DBON - October 05, 2020

TOPICS & SOURCES

ON SUNDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP BRIEFTLY LEFT THE HOSPITAL TO PAY TRIUTE TO HIS SUPPORTERS GATHERED OUTSIDE, WAVING FROM A BLACK MOTORCADE CAR. (FOXNEWS.COM)

ON SUNDAY, HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS BLOCKED A LOS ANGELES, CA FREEWAY TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE CONFLICT BETWEEN AZERBAIJAN AND ARMENIA. LOS ANGELES HAS ONE OF THE LARGEST POPULATIONS OF ARMENIANS. (FOXNEWS.COM)

THE ANDREW W. MELLON FOUNDATION, THE LARGEST HUMANITIES PHILANTHROPY IN THE U.S., HAS PLEDGED $250 MILLION OVER 5 YEARS TO HELP REIMAGINE THE COUNTRY'S APPROACH TO MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS, IN AN EFFORT TO BETTER REFLECT THE NATION’S DIVERSITY. (NEW YORK TIMES)

THE NEW NORMALIZATION DEALS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES MEAN THAT MANY OF ISRAELS' ARAB CITIZENS HAVE THE FREEDOM TO NOW TRAVEL AND WORK IN DUBAI. (NEW YORK TIMES)

NIKOL PASHINYAN, ARMENIA'S PRIME MINISTER, WAS PROMISED A CALL WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TO DISCUSS THE RAGING CONFLICT WITH AZERBAIJAN, BUT THAT CALL WAS CANCELED WHEN TRUMP WAS DIAGNOSED WITH COVID UNEXPECTEDLY. (NEW YORK TIMES)

KENZO TAKADA, AN ICONIC FRENCH-JAPANESE FASHION DESIGNER, DIED AT AGE 81, IN A HOSPITAL NEAR PARIS. (BLOOMBERG.COM)

DATA CHARTS, SHOWING DAILY CASE COUNT CURVES FOR INDIVIDUAL STATES IN THE U.S., REVEAL THAT MANDATED LOCKDOWNS HAD LITTLE EFFECT ON THE SPREAD OF COVID-19. THE SAME DATA CURVES APPEAR IN STATES WITH LOCKDOWNS AND IN STATES WITHOUT. (NATIONALREVIEW.COM)

ON SATURDAY, RUSSIA ANNOUNCED AN INVESTIGATION INTO A POSSIBLE ECOLOGICAL CATASTROPHE IN THE EASTERN KAMCHATKA REGION ALONG ITS BEACHES – ANIMALS REPORTED DEAD AND SURFERS WITH CHEMICAL BURNS. (ABCNEWS)

A TEAM OF SCIENTISTS IN INDIA, WORKING FOR THE COMPANY “TATA”, HAVE DEVELOPED AN INEXPENSIVE PAPER-BASED CRISPR TEST FOR COVID-19, THAT DELIVERS FAST RESULTS. (BBC.COM)