Thursday, Aug. 6th, 2020
The Robert Koch Institute reports 1,045 new cases in Germany during the last 24 hours. It is the first time since May 7 that new COVID-19 cases in the country surpass 1,000. (The New Indian Express)
Poland reports record 726 new cases during the last 24 hours as the government will impose limits on restaurants, sporting events, public transport and weddings in 19 of its 380 counties as of Saturday, August 8. (Bloomberg)
Melbourne enters stage 4 lockdown, which is Australia’s toughest lockdown yet after spike of COVID-19 cases in Victoria, mainly in the city. (France 24)
Google shuts down 2,500 channels on its video sharing platform YouTube that were linked to Chinese disinformation. The channels generally posted “spammy, non-political content”, but a small subset touched on politics, the company said. (Reuters)
The Indonesian economy contracts 5.32% in second quarter of 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. It is the worst economic contraction in the country since the first quarter of 1999. (Kompas)
SpaceX Starship prototype SN5 successfully carries out a 150-meter (490 ft) flight test at the SpaceX South Texas Launch Site. (BBC)
The End
1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair.
1914 – World War I: Serbia declares war on Germany; Austria declares war on Russia.
1945 – World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb “Little Boy” is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.
1991 – Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.
Joe Rogan – April 26th, 2020
Joe Rogan – April 19th, 2020
Joe Rogan – April 12th, 2020
artificial stupid 