| Greetings, QuickTake readers! In this edition: Covid-19 deaths rise in the U.S., Netanyahu nears a majority and why an extra month of summer is bad news for Australia. Centrists line up behind Biden Emboldened by his win in South Carolina's primary election over the weekend, Joe Biden on Monday picked up two new reasons to enter Super Tuesday super confident. Rival centrists Amy Klobuchar and Pete Buttigieg both ended their 2020 presidential bids and pledged their support to the former Vice President hours before Democrats in 14 states and one territory were set to go to the polls. Their support, which could block Bernie Sanders from a clear path to the nomination, narrowed the race to one among Biden, Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Michael Bloomberg on the biggest day of the 2020 election so far. $ignificant figures 6. The number of deaths from Covid-19 in the U.S. centered around a nursing home near Seattle, where there are a large number of suspected patients. At least 100 cases have been confirmed. 37. The number of parliamentary seats in Israel's won by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party in the country's third election in less than a year, putting him within range of forming Israel's next government. 40%. The Trump administration ordered four Chinese state-owned news outlets to cut their U.S. staff by that much, forcing roughly 60 employees to leave the country as more Covid-19 cases emerge stateside. Highly quotable "He is a real competitor." What Joe Biden called Pete Buttigieg after he quit the presidential race and spoke with Barack Obama and Biden, who added his exit "probably" smooths his own path to the nomination. "Uncharted territory." How World Health Organization officials described the current state of the coronavirus outbreak, as deaths globally passed 3,000 with more than 90,000 confirmed cases. "Everything ended up peacefully." What San Juan city Mayor Francis Zamora said after a disgruntled ex-security guard, who opened fire in a shopping mall, freed dozens of hostages ending a daylong standoff. This is not normal Extra dog days. Australian summers are now 31 days longer and winters 23 days shorter than in the 1950s, new research says, which means more extreme heat and less time for controlled burns to prevent bushfires. The future is now Roads of tomorrow. In the latest gain for driverless rideshares, Lyft tested 19 autonomous cars that drove 43,000 miles in 2019, contributing to a 40% increase in total autonomous miles driving last year, to 2.87 million. What's good Critical progress. Amid coronavirus preparations, Africa's fight against Ebola reached an encouraging "milestone," the WHO said, after a vaccine was fast-tracked to the DR of Congo, Burundi, Ghana and Zambia. Now that you're caught up... Tell your friends to sign up to receive our newsletter five days a week. Follow QuickTake on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. BTW: After an implosion gone awry, the "Leaning Tower of Dallas" has finally collapsed after two weeks of being whacked with a wrecking ball. Thanks for reading! -Andrew Mach |
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