it planned to launch its first yuan-denominated bond, hoping it would boost interest by Chinese investors in Russian assets and help create benchmarks for the setting up of hedging options for roubles and the yuan, sidestepping use of the US dollar.This article originally appeared in the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the most authoritative voice reporting on China and Asia for more than a century. For more SCMP stories, please explore the SCMP app or visit the SCMP's Facebook and Twitter pages. Copyright © 2020 South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2020. South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd. All rights reserved.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:30:00 GMT

US charges 8 with involvement in China's 'Operation Fox Hunt', saying suspects are targeting dissidents

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:30:00 GMT

Armenians Beg Putin to Send Secret Soldiers For Their War in Nagorno-Karabakh
MOSCOW—After several weeks of fighting between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the contested mountain region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenians have all but stopped hoping for any help from their ally Russia.Under a mutual defense pact known as the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO)—the Russian equivalent to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization—Moscow has pledged to send troops to defend member states like Armenia if they are under attack. But Armenians aren’t holding their breath, even as the death toll mounts and Azerbaijan gains ground in the contested region thanks to their superior drone power.“Every Armenian all across the world feels an existential threat to our nation,” an Armenian politician, Arthur Paronyan, told The Daily Beast. “But nobody expects the CSTO to help. It is a dead organization.”Attack Drones Dominating Tanks as Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Showcases the Future of WarRather than sending troops, Russian President Vladimir Putin attempted to broker a ceasefire in Moscow in early October. But the peace agreement quickly fell apart, and Putin acknowledged in a recent speech that the war in Nagorno-Karabakh has become more deadly than either side is admitting. Putin said the fighting has killed 5,000 people on both sides. “We have a conflict in its worst form,” he said.Putin has not, though, acknowledged any Russian obligation to intervene despite the mutual defense pact with Armenia. The agreement covers risks to the territory of the Russian ally, and while most of the fighting is in the Nagorno-Karabakh region—which is internationally recognized as belonging to Azerbaijan—some artillery strikes have in fact hit mainland Armenia. Russia’s cautious stance signals that the credibility of the Russian defense pact is becoming another casualty of the war.Paronyan said Russia might still intervene secretly, as it has in Ukraine with soldiers out of uniform, known as “green men,” though this would not formally meet the treaty obligations. “There are hopes that Russia has other ways of helping, like sending green men,” he said. “We are not picky.” So far, Russia has not deployed soldiers to fight in Nagorno-Karabakh but there are Russian boots in Armenia. Armenian Prime Minister Pashinyan said earlier this week that there are Russian border guards on the Armenian border with Nagorno-Karabakh.If 5,000 people have indeed been killed in a month of fighting, the war would clearly be the most deadly now in the former Soviet Union, an area where Russia has presented itself as a protector of stability. This casualty figure is about a third of the deaths reported by the United Nations over six years of fighting in eastern Ukraine. This week, the countries kept fighting through another ceasefire, this one negotiated and announced by the Trump administration. Azerbaijan said Armenia had fired rockets at a civilian target, while Armenia’s defense ministry said rockets hit a city in Nagorno-Karabakh.The countries have been clashing over the territory in the mountains, the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, for three decades since a brutal war in the ’90s that killed 30,000 and displaced one million—but the escalation that began in September is the worst since a previous ceasefire in 1994. Armenia is a member of the CSTO, the military alliance of seven out of 15 former Soviet republics, where Russia plays the key role. Azerbaijan quit its membership in 1999.Fuad Akhundov, head of the Public and Political Affairs department at Azerbaijan’s Presidential Administration, told The Daily Beast the CSTO treaty should not apply to the current conflict. “This is a war on the territory of Azerbaijan—we are pushing Armenian military away from Azerbaijan’s territory,” he said. “Nobody has attacked CSTO; on the contrary, as a member of this organization, Armenia is breaking a United Nations resolution which is recognized by CSTO,” Akhundov said, referring to a 2008 U.N. resolution that declared Nagorno-Karabakh to be Azerbaijan’s territory and demanded “the withdrawal of all Armenian forces from all occupied territories.”Russia’s position—it has sold weapons to both sides, even as it attempts to mediate the conflict—risks alienating not only Armenians close to home, but also members of the large Armenian diaspora, who are watching the conflict closely. “Together, we continue to pray during this difficult time for the many men, women and children who have been impacted by the war. We are one global Armenian nation,” Kim Kardashian, who is Armenian American, wrote in one of her recent social media posts.The war in the South Caucasus is not the only hotspot for the Kremlin among CSTO member states. Political and security crises have erupted in one after another this year. Russia’s key ally, Belarus, has been gripped by civil unrest after an election widely seen as rigged. In its capital, Minsk, police fired rubber bullets and threw stun grenades at protesters on Sunday. “We are disarmed! We are disarmed!” peaceful protesters yelled to riot police during the “People’s Ultimatum” march, which demanded the resignation of the country’s authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko. Hundreds of thousands have been joining rallies all across Belarus since early August. Human rights organizations report that police are beating and torturing hundreds of Belarusian opposition activists.The Kremlin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov also dryly noted what he called “a mess and chaos” in Kyrgyzstan, a post-Soviet country in Central Asia, and also a member of the CSTO, which is undergoing its third revolution since the fall of USSR.“The entire system of security that Putin has been trying to build for the last two decades is crumbling, cracking and demonstrating failures,” Vladimir Ryzhkov, professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, told The Daily Beast. “The Putin dream to rebuild authority and loyalty of post-Soviet countries would work only if Russia could afford to be constantly paying, donating aid to its partners. But clearly, even money cannot buy Russia’s authority back.”Earlier this year, residents of Russia’s neighboring countries criticized the Russian president for his clumsy calls to reintegrate Soviet states for their own benefit. On a show called “Moscow. Kremlin. Putin,” which was broadcast on Russia’s Channel One, Putin— speaking in his manner of a teacher lecturing students—urged the post-Soviet countries to “overcome some phobias of the past, overcome fears about the revival of the Soviet Union and the Soviet empire.” He added: “Joining efforts is for the benefit of all, [and] makes this way inevitable.”But Putin’s comments about the “advantages” of reuniting former Soviet states wasn’t welcomed by all. After the broadcast, a Baku-based analytical center, the Institute for Strategic Analysis, reminded the Russian president of the Soviet Union’s “decades of shameless colonial robbery, repression, including against national intelligentsia, mass deportations, ‘hunger genocide,’ redrawing the borders.”Moscow’s newest alternative for uniting former Soviet countries, the Eurasian Economic Union, emerged a few years ago. Russia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, and Kazakhstan signed a treaty with Russia in 2014-15, at the beginning of the regional economic crises, shortly before the Kremlin annexed Crimea and faced economic sanctions both from the European Union and the United States. But even Russian public opinion about the new alliance seems confused: 28 percent of Russians believe that this is a new version of the USSR, while 39 percent of people would like to see a completely new union, different from the original Soviet model.With Kyrgyzstan in “chaos,” Belarus in constant political unrest, and Armenia at war, the Eurasian Economic Union represents a rather unstable entity. According to a Moscow based analyst, Yuriy Krupnov, that is entirely the fault of Russia’s unwillingness to commit real economic resources to the project. “There is only one solution for solving the crucial issues in our allied states: to create one strong union state, not some mere form of a civilized divorce, otherwise the cost for consequences will be more dramatic than many imagine today,” Krupnov said.For now, the former Soviet states may be on their own when it comes to war and peace. Tom Dewaal, author of Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War, says that it is up to Baku and Yerevan to prevent a bigger and even a bloodier war without end. “I don’t think Russia wants to intervene and go to war with Azerbaijan. Inaction is the lesser of two evils for them,” Dewaal told The Daily Beast on Tuesday. “They help discreetly.” Dewaal, a senior fellow at Carnegie Europe, believes that if Russia ends up at war with Azerbaijan, it would be bad on many levels, including for Dagestan, Russia’s troubled region on Azerbaijan’s border.Read more at The Daily Beast.Get our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:14:31 GMT

France raises its alert level to maximum after a Nice attack
France’s prime minister says the country’s threat level will be raised to its maximum after an attack near a church killed three people Thursday in Nice. PARIS (AP) — An attacker armed with a knife killed three people at a church Thursday in the Mediterranean city of Nice, French authorities said. It was the third attack in two months in France amid a growing furor over caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that were re-published by the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 09:12:03 GMT

Mali Radisson Blu attack: Two Islamists sentenced to death
Two Islamists are convicted of carrying out two attacks targeting foreigners, in which 25 people died.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 08:19:30 GMT

Short of medics as virus surges, central Europe sounds alarm
Soldiers in Poland are giving coronavirus tests. American National Guard troops with medical training are headed to the Czech Republic to work alongside doctors there. With cases surging in many central European countries, firefighters, students and retired doctors are being asked to help shore up buckling health care systems.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 07:30:06 GMT

Analysis: Iran frets over US vote it insists doesn't matter
Top officials in Iran say the upcoming U.S. election doesn't matter, but nearly everyone else there seems to be holding their breath. The race for the White House could mean another four years of President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign. Or it could bring Joe Biden, who has raised the possibility of the U.S. returning to Iran's 2015 nuclear deal with world powers.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 06:08:06 GMT

Zeta barrels northeast after battering storm-weary coast
A fast-moving Zeta weakened to a tropical storm as it ripped through the South on Thursday morning, killing at least two, knocking out power to more than 2 million across the region and prompting a rare tropical storm warning for Atlanta. The storm was about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Asheville, North Carolina, with maximum sustained winds of 60 mph (95 kph). Zeta was moving quickly toward the northeast at 39 mph (63 kph).

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 05:43:47 GMT

Trump let a far-right British gadfly speak longer at his Arizona rally than embattled GOP Sen. Martha McSally
President Trump briefly shared the spotlight with Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) during a rally in Goodyear, Arizona, on Wednesday, telling her she had "one minute" to talk to the crowd, adding, "They don't want to hear this."McSally is trailing her Democratic opponent, Mark Kelly, in the polls, but at the rally, Trump gave more speaking time to Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), and controversial British politician and key Brexit leader Nigel Farage, who flew all the way to the desert to call Trump "the most resilient and brave person" he has ever met.When it was time for McSally to address the crowd, Trump said, "Martha, come up fast. Fast. Fast. Come on. Quick. You got one minute! One minute, Martha! They don't want to hear this, Martha. Come on. Let's go. Quick, quick, quick. Come on." It was, Arizona Republic columnist Laurie Roberts wrote, "how you might call your dog."Watching the scene unfold was "painful," Roberts said, as "the president who dodged the draft" was treating "the nation's first female combat pilot with such disrespect."This wasn't the first uncomfortable moment between Trump and McSally at a rally; earlier this month, Trump was in Tucson, where he heaped praised upon Kelli Ward, chair of the Arizona Republican Party. Ward, he said, was "a warrior" and "a fighter" who is "a friend that's so loyal, and strong and a good person." In 2018, Ward lost to McSally in a three-way GOP Senate primary, and Trump lamented that "she would have been, oh, if she didn't have three or four people running at the same time, she would have been your senator. Hate to say it, she would have been your senator." McSally was in attendance at the rally but never got a chance to speak, Roberts said, adding, "It's baffling that Trump would treat McSally almost as an annoyance in her own state, at a time when she is fighting for every vote." > pic.twitter.com/0SGhUZeSdY> > -- Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) October 28, 2020More stories from theweek.com How to make an election crisis 64 things President Trump has said about women Republicans are on the verge of a spectacular upside-down achievement

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 05:30:18 GMT

Philly shooting brings policing, racism back into campaign
The fatal shooting of another Black man on America's streets by police — with subsequent unrest — has brought the fraught issues of policing and racism in the nation back to the fore of the presidential election in its closing days. Philadelphia police say Walter Wallace Jr., 27, was shot earlier this week in the throes of a mental health crisis after he ignored officers' repeated orders to drop a knife. The encounter, caught on video, spurred violent unrest in Philadelphia, and now has both President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden calibrating how to address some of the same questions that roiled American cities — and the presidential campaign — earlier this year as they negotiate the end game for a race in which Pennsylvania is a critical battleground.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 05:07:35 GMT

Trump, Biden to appeal to last-minute voters in Florida
President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden are set to chase votes in Florida, a state all but essential to the Republican's pathway to another term as both nominees turn their focus to encouraging voters to turn out on Election Day. More than 73 million Americans have already voted, absentee or by mail, and Trump and Biden are trying to energize the millions more who will vote in person on Tuesday. While the Election Day vote traditionally favors Republicans and early votes tend toward Democrats, the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more than 227,000 people in the United States, has injected new uncertainty about the makeup of the electorate.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 04:46:16 GMT

Taking a stand has new meaning in heavily litigated election
In the most litigious presidential election in memory, court fights are even happening over where poll watchers may stand as the votes are tallied. Lawsuits by the hundreds already have been filed — with the prospect of many more before and after Tuesday's voting — as both Democrats and Republicans try to settle in court a process that is usually determined by citizens simply casting ballots. The legal action runs along a broad spectrum, from a dispute over whether guns are allowed near polling places to more complicated matters that already have reached the Supreme Court.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 04:44:18 GMT

Letters, texts, caravans, parades: Advocates mobilize voters
Gehman, who lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico, is one of 182,000 people who have participated in Vote Forward, a 50-state letter-writing campaign to more than 17.5 million homes. As early voting has surged dramatically, with more than 73 million people estimated to have cast ballots, advocates have been mobilizing in myriad ways, from neighborhood groups to national movements, from block associations to college marching bands to lone violinists. Voters have been ushered to the polls by fleets of minivans, with bicycle parades and on horseback in Indian Country.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 04:41:59 GMT

US focused on disrupting finances for Somalia's al-Shabab
The United States strongly backed efforts to disrupt the illegal financing methods used by Somalia’s al-Shabab extremist group, which according to U.N. experts raised more than the million it spent last year on fighters, weapons and intelligence. U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft told the Security Council on Wednesday the Trump administration is committed to partnering with other countries and using U.N. sanctions to counter al-Shabab's “financing of terrorism” and the threat from homemade bombs the group is making.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 04:39:54 GMT

Trump paints apocalyptic portrait of life in US under Biden
The suburbs wouldn't be the suburbs anymore, the economy would sink into its worst depression ever and police departments would cease to exist. This is the apocalyptic version of American life that President Donald Trump argues would be the dire consequence of turning over the White House to Democrat Joe Biden. "He’ll bury you in regulations, dismantle your police departments, dissolve our borders, confiscate your guns, terminate religious liberty, destroy your suburbs,” Trump said in one of many over-the-top pronouncements about Biden in the campaign's final weeks.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 04:34:54 GMT

Road trip: In Mississippi, love in the time of coronavirus
Bonnie Bishop had been in the hospital since early July. “You are coming home,” Mike Bishop, 63, said firmly. It’s a story about coronavirus, the people it strikes down, and a big quiet house outside of Jackson, Mississippi.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 04:06:46 GMT

India's coronavirus cases cross 8 million, behind US
India’s confirmed coronavirus caseload surpassed 8 million on Thursday with daily infections dipping to the lowest level this week, as concerns grew over a major Hindu festival season and winter setting in. India’s trajectory is moving toward the worst-hit country, the United States, which has over 8.8 million cases. The Health Ministry reported another 49,881 infections and 517 fatalities in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to 120,527.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 04:03:27 GMT

US official says UN has 'lack of curiosity' on Xinjiang
The United Nations is not doing enough to investigate reported abuses in China’s Xinjiang region against members of Muslim minority groups, the U.S. envoy for women’s issues said Thursday. Citing reports of forced birth control, home visits and sexual violence in detention centers, Ambassador-at-Large on Women’s Issues Kelley Currie said such practices show a “pervasive pattern of targeting women.” “It’s really remarkable to me as someone who used to work at the U.N. the complete lack of curiosity or concern we see from the U.N. on what are really grave allegations and very widespread and quite disturbing human rights abuses,” said Currie, who also serves as the U.S. representative at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 03:21:50 GMT

Typhoon, landslides leave 35 dead, dozens missing in Vietnam
A typhoon that officials said was the most powerful to hit Vietnam in 20 years blew away from the country on Thursday after setting off landslides, sinking boats and knocking out power to at least 1.7 million people. The immediate focus for rescuers was on three villages in the country's central region where landslides killed at least 19 people and are suspected of burying more than 40 others in thick mud and debris. Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung traveled to the site of one landslide where soldiers were working to clear debris with bulldozers and he ordered officers to urgently send more troops to help with the efforts.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 03:02:55 GMT

Report: DNI John Ratcliffe went rogue when he said emails from Iran were designed to hurt Trump
During a press conference last week, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe strayed from his approved remarks when he claimed Iran was sending emails to American voters as a way to "damage President Trump," two senior administration officials with knowledge of the matter told Politico. This allegation was not in his prepared statement, which was shown to and signed off by FBI Director Christopher Wray and Chris Krebs, director of the Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, Politico reports. The press conference was held so the officials could explain to voters ways foreign actors were trying to influence the U.S. election.Democrats in several states reported receiving emails that claimed to be from the far-right Proud Boys group, threatening them and saying if they didn't vote for Trump, "we will come after you." Ratcliffe said those emails were sent by Iran, and then asserted that they were "designed to intimidate voters, incite social unrest, and damage President Trump." The officials told Politico that while the Proud Boys were named several times in his prepared remarks, Ratcliffe omitted those references.Ratcliffe made the decision to hold the briefing on his own, officials told Politico, and it was quickly put together and timed so it would not air on television at the same time as a Trump rally. Before becoming DNI, Ratcliffe was one of Trump's most vocal supporters.When asked for comment, Amanda Schoch, the assistant DNI for strategic communications, told Politico that "literally no one is disputing the 100 percent factual accuracy of the DNI's remarks. The rest of this is just pointless process noise, most of which is inaccurate or taken out of context."More stories from theweek.com How to make an election crisis 64 things President Trump has said about women Republicans are on the verge of a spectacular upside-down achievement

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 03:02:00 GMT

Nigel Farage delivers surprise speech at Donald Trump rally in Arizona
Nigel Farage, the Brexit Party leader, has delivered a surprise speech at a Donald Trump rally where he called the US president the “most resilient and bravest person I have ever met in my life”. Standing next to Mr Trump in the blazing sun at Goodyear, Arizona, Mr Farage said that a vote for the president this election would be a vote for “decency”, “plain speaking” and a cut in taxes. The thousands of Trump supporters present responded with cheers and Mr Trump thanked Mr Farage for his speech afterwards, saying he was "glad" he called on the British politician. However critics will question Mr Farage’s decision to intervene so explicitly in the US election, less than a week away, given the convention of foreign politicians not getting involved in campaigns. The three-minute address follows a similar speech Mr Farage, the former UK Independence Party leader, gave during Mr Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. He had given that address shortly after Britain voted to leave the European Union. It helped cement a newly forged friendship, with Mr Trump dubbing him “Mr Brexit”.

Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:45:20 GMT

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Thu, 29 Oct 2020 00:01:00 GMT

Trump praises Brexit leader Farage as 'king of Europe'
US President Donald Trump on Wednesday greeted Britain's Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage at one of his final reelection rallies, bestowing on him the title "king of Europe."

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 23:20:12 GMT

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Wed, 28 Oct 2020 23:15:26 GMT

Justice Department ramps up inquiry into NY care home deaths
The U.S. Justice Department vastly expanded an inquiry Wednesday that could determine whether New York is undercounting coronavirus deaths among nursing home residents, demanding detailed data from hundreds of private facilities. The demand ratchets up pressure on Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo after months of bipartisan criticism that the state’s official tally of 6,722 dead at long-term care facilities is probably off by thousands. Cuomo's administration has repeatedly refused to release such nursing home data to lawmakers and the media, including a public-records request from The Associated Press dating back to May.

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:36:00 GMT

Justices deny fast, new look at Pennsylvania ballot deadline
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would not grant a quick, pre-election review to a new Republican appeal to exclude absentee ballots received after Election Day in the presidential battleground state of Pennsylvania, although it remained unclear whether those ballots will ultimately be counted. The court's order left open the possibility that the justices could take up and decide after the election whether a three-day extension to receive and count absentee ballots ordered by Pennsylvania's high court was proper. The issue would take on enormous importance if Pennsylvania turns out to be the crucial state in next week's election and the votes received between Nov. 3 and Nov. 6 are potentially decisive.

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:34:17 GMT

Lawsuit says census takers were pressured to falsify data
The U.S. Census Bureau was able to claim it had reached 99.9% of households when the 2020 census ended two weeks ago because census takers were pressured to falsify data as the statistical agency cut corners and slashed standards, according to an amended lawsuit from advocacy groups and local governments. In Baltimore, Southern California and the states of Massachusetts, North Carolina and Texas, some households were marked as completed after only one attempt to reach residents living there, according to the revised lawsuit filed by the National Urban League; the city of San Jose, California; and others. Elsewhere, census takers were pressured by supervisors to close cases as quickly as possible, and they did this by guessing the number of people living in a household, claiming an address was too dangerous to visit or falsely saying residents of a household had refused to answer questions during door-knocking, said the lawsuit filed in federal court in San Jose.

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 21:15:04 GMT

France announces new national coronavirus lockdown
France is returning to a nationwide lockdown amid rising coronavirus infections, President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday.The restrictions, which are set to kick in at midnight Thursday and will last until mid-December with period reviews before then, are similar to the country's previous lockdown this spring — people will only be able to leave their home for work purposes if remote work is not feasible, buy essential goods, seek medical attention, and exercise for one hour a day. Unlike the earlier iteration, however, schools and nurseries will remain open for the most part. Funerals and visits to care homes will be allowed, as well.Several European countries are experiencing a second wave of rising, often record-breaking coronavirus infections along with France, including Germany, whose Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday also announced new restrictions aimed at curbing the virus' spread. For at least the next four weeks, restaurants, bars, and other leisure and cultural facilities will be ordered to close, and contacts are to be reduced to a maximum of two households and no more than 10 people. Like France, schools and nurseries will remain open, as will the majority of businesses and work places, The Guardian reports. Read more at The Guardian.More stories from theweek.com How to make an election crisis 64 things President Trump has said about women Republicans are on the verge of a spectacular upside-down achievement

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 20:42:00 GMT

Germany and France announce new lockdowns as coronavirus cases spike in Europe
"We must act, and now, to avoid an acute national health emergency," Chancellor Angela Merkel said while announcing Germany's four-week shutdown.

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 19:47:00 GMT

Germany and France announce new lockdowns as coronavirus cases spike in Europe
Both Germany and France announced new nationwide lockdowns on Wednesday as Europe enters a deadly new phase of the coronavirus pandemic. Chancellor Angela Merkel says German officials have agreed to a four-week shutdown of restaurants, bars, cinemas, theaters and other leisure facilities in a bid to curb a sharp rise in coronavirus infections. Merkel and the country's 16 state governors, who are responsible for imposing and easing restrictions, agreed on the partial lockdown in a videoconference Wednesday.

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 19:47:00 GMT

In Florida's Old South, a new political battleground emerges
The farther north you go in Florida, the saying goes, the deeper South you'll get. For generations, the Old South flourished in Duval County, a sprawling metropolis on the state's northern Atlantic coast that is home to Jacksonville and was once a reliable bastion of Republican power. The race between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden will test that Democratic progress.

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 19:42:38 GMT

Millions of mail ballots not yet returned in key states
Just days before the presidential election, millions of mail ballots have yet to be returned in key battleground states, and election officials warn that time is running out for voters who want to avoid a polling place on Election Day. At least 35 million mail ballots had been returned or accepted as of early Wednesday, according to data collected by The Associated Press.

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 19:08:27 GMT

The Election's Big Twist: The Racial Gap Is Shrinking
American politicians, including presidents, have often sought to exploit the nation's racial and ethnic divides for political gain. During the Trump era, voters are not responding as expected.The gap in presidential vote preference between white and nonwhite voters has shrunk by a surprising 16 percentage points since 2016, according to an Upshot analysis of preelection polls, as Joe Biden gains among white voters and President Donald Trump makes inroads among Black and Hispanic voters.Trump's exploitation of resentments over immigration and race was widely credited with fueling his upset victory in 2016, but similar tactics this time have not had the same effect. The president has so far failed to reassemble his coalition of white voters without a college degree across the Northern battleground states, and polls show that many white voters have been repelled by his handling of race, criminal justice and recent protests.The decrease in racial polarization defies the expectations of many analysts, who believed that a campaign focused on appeals to issues like Black Lives Matter or law and order would do the opposite. It may also upset the hopes of some activists on the left who viewed an embrace of more progressive policies on race as a way to help Democrats carve a new path to the presidency. This path would have been powered by overwhelming support from nonwhite voters, reducing the need to cater to the more conservative white voters who backed Trump four years ago. Instead, Biden leads because of gains among those very voters.With the election less than a week away, there is still time for voter preferences to move toward those of the 2016 campaign. Back then, polls suggested that Hillary Clinton was narrowly ahead in the national popular vote yet hinted at Trump's path to victory by showing his huge gains among white voters without a degree. Today, the same national surveys offer no comparable hint of strength for Trump among white voters.The president's pitch hasn't resonated even among the kinds of voters who seem likeliest to be receptive.Trish Thompson, 69, a white Republican who works as a security guard for pipeline and fracking lands in Brownsville, Texas, voted for Trump in 2016. This time she will vote for Biden -- as a vote against Trump and his "appalling" handling of the pandemic and "his misogynistic behavior and his inability to acknowledge his racial discrimination."Overall, Trump leads among white voters by only 5 points in high-quality surveys conducted since the Republican National Convention in August, compared with a 13-point advantage in the final surveys before the 2016 election. Not only does Trump fall short of his own lead with that group from 2016, but he also underperforms every recent Republican presidential candidate since Bob Dole in 1996.Biden's gains among white voters are broad, spanning not only the groups expected to shift toward him -- like white suburban women -- but also the white working-class voters across the Northern battleground states who represented the president's decisive strength four years ago.Overall, Trump leads by 21 points among white voters without a degree, 58% to 37%, compared with his 29-point edge (59% to 30%) in the final polls in 2016. His position with these voters is still strong for a Republican -- in fact, that 21-point lead is the largest for a Republican in recent memory. But while he still runs ahead of Mitt Romney among this group, he faces a daunting deficit among the remainder of the electorate.By contrast, white college graduates back Biden by 21 points in recent polls, up from a 13-point edge for Clinton in the final polls four years ago.Trump tried to win over white voters with a conservative pitch on race and policing. Instead, Biden steadily gained among white voters in the spring and particularly in June, after the death of George Floyd at the hands of police. National surveys showed that white voters overwhelmingly disapproved of the president's handling of the protests in the aftermath of Floyd's death, according to Times/Siena polling.The president's pivot to "law and order" amid unrest over the summer did not help him. In the final Times/Siena national survey, Biden led Trump by 7 points on who would do a better job on "law and order." Trump also failed to claim an edge on the issue in Times/Siena polls of Wisconsin and Minnesota, where the president's team believed that unrest in Kenosha and Minneapolis could work to the president's advantage.The president's weakness among white voters has eroded the party's traditional structural advantages in the Electoral College, the House and the Senate, endangering the Republican hold on a tier of overwhelmingly white districts and states where Democrats usually don't have much of a chance, like Kansas or Montana.Biden has tended to make his largest gains across the Northern United States -- in exactly the places where the president made his largest gains four years ago. In contrast, Trump's support has proved resilient in the Deep South, where upward of 95% of the president's former supporters say they back his reelection, giving him a better chance to weather demographic shifts in the region.The president's standing in the Sun Belt is bolstered by perhaps the single most surprising demographic trend of the cycle: his gains among nonwhite voters.In recent national polls, Biden leads by 42 points among nonwhite voters, 66% to 24%. It's about 9 points worse than Clinton's 51-point lead in the final 2016 surveys.Biden has lost almost exactly as much ground among nonwhite voters as he has gained among white voters, but trading nonwhite for white voters is a favorable deal for Biden. White voters outnumber nonwhite voters by more than 2 to 1 and by an even greater ratio in the most important battleground states.In a longer-term compilation of polling since June, Trump's gains appear to include both Black and Latino voters, though exact measurement of such smaller groups is challenging. It's even harder to measure subgroups -- say, Cuban Americans in Miami-Dade County.The Times/Siena surveys suggest that the president's strength is particularly significant among Hispanic voters. Across those surveys since September, Biden holds only an 84% to 7% lead among Hispanic voters who said they backed Clinton four years ago, compared with a 93% to 2% lead among Black voters and a 94% to 3% lead among white voters.The president's strength among nonwhite voters represents an increasingly vital element of his possible path to reelection. It helps him counter a serious weakness among older white voters in the pivotal state of Florida and in other Sun Belt battlegrounds, including Nevada, which Clinton carried four years ago.In Times/Siena polling so far this fall, Black and Hispanic voters appear somewhat receptive to the kinds of conservative messages usually derided as racist dog whistles. In polling in September, for example, nonwhite voters split roughly evenly on whether "law and order" or the coronavirus was more important to their presidential vote. Nonwhite voters were likelier to say they thought Trump would do a better job handling "law and order" than they were to say they supported him over Biden.It was not the first time this cycle that nonwhite voters defied the hopes of progressive activists. Black Democrats in Virginia were likelier than white Democrats to say Ralph Northam should remain as governor after the revelation of a 35-year-old racist photo on his medical school yearbook page. And Black voters backed Biden by overwhelming margins over a variety of more progressive challengers in the primary, despite his often conservative record on race and policing.Many progressive policies for systematic change -- like reparations for the descendants of slaves, defunding the police or removing Confederate monuments -- fail to attract strong support in polls, suggesting that a focus on these issues could risk eroding Democratic standing. It also suggests a widening gap between the views of progressive activists and the rank and file of nonwhite voters.While U.S. politics has become less polarized along racial lines during the Trump era, the gender gap has grown. In Times/Siena surveys since September, Biden has a mere 7-point lead among Hispanic men and a 37-point lead among Hispanic women -- even larger than the 20-point gender gap among white voters. And while the gender gap is smaller among Black voters, Biden has a relatively poor 78% to 11% lead among Black men in the Times/Siena poll.Nonwhite men may like the president for the same kind of reasons that white men do, like a macho appeal. And the president's populism may have some appeal to blue-collar men of all races and ethnic groups. Hispanic voters said they preferred Biden over Trump to handle the economy, but by only an 8-point margin.Matthew Plummer, a 42-year-old Hispanic trucker in Carson City, Nevada, usually votes Democratic, including for Clinton. But he now backs Trump."I just want government to get back to government instead of playing games and pointing fingers, and it seems like that's what the Democratic Party is doing," he said.Although not a fan of Trump as a person, he said he had achieved things like improving the economy and opening conversations with North Korea."It seems like they're really laying in bed with lobbyists, Big Pharma, all these people who just want to push big business," he said, referring to Democrats, "as opposed to getting back to middle-class, blue-collar, regular good old folk."This article originally appeared in The New York Times.(C) 2020 The New York Times Company

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:52:52 GMT

Germany to Shut Down Cinemas in November as Part of Second Lockdown

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:07:16 GMT

FBI warning played a role in Facebook downplaying NY Post report, Zuckerberg says
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Wednesday that a warning from the FBI on hack-and-leak operations before the Nov. 3 presidential election played a role in its decision to limit the reach of stories from the New York Post that made claims about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's son. Zuckerberg said it had seen attempts by Russia, Iran and China to run disinformation campaigns. "One of the threats that the FBI has alerted our companies ... to was the possibility of a hack and leak operation in the days or weeks leading up to this election," he said.

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:06:23 GMT

FBI warning played a role in Facebook downplaying NY Post report, Zuckerberg says

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 18:01:13 GMT

Migrants quickly expelled by Trump try repeatedly to cross
Edgar Alexis Lopez looks well-rested in photos he took before crossing the border illegally in mountains east of San Diego, flashing a wide grin in clean jeans. A rescue helicopter couldn't land in the steep terrain, but authorities dropped water before border agents arrived and whisked them back to Tijuana, Mexico. Lopez quickly recovered and began planning another attempt to reach San Diego, where he hopes to earn a more steady living.

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:59:51 GMT

Middle East and Africa Application Control Market Forecast to 2027 - COVID-19 Impact and Regional Analysis By Component, Access Points, Organization size, and Vertical
The application control market in SAM is expected to grow from US$ 213. 64 million in 2019 to US$ 269. 48 million by 2027; it is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 3. 0% from 2020 to 2027. Application control audit services are getting highly adopted in recent times.New York, Oct. 28, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Middle East and Africa Application Control Market Forecast to 2027 - COVID-19 Impact and Regional Analysis By Component, Access Points, Organization size, and Vertical" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p05978867/?utm_source=GNW To prevent systems and devices from cyberattacks, the demand for application control across the industries is increasing. An application control audit is designed in order to secure the transactions through the application and check if the data which the application outputs is accurate and valid.The various transaction based applications are becoming the main target of cyberattacks, due to which the demand for application control audit services is growing. These services ensure that the software is free from errors and vulnerabilities that could be exploited by hackers.There are various benefits of application control audit services. They can be integrated into a software development lifecycle. Also, they enhance cross-site scripting prevention by detecting faults in products prior to their shipment. Furthermore, the services generate detailed report on critical vulnerabilities with listed remediation information stating how to fix errors quickly and effectively. These factors are responsible for driving the application control market across the MEA.Also, growing requirements for integrated security in banking industries is among the other factors expected to positively influence the demand for application control. Based on organization size, the large enterprises segment led the MEA application control market in 2019.The large enterprises are capable of making huge investments on high-end software to increase productivity. As application control plays a vital role in managing the security of all businesses, the large and well-established companies invest significantly in security solutions to prevent attack from external environments.The application control in large-scale businesses ensures 100% workstation and server protection to perform mission-critical business services. It a cost efficient and profitable solution for large businesses, which ultimately drives the application control market in the MEA.The recent COVID-19 outbreak has had a terrible effect on the MEA economy. Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, South Africa, and the UAE are some of the countries in the MEA region with high number of COVID-19 confirmed cases and deaths. The economic and industrial growth of these countries has been affected negatively in the past few months. The MEA region is expected to witness a significant impact of COVID-19 in the near future owing to heavy reliance on international vendors and authorized sales representatives due to lack of prominent solution providers in the region. Vendors in MEA region had witnessed challenges in continuing IT operations owing to slow business conditions disrupting the ability to meet the service demands to another regions. This, in turn, is projected to register a swift decline in the supply of application control related solutions and services in MEA. The overall MEA application control market size has been derived using both primary and secondary sources.To begin the research process, exhaustive secondary research has been conducted using internal and external sources to obtain qualitative and quantitative information related to the market. The process also serves the purpose of obtaining overview and forecast for the application control market with respect to all the segments pertaining to the region.Also, multiple primary interviews have been conducted with industry participants and commentators to validate the data, as well as to gain more analytical insights into the topic. The participants who typically take part in such a process include industry experts, such as VPs, business development managers, market intelligence managers, and national sales managers, along with external consultants, such as valuation experts, research analysts, and key opinion leaders specializing in the MEA application control market. Broadcom Inc.; Cambium Networks; Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.; CyberArk Software Ltd.; DriveLock SE; Ivanti; McAfee, LLC; Trend Micro Incorporated; VMware, Inc.; WatchGuard Technologies, Inc. are among a few players operating in MEA application control market. Read the full report: https://www.reportlinker.com/p05978867/?utm_source=GNW About Reportlinker ReportLinker is an award-winning market research solution. 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Wed, 28 Oct 2020 17:52:00 GMT

Germany & France Order Re-Closing Of All Cinemas – Update

Wed, 28 Oct 2020 20:02:06 GMT

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