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Bloomberg Radio New York
"southern africa" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Story and today the worldwide hunt for copper. Soon there might not be enough of it to feed our insatiable demand. So we've been talking about how important copper is to an energy future without fossil fuels for clean energy. And one of the big problems is that there is going to be a shortage of copper in coming years. There is a whole lot of copper in one place though, and that is in Southern Africa and Zambia in the area around the Democratic Republic of Congo. And so you'd think, great, they have big minds there. We can get the copper, but not so fast. Matthew hill, Bloomberg reporter based in Bela and eastern South Africa. And he has written a story called the metals for your EV, are stuck in a 30 mile African traffic jam. So you went to this enormous in Zambia, which produces a whole lot of copper. How much copper is there in this region? The Central African copper belt that extends from southern Democratic Republic of Congo into northern Zambia, northwestern Zambia. The area is bigger than the size of the country of Portugal, but over the past few decades, very little of that copper has been exploited. Right now together Zambia and the Congo only account for about 12% of global copper production, but there is the potential to produce much, much more than that. Matt so you went down into the mine and you watched how it is brought
The Charlie Kirk Show
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"Can you talk about how, you know, these people that say, oh, you know, colonialism is awful is in terrible. It's the same sort of sloppy argument that they use towards slavery where they ignore that every single mass power prior to the British Empire participated in much more brutal colonialism than them, but it was the British Empire that actually changed it. Please elaborate on that. Yeah, so you actually right. I mean, slavery and empire are the norm in human history. Yes. And every society, especially African societies, were endemic for being slaving and empire building. I mean, all of Southern Africa is basically an empire of the Bantu, who now claim that they're the indigenous peoples. It was the Bantu who kicked that Africans out of South Africa, which is kind of a joke because the ban to themselves had come in and systematically exterminated the indigenous peoples of South Africa. But they claimed they were being colonized by the afrikaners. So yes, empire and slavery are the norms in human civilization. Along come the British and to some extent, the French and the Dutch in this kind of early 19th century. And what's happening is these countries themselves are starting to develop these classic liberal norms about individual rights about property rights about political participation about accountability about freedoms who are not. And they can't help but share those ideas with their colonies. Indeed, you know, their argument is we're not racists. And the evidence that we're not racist is we think everyone can benefit from these same institutions, right? I mean, colonialism in my mind was the greatest antiracist program in the world history because it was the first time any empire said, we think everybody has the potential to benefit from the excellent institutions we've developed. So the kind of dilemma of colonialism was it was essentially a self liquidating enterprise is that once you start spreading those ideas and those institutions, it's going to be natural that those people are going to start taking an interest in their own self government. Well, that was the plan all along.
The Charlie Kirk Show
Colonialism: The Greatest Anti-Racism Program in World History?
"Can you talk about how, you know, these people that say, oh, you know, colonialism is awful is in terrible. It's the same sort of sloppy argument that they use towards slavery where they ignore that every single mass power prior to the British Empire participated in much more brutal colonialism than them, but it was the British Empire that actually changed it. Please elaborate on that. Yeah, so you actually right. I mean, slavery and empire are the norm in human history. Yes. And every society, especially African societies, were endemic for being slaving and empire building. I mean, all of Southern Africa is basically an empire of the Bantu, who now claim that they're the indigenous peoples. It was the Bantu who kicked that Africans out of South Africa, which is kind of a joke because the ban to themselves had come in and systematically exterminated the indigenous peoples of South Africa. But they claimed they were being colonized by the afrikaners. So yes, empire and slavery are the norms in human civilization. Along come the British and to some extent, the French and the Dutch in this kind of early 19th century. And what's happening is these countries themselves are starting to develop these classic liberal norms about individual rights about property rights about political participation about accountability about freedoms who are not. And they can't help but share those ideas with their colonies. Indeed, you know, their argument is we're not racists. And the evidence that we're not racist is we think everyone can benefit from these same institutions, right? I mean, colonialism in my mind was the greatest antiracist program in the world history because it was the first time any empire said, we think everybody has the potential to benefit from the excellent institutions we've developed. So the kind of dilemma of colonialism was it was essentially a self liquidating enterprise is that once you start spreading those ideas and those institutions, it's going to be natural that those people are going to start taking an interest in their own self government. Well, that was the plan all along.
Science Magazine Podcast
"southern africa" Discussed on Science Magazine Podcast
"Have different kinds of levels inside the compartment so top and bottom, which means that you have even some samples under shadow conditions or completely in the dark. So that we have also kind of space control. You have to control on ground in the lab, but you have also some space control. And we have even some space control on ground during a simulation of this machine in a ground lab. So we have a number of controls and then the samples complete in space. And they are really like in a kind of box. This one kind of boxes. On one hand, some compartments are filled with the mass analog gas. Yeah, so the atmosphere simulating the atmosphere. And other compartments are completely evacuated. So empty space vacuum. And on the top I have to explain on the top of this box is there are specific last filters which are really simulating the radiation income like it is an atmosphere of a mass. So molecules have been up there. They've been in the trays, and then you get them back to earth. So then what did you find out? How'd they do? So from this particular study, we had a 7 different molecules and mixed with different mineral analogs. The composition of the Martian regulates that we used, we had a more one containing more clays and one containing more cell fates. And we saw that this was very challenging for the detection of this biosignatures because of the overlap of mineral and biogenic dance, for example, in the raman spectra. So that has to be taken into account for the Mars mission. Then our main finding, of course, is that even though we saw that UV radiation in destroy is more or less all the molecules some of them are preserved, even with after 16 months in space. But the main finding is that most of them are still detectable when they were shielded from UV. So when they were just under the surface, a little bit shielded from the UV, they were still completely detectable even mixed with the matrix and even eradicated with the cosmic rays, solar energy particles, the temperature cycles, back from the Martian atmosphere, et cetera. Wow, so you're pretty hopeful that then the service materials on Mars would be, it would provide enough UV protection that any sort of biosignatures would still be detectable below ground. Because we have to think about the time scales, you know, because we have just made this experiment 1.5 years in space, but there you have billions of years on the surface of mass with irradiation. But this means according to what we find that still we have not maybe not to go too much in the deep areas of mass to find something is life started on Mars to find something on kind of bio signatures. Yeah, I would say about one meter two meters. And so the two meters are very good, which were chosen for drilling on Mars. This is something our studies have put in that we are in the good range there. I kind of want to switch gears a little bit here and since I've got both of you here, one of the things I really wanted to ask about is so this kind of work happens over the course of years. There's tons of collaboration to get an experiment into space and run it and wait for things to come back. What draws you to this kind of research? I guess it's the of course the questions as for biology would like to answer is are we alone? Is there life elsewhere? So that's always motivating whatever the time scales we are doing to be able to participate in such studies and see now the progress of the Mars missions and the future more sample return and we are closer than ever of being able to answer these questions. And so our hopefully our generation will have some clues at least about what's possible in our solar system, particularly because we are working with extremophiles. And I have really to emphasize that some of these are very important because some we have studied at doing photosynthesis and even also fixing nitrogen, which means that they are producing oxygen and fixing carbon dioxide. Some of the extremities are able to even live under desiccated conditions here. We are just on one hand searching for life outside, but even looking for these life forms we are studying on earth, which has a potential to live under planetary conditions. What they are doing in how can we use them under this climate change conditions and for biotechnology research, that's what gave us the PCR and the enzymes that were extracted from thermophilic organisms and so on. So it's all fundamental research in a sense. And our applications are coming well in once we have a better understanding about this extremophilic organisms. All right, well, thank you so much for taking the time to talk today. It's great to have both of you here on the podcast. Mikhail baka is a postdoctoral researcher at the institute of planetary research and Jean Pierre Rivera is the head of department for the microgravity user support center at the German aerospace center. You can find a link to the article we discussed here today at science dot org slash podcast. Thanks a lot. And that concludes this edition of the science podcast. If you have any comments or suggestions right to us at science podcast at AAAS ORG. You can listen to the show on the science website at science dot org slash podcast, or search for science magazine on any podcasting app. This show was edited and produced by Sarah crispy, with production help from prodigy, Kevin mcclain, and Megan Cantwell. Transcripts are by scribbly, Jeffrey cook composed the music. On behalf of science and its publisher triple S, thanks for joining us.
Science Magazine Podcast
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"This week's episode is brought to you in part by CAS. Are you looking to advance your scientific research and find the solutions to your R&D challenges? Look to CAS, sci finder N for your answers. At CAS, we curate connect and analyze scientific knowledge to help scientists around the world reveal unseen connections that inspire breakthroughs. With CAS sci-fi N, you have access to the one true source for authoritatively identifying a chemical substance or biological sequence and staying up to date on the world's published scientific patent and journal literature across multiple disciplines to learn more about CAS, sci-fi N, visit CAS, dot ORG. When you're looking for something you haven't found yet, there are a lot of different things to consider where to look, how to look for it, whether to look for the thing itself or just signs that it could have been there. This all gets even more complicated when you leave our planet. For astrobiologists like Mikhail baka and Jean Pierre de Vera of the German aerospace center, looking for extraterrestrial life means thinking about the spectral signatures of biological molecules. They wrote in science advances about an experiment on the International Space Station that looks at the stability of biosignatures in space and what that means for our search for life on Mars. Mikhail and John Pierre, welcome to the science podcast. Thank you. In your case. Yeah, so signs of life or biological activity means a lot of different things. What are you talking about when you talk about biosignatures? But in general, biosignatures are based on biomolecules. So biological defines organisms. So organisms which are producing specific molecules or are consisting of specific molecules where we have no evidence for other kinds of organic skin. So with these organics are much more related to life and not just in the prebiotic world. So you're looking at signatures in terms of spectroscopy, is that right? Yes, it's right. Particularly on the raman spectroscopy, because raman is chosen for the two missions, a mass mission to Mars 2020 with perseverance. And the upcoming ESA mass mission eczema is the Rosalind Franklin rover. And both rovers have the so called raman spectroscopy and used also this method in our studies. Okay, yeah. So two of the Mars rover missions have these ramen spectrometers as some of the tools they're using to look for signs of life. What's different about ramen spectrometry and why is it a good tool for identifying bias signatures? So historically, raman spectroscopy is a bit like infrared, so we are looking at the vibrations of the bonds in the molecules or in the minerals or usually it's very good for mineralogy, but it has also the capacity of detecting molecules and in our case biosignatures. So in our study, we wanted to verify that this type of instruments and techniques was capable of detecting molecules when there were mixed with Martian mineral analogs and exposed to the best simulation conditions we can do of Mars and that is in space in Nora four bit outside of the ISS. So you're sending things into space, but you're also wanting it to simulate conditions of Mars. So how are you simulating those conditions? I guess you can't. It's not like you can create like a Mars chamber in the lab, right? So you have to use this lab in space. Yeah, we actually do, in fact, have a Mars simulation chambers. Oh, really? On the ground on earth, but we have a lot of different harsh conditions on Mars and on earth we are capable of recreating the atmosphere, the temperature cycles, some parts of the UV, even though the UV spectrum of the sun, it's never exactly the same that we can recreate in the lab and that's exactly the same in space on the surface of Mars, but the missing component, of course, is the ionizing radiation component. So the sun is emitting a lot of solar energy particles. We have galactic cosmic rays and Mars doesn't have a magnetic field, or it didn't have it for most of its life. So all the molecules that potentially are on the Martian surface or subsurface, the radiation, and ionizing radiation are the most deleterious conditions. And this we can do that in particular accelerators, but then you can use them in one energy of one particle at one time, so you did lose all these synergetic effects of having all the particles at one time. So that's why exposure experiments such as exposed by azar are very important for us for biology because you have all the conditions in the best way possible. One particular, we have a compartment in space, which was simulating our system conditions, particularly because this compartment was filled with gases. It's the same composition as a mass atmosphere. So it was then exposed. The samples were in this kind of compartment filled with gases. And mass and a lot of minerals. And then exposed to the radiation conditions as Mikael has just mentioned. Okay, so you've got your plan for simulating Mars up on the space station, then you set up sample molecules to send to the space station. So what kind of molecules are you sending? We had an organism, so extreme of theta extremophile organisms. And then we selected the biomolecules because they are very relevant in this extremal files as protective molecules or structural components. So they play a ubiquitous role of protection and repair of during this exposure. They are found in a large number of extremely organisms on earth, and if we think about the potential Martian life, they could have used the same functions for molecules that represents the same functions to protect against yugi radiation against ionizing radiation against dedication. Of course, we chose them because they are detectable by Roman spectroscopy, so we know we can detect them and their earth conditioned by Roman spectroscopy and so the goal was to see when they are mixed. With the Martian regolith analogs and after exposure, can we still detect them? Because we know we can detect them on earth, but is it the case also on Mars? Great. Can you just sort of describe to me, what exactly did this experiment look like? Is it betray of samples that are layered or what did that look like? Yeah, yeah, you're absolutely right. It looked like a tray. It's a kind of tribe with different kinds of compartments. So you have a number of compartments. Where you
Science Magazine Podcast
"southern africa" Discussed on Science Magazine Podcast
"Villages. Visiting every house and teaching the mother how to give a preventative to their child right before the high season of malaria. Again, it's very expensive, but it's shown very good payoff preliminary results showed an 85% drop compared to a control district in cases in kids and malaria positive children. Yes. 85% fewer. Is there an issue with people participating in experiments or in public health interventions? Like how do they feel about prevention, preventative medicine, stuff like that? So there's a big effort underway community mobilization where one of them I write about and saw was religious leaders and communities holding these discussion groups with people telling them this is where malaria comes from mosquitos and you need to get rid of standing water and you need to go immediately to get treatment. It seems to help in those communities. But again, that's very labor intensive. Is this isolated to Mozambique or is it a more widespread problem in either this other part of Africa or even further out other parts of the world? In the southern part of Africa, several countries are having the same thing. They had a big decline in malaria and then it's essentially been a straight line. There might be a few more cases, one year, a few less another year, but no real progress is this an underreported story. Why did you get a Pulitzer grant for this? Yeah, I don't think the world is totally aware. So it is under reported. And it's such a huge killer of children that the Pulitzer center was was very interested in it. And do you think that this might be a growing problem? It'll extend past Southern Africa. I don't really know. I know you've reported on it in Vietnam and the delta in the past. Right. They're transmission is very low like in southern Mozambique. So they're trying to eliminate it. Just get rid of it entirely. Where in central and northern Mozambique malaria is too bad to even consider that now. We just want to get the cases and the deaths down. Thank you so much, Leslie. Thank you, Sarah. Leslie Roberts is a freelance science writer. Her reporting on the story was supported by a Pulitzer center global reporting grant. You can find a link to the story we discussed at science dot org slash podcast. Up next is our new producer, Kevin mcclain. He's joined by two researchers to discuss the steps needed for detecting signs of life that may have once existed
77WABC Radio
"southern africa" Discussed on 77WABC Radio
"And countries and Southern Africa as of midnight December 31st Mayor de Blasio says new year's even Times Square is still on this year but there's going to be a few changes The one thing fewer will be able to attend and holding areas only about 15,000 masks and proof of vaccinations are required Major hospitals in the New York area have stopped using monoclonal antibody therapies specifically because they ran out of the one that appears to be effective against doma crime It's unclear when they will be resupplied A report in Vanity Fair in October is showing President Biden taking a pass on a proposal to manufacture more than 700 million COVID tests each month The White House press secretary Jen Psaki The president using the defense production act and investing $3 billion allowed for there to be an increase in production so we could order the huge number of supply that we're ordering now You have a grand variant continuing to spread now quickly becoming responsible for about 75% of all COVID cases although new research showing symptoms are similar to a cold Former president Trump saying people unvaccinated against coronavirus are the ones getting very sick and is encouraging the jabs breaking away from his base Meantime president Trump's lawyers asking the Supreme Court to overturn a ruling providing the January 6th committee access to White House documents A new report from Politico says several unnamed White House staffers are unhappy with the work environment They say there was a lack of camaraderie and team sediment due partly to working from home and partly due to President Biden's management team The New York Times reporting Kamala Harris telling her inner circle she would get better press if she was a white man and is turning to Hillary Clinton for help In the matter of state of Minnesota versus Kimberly Potter find the defendant guilty Ex Minnesota police officer Kim Potter convicted yesterday of manslaughter for pulling her gun instead of her taser and killing daunte Wright at a traffic stop Wright's mother Katie describing the moment she heard the verdict The moment.
AP News Radio
Attorney says Meadows won't cooperate with Jan. 6 panel
"Only only clung clung cases cases have have been been confirmed confirmed in in at at least least nine nine African African countries countries with with some some officials officials reporting reporting that that initial initial cases cases appear appear to to be be mild mild South South Africa Africa remains remains the the epicenter epicenter of of the the only only clone clone a a break break with with ex ex but but finding finding the the overwhelming overwhelming majority majority of of thousands thousands of of new new coronavirus coronavirus cases cases per per day day all all of of the the new new variant variant in in East East Africa Africa Uganda Uganda has has reported reported its its first first seven seven cases cases on on record record detected detected in in travelers travelers from from South South Africa Africa and and Nigeria Nigeria who who are are the the only only team team International International Airport Airport on on November November twenty twenty nine nine all all are are currently currently in in isolation isolation one one in in southern southern Africa Africa Namibia Namibia has has confirmed confirmed eighteen eighteen cases cases of of Omicron Omicron none none of of which which are are hospitalized hospitalized early early evidence evidence is is suggesting suggesting that that all all bitcoin bitcoin spreads spreads faster faster with with the the symptoms symptoms appear appear to to be be mild mild I'm I'm Charles Charles de de Ledesma Ledesma
AP News Radio
Airlines told to keep data on travelers from southern Africa
"Hi hi Mike Mike Rossi Rossi reporting reporting airlines airlines are are told told by by federal federal health health officials officials to to keep keep data data on on travelers travelers from from southern southern Africa Africa the the centers centers for for disease disease control control and and prevention prevention is is requiring requiring airlines airlines to to gather gather contact contact tracing tracing information information on on passengers passengers entering entering the the United United States States who who have have been been in in southern southern Africa Africa in in the the previous previous two two weeks weeks the the CDC CDC order order was was obtained obtained by by the the Associated Associated Press Press the the directive directive follows follows president president Joe Joe Biden's Biden's order order that that went went into into effect effect Monday Monday barring barring most most foreign foreign nationals nationals from from entering entering the the U. U. S. S. if if they they have have been been in in southern southern Africa Africa or or the the Omicron Omicron a a variant variant of of covert covert nineteen nineteen was was first first reported reported under under the the CDC CDC order order airlines airlines are are required required to to keep keep information information on on passengers passengers who who have have been been in in southern southern Africa Africa for for thirty thirty days days and and provided provided to to the the CDC CDC within within twenty twenty four four hours hours if if requested requested Mike Mike Rossio Rossio Washington Washington
CNBC's Fast Money
"southern africa" Discussed on CNBC's Fast Money
"And later, wood or would not. We were diving into the world of Cathy wood to see which of her top picks or traitors would bet on. But we start off with that major market reversal. A late day of sell off sending stocks into the red, the S&P giving up a 1.9% gain to close the day down 1.2%. The Dow swing nearly 1000 points from peak to trough and the vix crossing above 30 for the first time since March, all this as news broke out that the new COVID variant is in fact here in the United States. Let's get to make Terrell at the very latest developments. Meg. Hey, Melissa, what we've heard from press conferences in California, the state and in San Francisco about that first case that was confirmed there. This was in a traveler who returned from South Africa in November 22nd, tested positive on November 29th. This person was fully vaccinated. We heard they received the Moderna vaccine, but they were not yet 6 months out from their second shot, so weren't yet eligible for a booster and hadn't had one. We learned they had mild symptoms and they've recovered contact tracing has been done. They've said that all the close contacts have tested negative as of this point. Now, the United States is now the two dozen dozen country to have a case of omicron public health officials saying this is not surprising that we found this now here. We will likely see more cases, but the word from officials is really not that anything needs to change. We should just adhere to the current public health guidance of getting vaccinated boosted wearing masks when appropriate. We are hearing, though, from the CDC that and from Doctor Fauci, it's stepping up its surveillance, Doctor Fauci saying the U.S. is likely to require a negative test result within 24 hours of international travel into the United States. That's down from three days now. We also learned from the CDC that it's ordered the airlines to share information on passengers who've recently traveled within 8 southern African countries before boarding their flight to the U.S.. All of this to try to keep tabs on omicron and track it if it does come here in bigger numbers now. All right, Meg, thank you. Meg Terrell. So now that there is a confirmed case here in the United States guy, it makes it all a little bit more real. And then you add to that, of course, the Jerome Powell factor. Yeah. It's interesting because I think it was sort of a foregone conclusion. I'm not trying to be glib. I think everybody sort of realized at some point was going to make its way here. So I was surprised that the announcement did to the market what it did, look, I was I was pretty optimistic yesterday in terms of the market and for a few hours today that looked to be the right way to beat. This reversal is meaningful, though. I mean, you can't discount it when technicians see reversals of this magnitude on this kind of volume. They will take note. You talked about it a thousand points swing in the Dow, a hundred points swing in the S&P 500. And the IWM something that I've tried to mean focused on, you know, it's critical support levels here two 13. So everything is a bit lining up. Tim's talked about this correctly. I think everybody's going to start talking about it now. Two ten spreads meaningly meaningfully below a hundred basis points. It's something to market participants to talk about. And Dan talks about this as well. These big valuation names are giving it up in a major way when you start to see things like that. It's just a matter of time before the broader market follows suit. Yeah, I mean, zoom out, Dan for us and take us back to the day after Thanksgiving because right now we're at lower lows. And so, you know, when you take a look at the pattern of the markets over the past few days, not just today, not just yesterday, what do you make of this action? Yeah, well, the market's crash smell. If you think about like just the participation of most of the names in the S&P 500, I think we quoted it last night. There was like 50% of the S&P 500 were down more than 10%. That number has grown dramatically in the last day or so. And so I just say this. Today could have been so much worse. If you look at Microsoft and Apple that make up over $5 trillion in market cap, they were both basically unchanged on the day. They are 12% of the S&P 500 and there are 22% of the NASDAQ 100 and that is probably the next shoe to drop. That those names all goes south in the same way. Alphabet was down less than 1% today. So that'll be like the kind of final confirmation the S&P now is down about 5% from its recent highs. I think the delta peak to trough decline was about 6%. Guys says it all the time. Investors have learned how to deal with this sort of stuff. This is not going to be another pandemic. It's going to just be another wave here and we've learned so much and we have over 70% of our population that is inoculated. So it's not going to likely be a very serious thing. And I'll just say this. It's probably going to be an opportunity for those to buy the things that they want. And some are beaten up 40, 50, 60% on some of those stories stocks, but I think you probably want to wait a little bit more for those massive concentrated mega cap names because they really haven't shown any fear yet. And we have lived through other bouts of uncertainties, certainly around delta, for instance, but at the same time, the markets have come so far since then. And so the context of this uncertainty plus Jerome Powell in terms of the uncertainty he lays out with interest rate hikes, Karen, it is a little bit different..
AP News Radio
1st US case of COVID omicron variant confirmed in California
"A a person person in in California California is is the the first first in in the the U. U. S. S. with with an an identified identified case case of of the the Omicron Omicron variant variant with with confirmed confirmed cases cases in in about about two two dozen dozen countries countries Dr Dr Anthony Anthony Fauci Fauci had had said said it it was was just just a a matter matter of of time time before before one one was was found found here here man man now now it it has has been been the the individual individual was was a a traveler traveler who who returned returned from from South South Africa Africa on on November November the the twenty twenty second second and and tested tested positive positive on on November November the the twenty twenty ninth ninth algae algae says says the the person person was was fully fully vaccinated vaccinated and and has has a a mild mild symptoms symptoms which which are are getting getting better better officials officials say say all all the the persons persons close close contacts contacts have have tested tested negative negative the the by by the the administration's administration's restricted restricted travel travel from from southern southern Africa Africa and and is is moving moving to to tighten tighten testing testing rules rules for for overseas overseas travellers travellers Sager Sager mag mag ani ani Washington Washington
WTOP
"southern africa" Discussed on WTOP
"Storm team four is Lauren ricketts with our forecast Low to mid 50s for daytime highs today is clouds continue to increase throughout the remainder of the day We'll have some rain showers after about 8 p.m. tonight just a few passing light showers Not everybody gonna see them And we're dry by the time we head into daybreak tomorrow tomorrow warming into the low to mid 60s Now it'll be a little on the windy side tomorrow out of the south Not a bumper temperature again into the low to mid 60s Still breezy Friday and Saturday partly sunny Friday and Saturday with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s Storm team four meteorologist Lauren ricketts Right now in Washington partly cloudy skies 56° outside of our studios brought to you by mattress warehouse by with confidence with a one year price guarantee only at mattress warehouse sleep happens dot com One 41 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention backing up President Biden's travel ban that affects 8 South African countries or omicron was first detected Well now the agency wants airlines to share information on travelers who were in Southern Africa recently It's part of an effort to contain the new coronavirus variant The request to airline seeks the names and addresses of individuals who are in the 8 southern African countries in the 14 days prior to their arrival in the U.S. The Biden administration has brushed aside questions about why restrictions aren't being put in place more broadly given that omicron has now been detected on several continents but the CDC is looking at tightening testing requirements for passengers heading to the U.S. so that they're tested a day before travel instead of up to three days At CBS White House correspondent Stephen portnoy While we've all been focused on the pandemic aids is still impacting millions of people around the world And on this world aids day today President Biden plans to share his new initiative to end the HIV aids epidemic in the next decade The new strategy makes good on one of his campaign promises by providing a road map for the government to reduce HIV infections and improve aid treatment CBS Z and Lee says the virus and the disease it causes are still affecting Americans More than a million people in the U.S. are living with HIV and until recently they're only treatment option has been a daily cocktail of drugs But at Queen Mary university in London professor Chloe orkin and her team have developed a way to replace some of those pills with an injection 6 times a year Taking this to the next level and reducing the treatment days from 365 to 6 treatment days a year is a real paradigm shift in a new breakthrough The UK's national institute for health found her shot was just as effective as taking all those pills Meantime Pope Francis is calling for a renewed commitment to guarantee equitable treatment in parts of the world that still lack essential care What a way to make Dolly Parton certainly has been working and because of her works such as supporting COVID-19 research and giving away millions of books she's one of.
AP News Radio
Nigeria detects first case of omicron variant from October
"Nigeria Nigeria says says its its first first case case of of the the Omicron Omicron variant variant was was identified identified weeks weeks ago ago the the country's country's national national public public health health institute institute says says it it had had detected detected a a first first case case all all the the variant variant in in the the song song pull pull it it collected collected in in October October weeks weeks before before South South Africa Africa alerted alerted the the world world about about the the variant variant last last week week Nigeria's Nigeria's the the first first west west African African country country that's that's according according to to the the new new variant variant since since scientists scientists in in southern southern Africa Africa detected detected and and reported reported it it I'm I'm now now can can be be added added to to a a list list of of nearly nearly twenty twenty countries countries with with a a variant variant has has been been found found much much remains remains unknown unknown about about the the new new coronavirus coronavirus including including whether whether it's it's more more contagious contagious and and if if it it is is less less effective effective against against vaccines vaccines I'm I'm Charles Charles de de Ledesma Ledesma
AP News Radio
Omicron was in Netherlands days earlier than first thought
"That's that's helpful helpful for for to to say say the the over over corn corn variant variant was was already already in in the the Netherlands Netherlands when when South South Africa Africa alerted alerted the the World World Health Health Organization Organization about about it it last last week week the the news news adds adds the the fear fear and and confusion confusion over over the the new new version version of of the the corona corona virus virus in in a a weary weary world world hoping hoping it it left left the the worst worst of of the the pandemic pandemic behind behind the the Netherlands Netherlands is is all all IBM IBM health health institute institute has has found found only only calm calm in in some some polls polls dating dating from from November November the the nineteenth nineteenth to to the the twenty twenty third third the the WHO's WHO's says says South South Africa Africa first first reported reported the the variant variant on on November November twenty twenty fourth fourth it it remains remains unclear unclear whether whether that that will will win win the the variant variant first first emerged emerged but but that that hasn't hasn't stopped stopped wary wary nations nations from from rushing rushing to to impose impose travel travel restrictions restrictions especially especially on on visitors visitors coming coming from from southern southern Africa Africa I'm I'm Charles Charles de de Ledesma Ledesma
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"The 34 we didn't go to have those And on the sandals the bush That's a very important thing because now the third dose rates very high antibody responses That gives me confidence that even for a moment should be effective but in case it doesn't yes we are going to have an on premise So give me a sense I know this isn't written in stone but if the current vaccine is 90 to 95% effective against the COVID virus that we all became familiar with At what point as the effect effectiveness declines of the vaccine against the new variant do you conclude you need to do a new version I mean is it 75% Is it 70 Is it 50% at what point do you say you know what We need a new version I think that's something that the likely will have to assess in conjunction with other information and other data holistically But I believe that just going below 70 I think for us would be a trigger to start thinking that maybe we can switch the vaccine We heard earlier this hour for President Biden saying he's already talking with you about what would happen if we got to that stage He said I don't think we're there yet but he's already talking with you about the possibility of expediting production Assume that happened how quickly could you ramp up production of a new version of vaccine It just sort of that I spoke with the president and he was very kind to mention it We can right now have within hundred days 95 to be accurate our ability to submit a dossier and ask for approval from regulators It's up to them How long will take to give us an approval but they have already indicated that they are expecting to have a streamline process for something like that They consider the same vaccine Manufacturing this is the good news We have right now risk 11 but we are manufacturing this quarter we make 1 billion doses This quarter $1 billion So we are easily on a yearly production of $4 billion I don't think that we were losing material volume if we have to switch to a new vaccine I think we could basically overnight start switching our manufacturing lines from one to another They would be a little bit of transition and it's a few weeks and they also monitor some of the inventories But likely we will be able to have very fast very strong production vaccine if needed I think what this needed to acknowledge people to get to become with a third booster and of course the other thing that we discussed was the treatment and we already announced that today that or I made it clear on TV today that I'm telling you that we are going to make 80 million doses trade Many feel confident that we can reach that capacity for next for 2022 Compared to 50 but I had announced a few weeks back So significant improvement on manufacturing jobs So I want to come back to the vaccine but let's stay on that subject of the antiviral treatment the pills that you have here Are you confident that those will work against this new variant Do you need to do further research to make sure that's right We will do further research to ensure that this is right But I'm very very comfortable But this will work Let's talk for a moment about South Africa and Southern Africa for that matter I actually looked it up today and I think that the vaccination rate for South Africa is something like 43% Something around that level not a very high level What is the problem with getting vaccinations in South Africa You know in the beginning I mean.
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"Has the molecular characteristics that would strongly suggest that it would be more transmissible It has a bunch of mutations that disturbingly large number of mutations in the spike protein which is the business end of the virus which really binds particularly in one particular component of that spike that binds to the receptors in your body and your nose and your nasopharynx and in your lung The mutations with strongly suggest that it would be more transmissible and that it might evade some of the protection of monoclonal antibodies and convalescent plasma and perhaps even antibodies they're induced by vaccine Fantastic Hey there's a business end of a virus who knew I wouldn't have said that Yeah Wow You know you're without lube Yeah sideways Yeah in front of the spike With a spike protein ouch Yeah Stephanie What Oh please Doctor Fauci tell us more about the terrifying new variant If you look at the pattern of what's going on right now in Southern Africa particularly in South Africa when you have a spike of infections they are very heavily weighted towards this new variant the Omni Kron And therefore you have to presume that it has a good degree of transmissibility advantage which is very likely what is going on right now in Southern Africa and would likely be going on in other countries as it spreads God I'm sorry Rumbly tumblr Okay oh gosh Surprisingly it was drawn to the same Wall Street Journal headline that I was Joe Biden has done no better than Donald Trump in defeating COVID despite the benefit of vaccines better therapies and more clinical experience Shorter.
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"Avoiding a government shutdown I'm Mitchell Miller today on the hill At 7 31 Beginning today visitors from 7 African countries including South Africa are now prohibited from entering the U.S. The new travel restrictions have been triggered by the newly discovered amiran variants of COVID-19 first detected in Southern Africa last week The restriction only affects non U.S. citizens concerns about the new variants has other countries imposing even tighter restrictions on foreign travelers This morning Japan announced that its refusing entry to all foreign visitors even though the new strain has yet to appear in testing there Israel which just reopened to vaccinated tourists a month ago is now also denying entry to all foreign travelers again The World Health Organization is among those recommending against these new travel restrictions The WHO says the new variant poses a very high global risk but it does caution it's going to take time to fully understand how transmissible it is and how well vaccines protect against it We spoke to an van Gogh of South Africa's national institute for communicable diseases Is on the ground the price the world pays for not having global vaccine access I think yes it should remind us that it may have played a role And that we should be making vaccines accessible to all populations throughout the world Less than 7% of the African continent has been vaccinated and many health workers have not received a single jab Deborah patter CBS News.
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"In Laurel brought to you by long fence 20% off savings on fences decks and pavers go to long fence dot com and schedule your free estimate today It's ten ten cases of the newly identified acron variant of the coronavirus have appeared in countries on opposite sides of the world today and many governments rushed to close their borders The Netherlands is reporting 13 acron cases today and both Canada and Australia each found two But is this variant any more concerning than previous ones such as the delta variant I asked doctor Gregory shrank infectious disease expert and professor at the university of Maryland school of medicine I think one thing that certain is that there is clearly a lot that remains uncertain about the amaran variant I think the reason why there's so much attention being drawn to this particular variant is the number of mutations that are being observed and described in areas of the virus that previously have been associated with evasion of immunity whether to vaccine or prior infection as well as mutations that can contribute to increased transmissibility But as you said this was just identified days ago And so we really do not yet fully understand the implications of this virus variant And then whether it will mean for the effectiveness of our vaccines what types of illness they cause whether in the unvaccinated vaccinated and so on And I'm hearing this may be a crucial week just this week ahead of us in terms of figuring out that impact That's exactly right And I think that's one of the reasons why we really need to applaud the scientific communities of South Africa and Botswana for drawing attention to this variant and sharing data value very quickly with the scientific community around the world as our vaccine manufacturers and researchers will have opportunity this week to begin testing the effectiveness of our vaccine induced antibodies on the variance itself That's probably the information we'll learn first followed by more data about what types of illness it causes the symptoms which may or may not differ and how transmissible the virus is Well the variant has not yet been detected here in the U.S. but do you think it's too late to stop it Do you think it's already here Well yes that's a great question And I think what's clear is that our surveillance the way in which we detect these variants isn't equally built up and established across the world And again going back to really the research teams of Southern Africa and detecting this it has likely been in other countries over the past few days and maybe even weeks But it was not yet detected I think there have been cases described in Europe and elsewhere where there was not a direct travel link to Southern Africa suggesting community transmission in those locations And I would not be surprised to be honest if there were cases here already in the United States that we are not yet aware of the reason why these travel bans or travel restrictions are more punitive in this case rather than particularly helpful as likely this variant now that we've argued detective it has likely spread to other countries around the globe That is infectious disease expert doctor Gregory shrank who joined me a little bit earlier It's ten 14 Ciao I'm Janet Reno the music director of the national symphony orchestra We are creating something very special at our miss concert and I love for you.
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"Feel a product be it in person Cullen says an estimated 158 million people plan to shop either in store or online over the Thanksgiving weekend I'm Mike Hempen The World Health Organization's hosting a special meeting on a worrying new COVID-19 variant Advisers are holding the session to fresh out information about the variant that's emerged in South Africa though its impact on COVID-19 vaccines may not be known for weeks the technical advisory group on the evolution of COVID-19 is meeting virtually to discuss the so called B one one 5 two 9 variant This caused stock markets to swoon and led the EU to recommend a pause in flights to Southern Africa The group could decide if it's a variant of concern the most worrying type like the well-known delta variant or a variant of interest and whether to use a Greek letter to classify it I'm Charles De Ledesma The European Union says it's planning to stop air travel from Southern Africa to counter the spread of a new COVID-19 variant as the 27 nation bloc is battling a massive spike in cases EU commission president Ursula van der leyen is proposing in coordination with the member states to activate the emergency brake to stop air travel from the southern African region while Germany's health minister says the last thing we need is to bring in a new variant that will cause even more problems with the nation facing a massive spike in delta variant cases already Germany says vandalize proposal could be enacted as soon as Friday night I'm Charles De Ledesma AP news for this Friday November 26th I'm Jackie Quinn a new variant of COVID-19 is spreading alarm around the world and prompting travel restrictions The U.S. Monday will impose a travel ban from South Africa and 7 other African nations with exceptions for U.S. residents trying to get back home more from our Ben Thomas The World Health Organization has named the new variant Alma cron declaring it a highly transmissible virus of concern Meant European Commission president Ursula von der leyen was proposing activate the emergency brake on travel from countries in Southern Africa and other countries affected Meanwhile financial markets fell sharply around the world the Dow lost more than 905 points or 2.5% while the price of oil fell about 13% I'm Ben Thomas Cases have spread from Southern Africa into Belgium Israel and Hong Kong through people traveling Health officials caution more research is needed into this variant and whether current vaccines will be effective Authorities arrested a man in nourish town Pennsylvania for fatally shooting a man who was inside his home eating his Thanksgiving dinner The suspect had been arguing with people out on the street a stray bullet went inside the victim's home There was a shooting at a North Carolina shopping mall three people were injured and Durham police say they have a suspect in custody with more expected shoppers were out in force on Black Friday although fewer in years past when it was a giant event to scoop up bargains In California Christian McDonald was disappointed he couldn't find the game console he had been looking for But they didn't So I'm just going to go home I guess Music theater legend Stephen Sondheim has died He was 91 years old This is a P news This is disturbing to hear as holiday shipping begins hundreds of FedEx packages had been found in the Woods of Alabama An estimated 300 to 400 FedEx packages were found dumped in a ravine near the small town of Hayden Alabama on Wednesday The blunt county sheriff's office said deputies were sent to guard the scene until FedEx workers could arrive to pick up the packages Sheriff Mark moon said FedEx was sending multiple trucks and drivers from across the south in a statement FedEx said it is reviewing the situation and will take appropriate action I'm Mike Gracia Ukraine's president Vladimir zelensky says that his country's intelligence service has uncovered plans for a Russian backed coup to occur next week allegedly involving one of Ukraine's richest oligarchs President Biden has expressed concern about this potential threat and renewed U.S. support for Ukraine's sovereignty and self government I'm Jackie Quinn a P news Introducing venture X Capital One's new travel card for people always asking where next You are in ten X miles on hotels and rental cars and 5 X miles on flights book through Capital One travel and two X miles on everything else you buy with venture X plus receive premium travel benefits like access to over 1300 airport lounges The venture X card from Capital One What's in your wallet Terms apply see Capital One dot com for details AP sports I'm Dave ferry and Michigan has ended an 8 game losing streak in its series with Ohio State Hassan Haskins ran for 169 yards and tie to school record with 5 rushing touchdowns as the CFP number 5 wolverines whipped the number two buckeyes 42 27 CFP number one Georgia completed a perfect regular season It stetson Bennett through for 255 yards and four touchdowns all in a 45 nothing laugher against Georgia Tech John mechi caught a scoring pass from Bryce young in the fourth overtime to give CFP number three Alabama a 24 22 comeback victory over rival auburn Notre-Dame semifinal hopes remain very much alive after Jack Cohen through for two touchdowns and ran for another score to help the CFP number 5 fighting Irish hammer Stanford 45 14 NBA in a sweet 16 straight wins for the suns as they beat the nets one 13 one O 7 College basketball UCLA could be number one tomorrow after Jules Bernard scored 18 points to highlight the second rank bruins 73 51 route of UNLV I'm David ferry AP sports Bob Dylan's artwork goes on display on Tuesday in Miami at the Patricia and Philip frost art museum as art Basel Miami kicks off You know his music but do you know his artwork It's the most comprehensive exhibition of Bob Dylan's visual art to be held in the U.S. as frost art museum director jordana pomeroy Terrific that he's 80 years old and ready to be recognized in this new way and to this new lens The exhibition includes more than a 180 acrylics watercolors drawings and ironwork sculptures The show runs through April 17th I'm Julie Walker More than $1.4 million has been raised as of Saturday afternoon for our man who spent 43 years behind bars before a judge overturned his conviction in a triple killing The Midwest innocence project set up the GoFundMe as they fought for Kevin Strickland's release noting he wouldn't receive compensation from Missouri the state only allows payments to people who were exonerated through DNA evidence so the 62 year old doesn't qualify a judge ordered Strickland's release Tuesday and kmbc TV was there I didn't think that they'd want to come Strickland always maintained he was home watching TV and had nothing to do with the murders which happened when he was 18 The prosecutor who asked for his release said evidence used to convict had since been recanted or disproven I'm Julie Walker Casper's Black 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UK plans new measures to combat omicron coronavirus variant
"The U. K. has tightened up credit restrictions off to finding two cases of the new Omicron variants of the virus British prime minister Boris Johnson explained the fears of top scientists and the government is does appear on the chrome spreads very rapidly and can be spread between people who a double vaccinated as a result Johnson's government has imposed new measures to slow down the spread of the new variants will require anyone who enters the U. K. to take a PCR test by the end of the second day after that arrival and to self isolate until they have a negative result in addition mosque wearing the shops and on public transport will once again become mandatory Johnson also promised top scientists to exonerate the vaccine program both of the U. K. cases were in England other links they also both involve travel from southern Africa Karen Thomas London
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Britain tightens COVID rules as world on alert over omicron
"Covert nineteen cases from the new variant are emerging outside of southern Africa where it was first identified this very it is spreading around the world with two cases so far identified here in the U. K. British prime minister Boris Johnson announced new measures aimed at containing the spread of the Omicron variant many countries are imposing new restrictions on travel from southern Africa including the U. S. we were so slow to act on delta and the whole world it's such a high price for it Danny Altman is a professor of immunology at imperial college London let's try and be forewarned can do it properly this time so I think I could probably is warranted the good thing is that we have monitoring systems around the world to detect these variants very quickly the world health organization's Maria banker cove already scientists are sharing research with us information with us so that we can take action open questions include the effectiveness of current vaccines against Omicron and whether it causes more severe disease there's been no indication of that so far I'm Ben Thomas
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High alert: World scurries to contain new COVID variant
"The world is scurrying to contain the new coded variances new restrictions were being slapped on travel from countries in southern Africa the new variant now officially names Omicron has the potential to be more resistant to the protection offered by fax scenes however despite the shutdown of flights it has become evident that the variant is already spreading cases have been reported in trouble is in Belgium Israel and Hong Kong Omicron is the variance of concern because of its high number of mutations there's also evidence that it carries a higher degree of infection than the other variance that means people he contracted Kevin nineteen and recovered could be subject to catching it again it could take weeks to note current vaccines are less effective against it I'm Karen Thomas
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"And around the world about yet another version of the COVID coronavirus an action has been quick Starting Monday the Biden administration will restrict travel from South Africa and 7 other countries in the region after a new COVID variant was identified in South Africa a senior administration official told CBS News that the new travel policy is out of an abundance of caution and does not apply to American citizens and lawful permanent residents President Biden and Nantucket on Friday told reporters that the U.S. doesn't know a lot about the new variant except it is a great concern and seems to spread rapidly The decision to restrict travel from these African countries was recommended by doctor Anthony Fauci and the CDC How does CBS's Bo erics and other countries have announced travel restrictions too on financial markets did not react well Wall Street took a major nosedive in a shortened day of post holiday trading oil analyst Phil Flint The market is acting like we're already shutting down economies where we haven't done that yet So there's a little bit of an overreaction I think we're a little bit ahead of ourselves as far as the reality and where the market is right now Which is more than 2% lower in market value than just a couple of days ago All that notwithstanding one time shopping madhouse Black Friday has come and gone a bit down from the pre-pandemic and pre online era and other well named shopping days are coming including some of the cyber varieties scams and all With the Secret Service cyber fraud task force says those criminals fake sites typically launched from overseas are becoming increasingly sophisticated They learn as they go just like you and I it's their job It's like a virus It just spreads It doesn't stop until the consumers stop falling for the trick Anna Warner CVS news New York There has also been some violence at shopping malls this Black Friday at least one person was shocked tonight near a food court at a mall in Tacoma Washington a lockdown followed along with a big police presence And three people were shot and wounded at a crowded mall in Durham North Carolina Police chief Patrice Andrews This is not a situation where someone came into the mall and indiscriminately just began firing The entertainment world and especially the world of Broadway mourns one of its longtime legends Well you'll be great Songwriter Steven Sondheim was more than swell and great He's credited with reshaping the musical theater He has died He was 91 years old This is CBS News Never miss a moment top news from W TOP 24 7 360 five.
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World races to contain new COVID threat, the omicron variant
"On Monday U. S. travel restrictions will take effect for some African nations in an effort to contain the new variant of the corona virus the U. S. is joining the European Union Canada and Russia in restricting travel to and from about a half dozen nations in southern Africa and South Africa where this new variant micron was first detected cautious make sure there's no travel president Biden made the announcement to reporters during his thanksgiving break as he walked around and talked at Massachusetts what about the very seven great concern spread rapidly says the travel ban does include exemptions for returning U. S. citizens permanent residents and spouses as long as they test negative hi Jackie Quinn
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World takes action as new variant emerges in southern Africa
"Bilson has become the first European Union country to announce a case of the corona virus variant detected in South Africa well the seller since the age of all of us health minister Frank Vandenbroucke tells the media it's someone who came from abroad a person tested on November twenty two he was not vaccinated and had no prior infection Belgium has recently taken new measures in an attempt to keep a delta driven covert nineteen spike from spiraling out of control hoping that action now will save call Christmas next month south African scientists have identified a new version of the corona virus this week that they say is behind a recent spike in that cope with nineteen infections I'm Charles the last month
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"Now with the latest news from New York City and around the world here's Michael Barr Lisa Caylee Anna the European Union is set to propose holding air travel from South Africa over concerning new variants as you mentioned EU commission president Ursula von der leyen says in a statement the EU will propose in close coordination with member states to activate the emergency brake stop air travel from the southern African region due to the variant The UK has already banned all flights from South Africa citing concerns about that new variant saying it may be more transmissible than the dominant delta strain UK health secretary said Java Those countries are South Africa and Namibia Eswatini and Zimbabwe and Botswana UK health secretary javits comments come as the World Health Organization's technical working group is meeting today to assess the new variant may decide whether or not to give it a name A bipartisan group of 5 U.S. lawmakers met with Taiwan president Tsai ing Wen during a surprise one day visit intended to reaffirm the United States support for the self governing island The visit comes as tensions between Taiwan and China have risen to their highest level in decades Democratic representative Mark takano of California was among the visiting lawmakers We are here in Taiwan this week to remind our partners and allies that after two years trying after two trying years that we've endured our commitments and our shared responsibility for a free and secure indo Pacific region remain stronger than ever Another democratic lawmakers along with takano included Alyssa slotkin Colin alrik and Sarah Jacobs Republican representative Nancy mace was also part of the visiting delegation The largest shopping day of the year is officially underway this morning Thousands of people are flocking to stores nationwide in order to try to score some of those sweet Black Friday deals however this year many large retailers like target and Best Buy did nobody at midnight is dead They stay closed until the morning Live from the Bloomberg interactive broker studios This is global news 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quick.
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WHO hosts special meeting on worrying new COVID-19 variant
"The world health organization is hosting a special meeting on a worrying new covert nineteen variant advises a holding the session to flush out information about the very at the solutions South Africa though its impact on Clevedon team vaccines may not be known for weeks the technical advisory group on the evolution of privet nineteen is meeting virtually discusses circle B. one one five two nine variant this caused the stock market swoon and lead the you to recommend the polls and flights to southern Africa the group could decide if it's a variant of concern the most worrying type like the well known delta variant all of their end of interest on whether to use a Greek letter to classify it I'm Charles the last month
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EU wants to stop flights from southern Africa over variant
"The European Union says it's planning to stop air travel from southern Africa to counter the spread of a new code of it nineteen variant as the twenty seven nation bloc is battling a massive spike in cases E. U. commission president see the land the land is proposing in coordination with the member states to activated the emergency brake to stop air travel from the southern African region while Germany's health minister says the last thing we need is to bring in a new variant that will cause even more problems with the nation facing a massive spike in delta variant cases already Germany says Sunderland's proposal could be enacted as soon as Friday night I'm Charles de Ledesma
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"Surprise this Friday with a new COVID variant emerging first detected in Southern Africa but it means the UK is stopping flights from 6 African countries from 12 noon Today London time also the tube strike will be discussing a special report that Leanne guerin springs us on a union dispute over the TfL transport network Let's also go to the markets though instant response really to this worry around this COVID variant stocks and treasury yields oil markets or moving significantly The MSCI Asia Pacific cells of 1.7% The decade two 5 drops two and a half percent You have declines also in China Sorry 300 down 6 tenths of 1% This is really an all market impact It would seem a futures the U.S. is back from the holiday S&P 500 Emily features are down 1.2% European stock features down 2.1% You have oil down three and a half percent the warrior round The reopening of travel how much it will be hampered by this new variant about which we know very little Brent crude also down 2.8% Gold jumps 6 tenths of 1% higher you have the classics in the currency markets of the dollar is stronger tenth of 1% The Japanese yen boosted 8 tenths of 1% and you see the South African Rand really where it all started down by 1.4% right now in terms of the spot price trading at 1619 So that's a look at the markets Let's get you the details about this story A new COVID variant is spooking markets The UK will temporarily ban flights from South Africa and 5 neighboring countries over worries about a new dramatically different strain of the coronavirus identified in the country The variant is the most heavily mutated version that's been discovered so far scientists are still trying to determine whether it's more transmissible or more lethal than previous versions here is the UK's health secretary Sajid javid The early indications we have of this variant is that it may be more transmissible than the delta variant And the vaccines that we currently have may be less effective against it Stark's treasure yields an oil sank as the strain sent a wave of caution around global markets Meanwhile the UK's success at avoiding the latest virus emergency that is ripping across the European continent has come at a price more British people have died of COVID-19 per capita than in most other Western European countries that is despite earlier access to vaccines than in the European Union total virus cases in Britain reached 10 million people yesterday And the other major news this morning China is said to have asked DD global to delist from U.S. bosses over security fears our sources say that tech regulators want the ride hailers management to take the company off the New York Stock Exchange because of worries about leaking sensitive data We're told that deity has been ordered to work out precise details for the D listing with privatization or a Hong Kong share float both under consideration Those were few of our top stories this morning Let's also talk about UK politics after at least 27 people drowned crossing the English Channel this week the Home Secretary pretty Patel said there is no quick fix to preventing the crossings but she said that the government's new borders bill will address the underlying factors that cause people to make the dangerous journey to the UK in small boats and rafts Now bribery Wesley yesterday I spoke to Tobias elwood to his MP for Bournemouth ease obviously on the coast and he's also a former minister of defense I asked him what he made of the comments from France about how the UK is handling this migrant crisis badly and how we need to reform the UK's labor market in order to help I think we're looking too much at the details People are attracted to come to Britain and indeed to the continent A multitude of reasons they simply want to get the point is we have scarred parts of the world Yemen Afghanistan Iraq Syria Libya places like that You can now add Ethiopia to this as well where families have decided to turn that back on their own country because the insecurity and make their way to Europe So we can argue about the numbers either side of the channel The problem is far far bigger We need to look at the source of the issues Yes let's tackle the actual gangs that are exploiting The people wanted to get away But as climate change impacts as well on countries that were crop failures is going to lead to more migration huge migration This is a far bigger challenge and we look at me to look at it strategically but some of the places around the world which we have abandoned and the consequence of that is that large numbers are seeking trying to seek a better life elsewhere Yes But Tobias in that case you're sort of advocating advocating for a much bigger policing role by the UK and by perhaps others in Europe and that's incredibly difficult It's also massively long term solution that involves a lot of money and diplomatic effort and so on How do you deal with the issue at hand which is these small vasts coming across and why is the government not focused on legitimate ways opening up channels so that these desperate people can come over not on a dinghy Well you raise important questions which the Home Secretary will be seeking to answer this afternoon There's 250 kilometers of border It is difficult to put it all in that entirety of the space Itself But ultimately we do need Britain from France to work more collaborative in that sense We've got the coast guards which are unable to cope with this matter They simply don't have the votes that they require So on a practical term you're absolutely right There needs to be operationally a far better solution than we're currently got But I underline the point that this is absolutely nothing compared with where migration and the challenges across general issues will go in the next decade as well We need to look at the source of the problem if we're going to stop this eventually The relationship between the UK and France has been incredibly difficult post Brexit is a hard point now to try to.
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A New Dawn for Zambia?
"Became independent in nineteen sixty four though the reputation it has since established as a to or relative order in southern africa is merited. The journey has not been an altogether smooth. One will joining me now from. Lusaka is visit j perry professor of history. At the university of zambia professor. Let's go back to the point at which zombie starts to emerge from british rule and become a country in. Its own right before that. What kind of rule were the british running over. What was then known as northern rhodesia when the country was known as northern rhodesia as the country was colonized about eighteen. Ninety at that time there were two northern rhodesian those north eastern rhodesia another some rhodesia which were amalgamated in nineteen eleven as northern rhodesia and then a part of that period was under the british south africa company then in nineteen twenty four. The british colonial of his took over on the begun manage the country as a war as northern rhodesia. Under the corneal. Office bez in london and that went on until nineteen sixty three wendo elections at time the that had been formed among which was the african national congress on the united national independence. Party unit on the ufp. It was for white people in the election that took president in sixty three none of the three parties only election but the african national congress under him on under unique under kennedy. The gold from the collision and president kaunda became the prime minister until the next elections in nineteen sixty four. When you nip won the elections on unique perform the fisted government out independence on four th october nineteen sixty four
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What good soft skills look like with Kristen Palana
"Is joining us. Thanks for having us. I think for having us for some added context leon is also my wife and has been with our company almost since the beginning circus and you have a long impressive resume of all the things you do. Tell us a little bit about your background. Sure i'm actually coming to you from malawi in southern africa where have been living since twenty. Nineteen i'm actually Doing are in communication for two. Un organizations unfpa in unison have background is a university professor. And i'm scared to say that. It's been since two thousand but i was in my twenties when it started so i'm not that old i've been working with people on four continents students and other artists and workers. And what have you and soft skills. Actually a huge difference between someone doing really well and sort of fizzling out enough they're quote unquote really talented. Some looking forward to talking about it more. We actually found you through a highly rated you to meet horse titled soft skills clear success how to be excellent at work. How did you start teaching these skills. It's funny because your professors when you're in university probably one of their least favourite things they have to do. but we'll do is be an academic advisor. They tell you what classes you're supposed to take and if you get a good one the lawsuit can help you get into the career that you want and give you advice and i actually. Even though i wasn't looking forward to doing these meetings all day long. I found that i was actually quite good at it. And so alongside teaching our digital media illustration and animation. I found that my students were coming to me quite a lot for advising and i was teaching in new york city in new jersey and then for ten years in rome italy and then three years ago we moved to men mar and they're actually wasn't my field in the universities there so i started teaching for organizations and ad agencies. They're junior staff helping them. Be more confident at work. Be more able to ask questions able to give presentations basically not be so timid. So that's sort of how. I started with the soft skills class i. It was an online resource to a live training. I did in men mar and then once that was over i put it online and opened it up to a more international audience and now i'm helping also students here in malawi with that as well
All Things Considered
South Africa suspends rollout of Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine
"Whether it needs to change its guidance around the Oxford AstraZeneca vaccine. This comes after South Africa decided to delay a vaccination campaign that was supposed to start next week. South Africa made that decision after a small study called into question whether the AstraZeneca vaccine works against a variant that is now the dominant strain there. So is this a setback for AstraZeneca? Is it a detour? Is it nothing at all? NPR's Jason Beaubien is here with hopefully some inside on all down. Hey, Jason. Hey, Mary Louise, So I think I have to start by asking the big question. Are these new variants mutating so fast that there rendering the vaccine useless before we can even get it out and everybody's arms. You know, that's what everybody's really worried about. I can tell you definitively that it's way too early to say that right now that this AstraZeneca vaccine isn't useless against the variant that's spreading in Southern Africa. But we are seeing some worrying signs. This was a fairly small study. It was predominantly of young, healthy South Africans, and it found that a reasonable number of people who got vaccinated still ended up getting mild cases of disease like nobody got sick, really, really sick. Nobody died in the study was even designed to test for that. But this was combined with some lab studies in Southern Africa that showed some other worrying signs and there's concern that you know, South Africa. Was supposed to be starting This mass vaccination campaign next week on bones would be the first mass vaccination campaign in all of southern substation in Africa on bit was going to be with the AstraZeneca shot in Salima dill cream. He's AnAnd visor to the South African government. He told the W. H o today that South African decided to put that campaign on hold. We don't want to end up with a situation where we vaccinated million people of two million people with a vaccine that may not be effective in preventing hospitalization and severe disease. So instead, they're going to switch to doing the mass vaccination campaign with Johnson and Johnson's vaccine into a much smaller distribution of the AstraZeneca vaccine that closely monitor that, And if there are higher rates of hospitalizations or cases among the South Africans getting AstraZeneca, then we'll deal with that, at that point Okay, so some important really important qualifiers you've given us this was a very small right study and AstraZeneca, which is not one of the vaccines being given out right now, in the U. S. Correct, So the guidance stands if you can get the vaccine when it's your turn. Get the vaccine. Absolutely in United States. This vaccine has not been been authorized yet. United States although the U. S has purchased some for down the road, okay, but But there are global implications to this. How big a deal is this development outside of South Africa. You know, there's sort of two parts to that one is that this very isn't as much of a problem outside of Southern Africa. You know, at least not yet It might become a some point time. But the expectation is the AstraZeneca vaccine will continue to be effective in other parts of the world. The second part is that this vaccine is an incredibly important part of the global efforts to get people vaccinated. Particularly in low and middle income countries, And if there are cracks with this vaccine and turns out, it doesn't respond to variants very well. Then that could really be problematic. Although why, because couldn't other countries switched to another vaccine, just like it sounds, South Africa is going to try to switch to Johnson and Johnson. That the problem is that right now, there just isn't enough vaccine out there or even in the pipeline, and AstraZeneca is a huge portion of both the current supply and the expected supply that's supposed to be coming in the coming months. On dis is also going to be. People are hoping sort of this vaccine workhorse. It would work well in low and middle income countries. It's cheap. You don't need some special super cold fridge to store it. You know, and it's currently being made in Europe and in India and South Korea. They're manufacturing in Argentina and Brazil in the WH Ose program to distribute vaccine equitably among 190 countries at the moment. It's plan was to depend almost entirely on the AstraZeneca vaccine. That is NPR's Jason Beaubien reporting. Thank you, Jason, You're welcome. Tomorrow as former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial gets underway. Senate Majority
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After drought andfailedharvests, people of Madagascarreduced to eating mud
"Years of drought. In with what little the people of madagascar have managed to grow destroyed by flash flooding more than one point three million in crisis in some are even eating ground up clay just to survive movement restrictions relating to covid nineteen has also made it impossible for the poorest of the poor to find work to tide them over the lean season the world food program or p has warned in an interview with you and uses daniel johnson. Wfp's regional director for southern africa. Lola cash through explains the un agency his helping by empowering communities to withstand future climate shocks. The situation basically has been over the last five years with recurring droughts and only one good harvest and we have heard about it. Before in september we immediately had to come in and attend areas that we have never supported as well for program before because the crisis will saw huge. That success more tally. This is what we're talking about. How many people are you helping. And how many people are in need at this moment in the ground south of madagascar grants would gas in december. We supported five. Hundred thousand people almost half a million. We need to scale up to at least nine hundred thousand adults. They one point three million that are in dire need at this moment. Who are the most in need. The most need basically the poorest of the poor those people that in fact they have sometimes they produce small harvests but having been able to produce due to the lack of water. An incredible sunday's storms. That have hit this year. The harvest has been buried under sand. Basically if you want a picture and those ones also who migrate to cities to look for labor due to covid nineteen having been able to find any labor anywhere even in the fields or even in the city's so basically the situation is much worse than what we have seen in decades. Would we are talking now in the past. We've reported on the situation amount and recently we were hearing that people were forced to scavenge for cactus leaves cactus pears and eating leaves with some salt and some sugar. I mean this is just nowhere to live. Why can we not get in there immediately and do more to behind as we have been doing more we. The government will bank agencies. We having working on resilience bidding activities in a number of districts in the suit and we have been doing quite a lot building on irrigation trying to stop the dunes from moving sand occupies the fields the arable lands working with the communities. What we call foot for us activities. Let's say a conditional transfers that people get food or cash but they do something to improve the livelihoods and that has worked in the communities and this is where we have done most of this work. It has been bedtime this year. Let me yes report. But we are not doing enough. We have to also do much more. We have to help the people to get much more resilient in these very difficult climate change times where we know will never rain enough in south of madagascar so with much more. It's great to hear about the resilience building and certainly there seems to be more awareness that southern africa madagascar is at more risk of climate shocks. So is that how the humanitarian approach is changing is to promote resilience by getting the communities. Involved is what we call. If you want the nexus between humanitarian recovery and development with really need to move from year to year support of variable able to move them into more resilient as is to be able to feed themselves to be able to have water. If i'm eligible and to find water to be able to move their foods and have markets where they can buy if they receive social safety nets and social protection castro transfer. So that's the area where we all have agreed. This house in madagascar strategy long-term term strategies but not a gasket isn't poll everywhere it produces vanilla and lots of people are seeing that hollywood movie about madagascar and the wonderful wildlife and the natural riches that the country has so. Why isn't it doing more to help itself. It might sound a bit ruthless. But why isn't more being done in country to empower people to help themselves two days a lot being dining country but is not enough. Say in fact. It's very poor country if you look at. The human development index is very poor in general is true that samaria survey productive days rise by neela species etc. But it's not everybody who can benefit. The population is densely populated. It has also berry berry big promise. China change like it ocean lot of land goes to the days deforestation because of days. Nothing for the populations to eat. So tell
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Conservationists: Bisons revive, freshwater dolphins dwindle
"The International Union for conservation of nature has released its latest red list of endangered species the list has expanded but the group's Craig Hilton Taylor says the population of European bison has improved because of rewilding a restoration of habitats eighteen hundred animals in two thousand three to over six thousand from accounts last year thirty one new species have been declared extinct about one hundred twenty nine thousand and all there are a number of reasons why increasing frequency and and intensifies in southern Africa Australia California warming of the oceans but there is one major cause for species nearing extinction human footprint is everywhere new to the endangered list are three central American frog species and fifteen fresh water fish species I'm at Donahue