#Sofia Lotto Persio

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China’s covid cases loom over upcoming WHO meeting on state of the pandemic Is the covid pandemic over? The World Health Organization (WHO) is set to consider that question at a meeting this week, its 14th since the UN agency first identified the coronavirus outbreak in January 2020. Read more... https://qz.com/covid-pandemic-public-health-emergency-end-who-1850035035

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KILL THE MESSENGER: 'Black Widow', Murder In The House Of Gucci - By Sofia Lotto Persio

KILL THE MESSENGER: ‘Black Widow’, Murder In The House Of Gucci – By Sofia Lotto Persio

Source – forbes.com “…The evidence against Reggiani included an entry in her diary dated March 27, 1995—the day of Gucci’s murder—containing a single word: “Paradeisos,” the Greek word for “paradise.” Reggiani later disputed the idea that it meant a form of celebration, although she admitted feeling “relief” at news of her ex-husband’s killing. “Paradeisos,” she said, was a word she had written…

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‘No One Died From Radiation At Fukushima’: IAEA Boss Statement Met With Laughter At COP26   

‘No One Died From Radiation At Fukushima’: IAEA Boss Statement Met With Laughter At COP26, Forbes,    Sofia Lotto Persio Forbes Staff Sustainability I oversee sustainability coverage and curate the Daily Dozen. Nov 21,   The tsunami-triggered destruction of the Fukushima nuclear power plant in 2011 provoked a rethink of nuclear power across the world—and remains a sore spot for the industry even…

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POLICE TRAIN DOGS TO SNIFF OUT SEMEN IN RAPE INVESTIGATIONSBY

SOFIA LOTTO PERSIO

5/16/18 

Dutch police have trained dogs to sniff out semen in a trial program that proved so successful it has become a part of sexual assault investigations, authorities announced on Tuesday.

The trial training began in 2015 and involved five dogs that were used by officers in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and in the eastern part of the country in as many as 80 cases, Dutch broadcaster RTL Nieuws reported.

A sixth dog will now be trained to join the special unit, which is part of a group of 120 dogs that a dedicated police department trains to sniff out specific substances, such as drugs, explosives and money.

Police search for evidence at a crime scene in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, on April 9, 2011. Dutch police have trained five dogs to detect semen to help solve sexual assault cases.

While the idea of using dogs to find traces of semen and other bodily fluids isn't groundbreaking—similar instances have occurred in Sweden, Norway and the U.K.—the Dutch police are among the first to set up a dog unit dedicated to support sexual assault investigations.

The dogs can be trained to detect the smell of human semen using a sample of the substance as small as 0.05 milliliters, Dutch newspaper NRC reported, after being invited, along with RTL, to see one of the sniffing canines in action. It took Ziva, a crossbreed between a Dutch and Malinois shepherd, only 30 minutes to find an invisible drop of semen her handler drizzled on a tree stump in a forest.

A trained semen-sniffing dog can find traces up to a week after the assault takes place. The dogs can be particularly helpful in outdoor spaces, as the ultraviolet light used to detect semen traces works best in the dark.

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China Is Building Towns in the South China Sea That Could House Thousands of Marines By Sofia Lotto Persio

China Is Building Towns in the South China Sea That Could House Thousands of Marines By Sofia Lotto Persio

One of China’s seven man-made islands in the South China Sea, Subi, now hosts 400 individual buildings that could house a regiment of the People’s Liberation Army, images show.

The high-resolution pictures obtained by DigitalGlobe satellite and data analysis from Earthrise Media were published by Reuters Thursday.

The other two “Big Three” islands, Mischief and Fiery Cross, could also house…

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Persio immediately shows bias against Trump, accusing him of not caring for endangered sharks. This is an example of omission bias because the story is one sided and does not mention the role of the soup in Vietnamese culture or why Trump is eating it. This could lead to readers concluding that Trump does not care about animals, life, or the environment and could have an effect on people’s support of his environmental decisions.

Persio, Sofia Lotto. “Donald Trump was served shark fin soup in Vietnam, a delicacy driving

sharks to extinction.” Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2017,

www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-was-served-shark-fin-soup-vietnam-delicacy-driving

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SOUTH KOREA ‘BLACKOUT BOMBS’ CAN TAKE DOWN PYONGYANG WITHOUT FIRING A SHOT BY SOFIA LOTTO PERSIO ON 10/9/17 AT 6:25 AM South Korea ‘War Bag’ Survival Kit Videos Go Viral http://imasdk.googleapis.com/js/core/bridge3.180.3_en.html#goog_103941128 SHARE WORLDSOUTH KOREANORTH KOREA MISSILE TEST

The South Korean military is developing a new weapon to fight North…

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North Korea Targets U.S. Capitol In Latest Propaganda Posters

North Korea Targets U.S. Capitol In Latest Propaganda Posters

BY SOFIA LOTTO PERSIO ON 8/18/17 AT 1:24 PM

North Korea released a new series of propaganda posters showing its missiles attacking the U.S. as part of an ongoing effort to rally its people against the new round of U.N.-approved sanctions.

The six designs published in the state-controlled North Korean media on Thursday included references to the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tested in…

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Russia, Not North Korea, Greatest Threat To U.S., Says Pentagon's Top Military Officer

Russia, Not North Korea, Greatest Threat To U.S., Says Pentagon’s Top Military Officer

BY SOFIA LOTTO PERSIO ON 7/24/17 AT 7:34 AM

Russia is the greatest threat to the United States, not North Korea, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff has said.

Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum in Colorado, Marine Corps General Joe Dunford listed Russia’s military modernization program, its nuclear and cyber capabilities and its actions in Georgia, Crimea and eastern Ukraine as…