North Korean embassy hostel in Berlin locks its doors

After more than a year of legal disputes, a hostel on the grounds of the North Korean embassy has closed for good. Non-diplomatic use and foreign income generated for Pyongyang was considered a breach of sanctions.
Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/north-korean-embassy-hostel-in-berlin-locks-its-doors/a-53622706?source=Snapzu

Mark Zuckerberg Profits from Rage as Much as Donald Trump Does

When Mark Zuckerberg took to CNBC earlier this week to defend President Donald Trump’s ability to use social media to lie to the American public, he insisted that he didn’t believe Facebook and other private companies should be in the business of censorship, gravely warning that “political speech is one of the most sensitive parts in a democracy, and people should be able to see what politicians say.”
Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/free-speech-pleasemark-zuckerberg-profits-from-rage-as-much-as-donald-trump-does?ref=wrap?source=Snapzu

Amazon sellers use 'collectible' label to dodge price gouging rules

Amazon’s measures to prevent price gouging have a relatively simple workaround. The Verge has learned that some third-party sellers are marking products as “collectible” to evade Amazon’s automated price controls. The internet retailer reportedly has price ceilings that normally kick in when a product is listed as “new,” but that ceiling apparently doesn’t kick in with collectible items. There also isn’t much transparency regarding those ceilings, either.
Read more: https://www.engadget.com/amazon-sellers-price-gouging-workaround-085620344.html?source=Snapzu

Coronavirus research updates: The nose could be the body’s entry point to infection

The nose is the probable starting point for COVID-19 infections. Richard Boucher and Ralph Baric at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and their colleagues tracked the ease with which the new coronavirus infects various cell types in the respiratory tract. The researchers found a gradient of infectivity that decreases from the upper to the lower respiratory tract: the most easily infected cells are in the nasal cavity, and the least easily infected deep in the lungs.
Read more: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00502-w?fbclid=IwAR1AtS2OZD5kWJstLwuFb5Gcd9_k-Zl9NEOhvqYlTQN6XMiYaRLt7p9TAdY?source=Snapzu

Lil Wayne to Interview Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Dre on His Radio Show

They’ll appear on tonight’s episode of Weezy’s Beats 1 show “Young Money Radio”
Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/lil-wayne-interview-dr-anthony-215804659.html?source=Snapzu

Matthew McConaughey Donates 110,000 Face Masks to Hospitals in Texas

Matthew McConaughey personally delivered a carload of face masks to hospitals fighting coronavirus in Texas. The actor and his wife Camila Alves McConaughey dropped off 110,000 face masks ahead of Memorial Day weekend. McConaughey posted a photo of his car and the boxes of masks on his Instagram account on Thursday.
Read more: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/matthew-mcconaughey-donates-face-masks-texas-coronavirus-1234615793/?source=Snapzu

Coronavirus: Babies born to surrogates stranded in Ukraine clinic

A video that surfaced in Kyiv showing newborns who can't be reunited with their adoptive parents is causing outrage. DW investigates the contentious, but lucrative practice of surrogacy during the coronavirus pandemic.
Read more: https://www.dw.com/en/coronavirus-babies-born-to-surrogates-stranded-in-ukraine-clinic/a-53547276?source=Snapzu