This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Feb. 5, 2022

The Conversation
How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers
Five livestock experts who study infectious diseases in the dairy industry explain the risks.
5m ago
AFP
US stocks rebound on tech earnings, London hits new record
US stocks rebounded Friday on the back of buoyant big tech earnings while London hit another record peak as investors tracked a series of takeover bids for UK companies.We've had new record highs, yet more takeover action, and everyone is talking about UK stocks in a positive way," said Russ Mould, investment director at AJ Bell.
13m ago
AFP
Junta-led Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for two weeks
Burkina Faso has suspended the BBC and Voice of America radio networks from broadcasting after they aired a rights report accusing the army of attacks on civilians in its battle against jihadists.It said the decision had been taken because BBC Africa and the VOA had aired and also published a report on their digital platforms "accusing the Burkina army of abuses against the civilian population".
18m ago
CBS News
Karate practitioner fends off charging bear in Japan
A pair of bears picked the wrong person to mess with when they approached a 50-year-old karate practitioner.
19m ago
USA TODAY
Photos and video show massive fire erupt at iconic Oceanside Pier in California
Crews worked to contain and fully extinguish the flames over night at the Oceanside Pier, a popular attraction with tourists and locals alike.
19m ago
AFP
US approves gene therapy treatment for hemophilia
Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has received US approval for a gene therapy against a form of hemophilia, a rare and inherited blood clotting disorder, the company said Friday.Pfizer's genetic therapy targets hemophilia B, the second most common form of the condition, which primarily affects males.
19m ago
AFP
Kenya flood death toll since March climbs to 70
The number of people killed in floods in Kenya due to heavier than usual rainfall since the start of the monsoon in March has risen to 70, a government spokesperson said Friday."The official tally of fellow Kenyans who regrettably have lost their lives due to the flooding situation now stands at 70 lives," government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura said on X, after torrential rains killed more than a dozen people in the capital Nairobi this week.
20m ago
NBC News
U.S. citizens are languishing in Chinese prisons with little hope of release
As Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited China this week, the most important issue for hundreds of families in the U.S. was when their loved ones imprisoned in the country are coming home.
23m ago
AFP
US Fed's favored inflation measure accelerates, dimming rate cut hopes
The US central bank's favored measure of inflation accelerated last month, according to government data published Friday, pushing back the chances of an interest rate cut this summer. The data published Friday also show that personal income accelerated last month, rising by 0.5 percent in March from a month earlier, the Commerce Department said.
31m ago
Reuters
Israeli assault on Rafah would bring 'disaster' to Middle East, aid group warns
An Israeli assault on southern Gaza's Rafah area would spell disaster for civilians, not only in Gaza but across the Middle East, the head of an aid group warned on Friday, saying the region faced a "countdown to an even bigger conflict". Jan Egeland, the Secretary-General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, told Reuters that 1.3 million civilians seeking refuge in Rafah - including his aid group's staff - were living in "indescribable fear" of an Israeli offensive.
33m ago
AFP
Tabloid head returning to witness stand in Trump hush money trial
A former tabloid publisher who squashed potentially embarrassing stories about Donald Trump was to take the witness stand again on Friday for grilling by lawyers of the former US president."We didn't want the story to embarrass Mr. Trump or hurt his campaign."
37m ago
Yahoo Finance
Microsoft beats Q3 top and bottom lines on cloud strength
Microsoft reported better than anticipated Q3 earnings on Thursday, powered by growth in its cloud products.
38m ago
Associated Press
Ukraine pushes to get military-age men to come home. Some neighboring countries say they will help
Ukraine’s foreign minister doubled down Friday on the government’s move to bolster the pool of fighting forces by cutting off consular services to conscription-age men outside the country, saying it was a question of "justice.” Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said the policy would ensure men in Ukraine and those who have left were both treated fairly. “It’s about justice -- justice in the relationship between Ukrainian men abroad and Ukrainian men inside of Ukraine,” he said.
40m ago
Time
Harvey Weinstein 2020 Rape Conviction Overturned
New York’s top court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein's landmark 2020 rape conviction.
40m ago
Yahoo News
Trump trial live updates: Defense resumes cross-examination of David Pecker in hush money case
The former president’s criminal hush money is set to resume in Manhattan Friday when former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker returns to the witness stand to face cross-examination by the defense.
42m ago
Associated Press
Andrew Tate's trial on charges of rape and human trafficking can start, a Romanian court rules
A court in Romania’s capital on Friday ruled that a trial can start in the case of influencer Andrew Tate, who is charged with human trafficking, rape and forming a criminal gang to sexually exploit women. The Bucharest Tribunal ruled that prosecutors’ case file against Tate met the legal criteria but did not set a date for the trial to begin. Tate’s spokesperson, Mateea Petrescu, said the ruling will be appealed.
44m ago
AFP
Portable missiles proliferating in Mideast, N.Africa: report
Armed groups in the Middle East and North Africa have little difficulty getting their hands on portable surface-to-air missiles despite a campaign to prevent their proliferation, according to a report published Friday.Shoulder-fired missiles -- also known as man-portable air-defence systems, or MANPADS -- in the hands of militants are seen as a threat because of their ability to target military aircraft, but also passenger planes.
46m ago
Reuters
Ceasefire monitoring centre in Nagorno-Karabakh shuts as Russian peacekeepers withdraw
The Russian and Turkish flags were lowered on Friday to mark the closure of a centre set up to monitor a ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh, as Russian peacekeepers ended a multi-year deployment in the strategic South Caucasus region. Nearly 2,000 Russian peacekeeping troops were dispatched to the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in November 2020 under a Moscow-brokered deal that halted six weeks of fighting between Azerbaijani and ethnic Armenian forces. Despite the deployment, Azerbaijan retook Karabakh by force in September last year, a move which triggered an exodus of at least 100,000 ethnic Armenians living there and the arrest of the breakaway area's ethnic Armenian leaders.
47m ago
NBC News
FDA approves Pfizer’s first gene therapy for rare inherited bleeding disorder
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Pfizer’s treatment for a rare genetic bleeding disorder, making it the company’s first-ever gene therapy to win clearance in the U.S.
49m ago
CNN
John Roberts isn’t happy with previous ruling against Trump – what happens now?
During nearly three hours of historic Supreme Court arguments, John Roberts said little. But the cagey chief justice made some points abundantly clear.
51m ago

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