Indonesia’s Mount Sinabung 锡纳朋火山 spewed ash over 5,000 meters high in the air on Monday as it erupted for the second time in 3 days. No deaths or injuries have so far been reported from the eruption.
Mount Sinabung eruption
Fake video of Beirut explosion
Explosion at the port of Beirut that left over Over 220 killed, more than 7,000 injured
Authorities have traced to a 2,750-ton stash of explosive ammonium nitrate in a warehouse by the port (certainly not an Israeli missile, Lebanese and Israeli authorities as well as Hezbollah have stressed).
Though rumors and speculation of a potential foul play swirled on social media following the explosion, both the Israeli military and the Hezbollah militant group have denied any involvement, while Lebanese officials have also brushed aside suggestions of an Israeli rocket attack. Instead, the head of the country’s General Security Directorate, Abbas Ibrahim, said an “incident” at a chemical depot set off the blast, suggesting it was accidental.
Some 2,750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate – a chemical commonly used in fertilizers, but also in explosives – had been improperly stored at the port warehouse since 2014, President Michel Aoun said in a tweet, calling it “unacceptable” while vowing that those responsible would face the “most severe penalties.”
President Trump has claimed the blast that rocked Beirut was likely an “attack,” citing US military officials who “seem to believe” the explosion was not accidental.
As of April 2020, TikTok has been downloaded more than two billion times worldwide
The latest TikTok statistics show that as of April 2020, the popular video app has been downloaded more than two billion times worldwide on both the Apple App Store and Google Play (Sensor Tower, 2020). In other words, TikTok was able to double its number of downloads in just over a year—a clear sign of the app’s skyrocketing popularity.
Here’s a summary of the TikTok statistics you need to know in 2020:
- TikTok has 800 million active users worldwide.
- The TikTok app has been downloaded over 2 billion times on the App Store and Google Play.
- TikTok ranked as the top most downloaded app in Apple’s iOS App Store for Q1 2019, with more than 33 million downloads.
- 41 percent of TikTok users are aged between 16 and 24.
- TikTok has been downloaded 611 million times in India, which is around 30 percent of the app’s total global downloads.
- When it comes to the daily time spent on TikTok, users spend an average of 52 minutes per day on the app.
- TikTok is available in 155 countries, and in 75 languages.
- 90 percent of all TikTok users access the app on a daily basis.
- In less than 18 months, the number of US adult TikTok users grew 5.5 times.
- There was an average number of more than 1 million videos viewed every day in a year.
8-3-20 Bytedance said it is facing “complexity and unimaginable difficulties” in its process of becoming an international company, including international political tension, cultural clash and smearing from its competitor Facebook.
Bytedance is devoted to its internationalization and will use its legal rights to defend its legitimate interest, the company said.Quote Tweet
African group of 54 nations to investigate US
The U.N. Human Rights Council resumed this week with what it billed as an “urgent debate on racism, alleged police brutality and violence against protesters.” The African Group, a U.N. regional body composed of 54 African member states, requested the meeting, saying it would be “inconceivable” for the council not to address what it described as a worldwide problem.
African countries are reportedly also circulating a draft resolution that demands an investigation into U.S. police violence and racism. 6-17-20 https://thehill.com/policy/international/503202-george-floyds-brother-calls-on-united-nations-to-study-police-brutality
Product of nature?
https://www.google.com/maps/@-19.8474551,-44.0003882,14z location of the virus. Lake Pampulha in the Brazilian city of Belo Horizonte.
https://www.google.com/maps/place/LANAGRO+MG/@-19.6290077,-44.602268,9z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0xa661c8aedce1b5:0x404886cfc13a1f7d!8m2!3d-19.6290128!4d-44.0419653 location of Brazil’s level 4 lab. Laboratório Nacional Agropecuário de Minas Gerais, 25.3km away.