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• Following 8 Month Investigation, Senate Judiciary Committee Releases Report on Donald Trump's Scheme to Pressure DOJ & Overturn the 2020 Election Senate Judiciary Committee 07 Oct 2021 -- Following an eight-month investigation, the Senate Judiciary Committee today released new testimony and a staff report, "Subverting Justice: How the Former President and his Allies Pressured DOJ to Overturn the 2020 Election." The report and testimony reveal that we were only a half-step away from a full blown constitutional crisis as President Donald Trump and his loyalists threatened a wholesale takeover of the Department of Justice (DOJ).
• Pentagon Says NSA Working With Big Companies on Cyber Information Sharing Sputnik 07 Oct 2021 -- The National Security Agency (NSA) is working with big defense industrial base companies on information sharing on cyber issues, Defense Department Acting Chief Information Officer Kelly Fletcher said during an interview at the Billington CyberSecurity Summit on Thursday.
• Hackers Behind SolarWinds Tried to Breach US, European Government Networks - Reports Sputnik 07 Oct 2021 -- The hackers behind the SolarWinds infiltration attempted to again breach US government networks including European government networks this year, CNN reported citing cybersecurity analysts monitoring the group.
• Microsoft: Russia Cyberattacks Targeting More Governments, Agencies VOA 07 Oct 2021 -- Russia appears to be getting more aggressive and more successful as the nation's hackers launch a growing number of cyberattacks against the United States and other nations, according to a new report by Microsoft.
• Two Decades After Start Of U.S. War On Terror, Al-Qaeda Is Down But Not Out RFE/RL Gandhara 07 Oct 2021 -- On October 7, 2001, the United States began bombing Taliban-ruled Afghanistan in a retaliatory military campaign against Al-Qaeda for orchestrating the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.

COVID-19 Pandemic News

• COVID-19: Global vaccine plan aims to end 'two-track pandemic' UN News 07 Oct 2021 -- The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday unveiled an $8 billion pathway out of the COVID-19 pandemic, in a bid to make vaccines accessible to everyone, everywhere.
• WHO Launches Strategy to Vaccinate 40% of World Against Covid by End of 2021 VOA 07 Oct 2021 -- The U.N. secretary-general and the head of the World Health Organization launched an ambitious strategy Thursday to have 40% of the world's population vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of this year, and 70% by mid-2022.

United States

• Remarks by President Biden on the Importance of COVID-19 Vaccine Requirements The White House 07 Oct 2021
• Biden Boasts About Success of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate VOA 07 Oct 2021 -- Nearly one month after announcing a sweeping plan to require millions of Americans to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Chicago, Illinois, Thursday to discuss the progress of the vaccine mandates.
• Pfizer, BioNTech Seek Approval for Use of COVID Vaccine for Children Ages 5-11 VOA 07 Oct 2021 -- Pfizer and BioNTech have formally requested that the U.S. government authorize for emergency use their COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11 years old.

China

• Travel resumes from Northwest China's Xinjiang after Delta-related resurgence Global Times 07 Oct 2021 -- After being stranded for hours on the highways in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, which saw a COVID-19 resurgence early this week, some tourists left in an orderly way starting on Thursday afternoon, those involved told the Global Times.
• Chinese mainland reports no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases People's Daily 07 Oct 2021 -- The Chinese mainland on Wednesday reported no new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, the National Health Commission said in its daily report on Thursday.

Europe

• Britain Eases Quarantine Requirements for 47 Countries VOA 07 Oct 2021 -- After losing two full summers of tourism revenue, Britain is getting rid of restrictive quarantine requirements for visitors from 47 countries, including India, South Africa, Brazil and Turkey.
• German Health Minister Says Vaccinations Further Along Than Thought VOA 07 Oct 2021 -- German Health Minister Jens Spahn said Thursday the nation has vaccinated millions more people than previously thought, thanks to some unreported vaccination numbers discovered by the Robert Koch Institute for Disease Control.
• Finland becomes 3rd country to limit use of Moderna vaccine over cardiovascular side effects Press TV 07 Oct 2021 -- Finland becomes the third country, after Sweden and Denmark, to pause the use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for younger males over reports of its rare cardiovascular side effects.
• Hungary Offers Helps To Romania Amid COVID-19 Surge RFE/RL 07 Oct 2021 -- Hungary has offered neighboring Romania help in caring for coronavirus patients as the country faces a huge surge in COVID-19 cases and a shortage of intensive-care beds that is pushing its health-care system to the brink of collapse.

Russia

• WHO Says Process of Sputnik V's Approval About to Be Sorted Out Sputnik 07 Oct 2021 -- The process of approval of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V at the World Health Organization (WHO) is about to be sorted out after negotiations with Moscow, Mariangela Simao, the assistant director-general of the WHO, said on Thursday.

India

• India's Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 92.63 Cr India PIB 07 Oct 2021 -- With the administration of 43,09,525vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 92.63Cr (92,63,68,608) as per provisional reports till 7 am today
• COVID-19 Vaccination Update - Day 265 India PIB 07 Oct 2021 -- In a significant achievement, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 93 Crore landmark milestone (93,11,96,195) today
• Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs India PIB 07 Oct 2021 -- The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country
• COVID-19 UPDATE India PIB 07 Oct 2021

Iran

• COVID-19 kills 233 more Iranians over past 24 hours IRNA 07 Oct 2021 -- The number of deaths from the coronavirus pandemic in Iran increased to 122,012 with 233 more Iranians killed by the deadly disease over the past 24 hours, Iran's Health Ministry announced on Thursday.

Taiwan

• Taiwan reports 4 new COVID-19 cases, all imported CNA 07 Oct 2021 -- Taiwan recorded four new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, all of which were imported, with no new deaths from the disease, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).
• More Pfizer-BNT doses arrive; two vaccine shipments to come Friday CNA 07 Oct 2021 -- Taiwan received a sixth shipment of the Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT) COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, with another shipment of the same brand, as well as a batch of the Moderna vaccine, scheduled to arrive on Friday, according to the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).

North Korea

• North Korea Accepts Pandemic Aid, But Border With China Remains Closed Radio Free Asia 07 Oct 2021 -- North Korea has begun accepting international aid to help it combat the spread of COVID-19, but its border with China remains tightly sealed, experts and observers told RFA.
• Thorough Emergency Epidemic Prevention Posture Maintained in DPRK KCNA 07 Oct 2021 -- The emergency epidemic prevention units at all levels are further intensifying the work for thoroughly checking the inroads of COVID-19 while ensuring perfection in the emergency epidemic prevention campaign, true to the administrative policy of the DPRK government.

Other Countries

• Malaysia reports 9,380 new COVID-19 infections, 105 more deaths People's Daily 07 Oct 2021 -- Malaysia reported another 9,380 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight Wednesday, bringing the national total to 2,303,837, according to the health ministry.
• Canada announces COVID-19 vaccination mandate for federal employees, most travellers People's Daily 07 Oct 2021 -- The Canadian government announced on Wednesday a COVID-19 vaccination mandate for federal employees and travellers aged 12 and older.
• Sudan receives 1st batch of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines People's Daily 07 Oct 2021 -- Sudan's Health Ministry on Wednesday received the first batch of some 499,000 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine via the COVAX facility.