Doctors are warning of a potentially fatal and “formidable” pathogen which has spread to hospitals across the globe and is resistant to all known antibiotics.

A team of researchers from the University of Melbourne in Australia discovered three multidrug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus epidermidis which emerged in recent decades and spread globally. The team studied samples from 78 medical institutions across 10 countries, releasing their findings in the journal Nature Microbiology on Monday.

“Often it just colonises the skin,” researcher Ben Howden said as cited by ABC News Australia. “It doesn’t necessarily lead to infection. But in a smaller number of people it can lead to a serious, invasive infection requiring complex treatment.”

https://www.rt.com/news/437571-antibiotic-resistant-superbug-discovery/

A strange object spotted in the sky over North Carolina has ignited speculation of a UFO sighting or a top secret US military experiment accidentally exposed, but is it nothing more than a prank?

Javion Hill spotted the object in the sky, southwest of Charlotte, when he was driving home on the US-74 on August 18. He was on the phone to his wife at the time, and was photographing storm clouds overhead to send to her when he noticed a rectangular shape in the sky, with lights on its sides.

“I was, like: ‘Oh my god, what is that?’ I started trying to take as many pictures of it as possible while I was driving,” he told the Charlotte Observer.

https://www.rt.com/usa/437572-ufo-north-carolina-hill/

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God Bless he gets better…

Facebook is getting ready for the US midterm elections by building a literal "war room" and seeking to win the "arms race" against "bad actors," a company boss said in remarks that seemed like they were pulled from the Cold War.

Facebook's head of civic engagement, Samidh Chakrabarti, highlighted progress made by the tech giant in tackling "misinformation" and "fake news" in an interview with NBC published on Tuesday.

The platform has become really effective over the past two years in "combating foreign interference" and blocking and deleting unwanted "fake accounts," according to the top executive.

https://www.rt.com/usa/437637-facebook-midterm-war-room/

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Chakrabarti did not elaborate on what sort of “experts” Facebook has been teaming up with, but its partnership with the Atlantic Council is a good indication of precisely how ‘unbiased’ one can expect them to be. The Council is basically an academic arm of NATO which frequently hosts lively debates between assorted Russophobes. It also has a dedicated team of couch investigators who are skilled in detecting so-called “Russian bots” among social media users based on imperfections in their English.

The executive also confirmed earlier reports of close cooperation between Facebook and other tech media giants. He revealed that the recent social media ban wave was a result of "exchanging information" with "industry partners," which proved to be very beneficial to all of them.

"The benefit that we see is we are able to get more information about particular bad actors and then we're able to take them off of the platform. And we can similarly, reciprocally, provide that kind of help to others in the industry," Chakrabarti said.

The interview also touched upon accusations against Facebook of selectively targeting America's conservatives. The allegations first emerged when Facebook and Twitter wiped Infowars' Alex Jones from their platforms and were later reinforced by US President Donald Trump himself. Facebook's civic engagement head, however, dodged the question, giving a vague statement on the inclusive nature of the platform, which wants "to give everybody a voice and bring the world closer together."

15:59 GMT

Pakistan MPs elect new president from ruling party

Pakistani lawmakers elected a nominee from Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party to the ceremonial office of president Tuesday, further cementing its hold on power. Arif Alvi will replace President Mamnoon Hussain, who completes his five-year term on September 9, AP reported. Pakistan’s elections oversight body will certify the result on Wednesday. The president is elected by lawmakers from the National Assembly, the Senate and four provincial assemblies. Alvi, a senior member of Khan’s party from the southern Sindh province, faced little challenge from Aitzaz Ahsan, from the opposition Pakistan People’s Party, and Maulana Fazlur Rehman, a pro-Taliban, anti-US radical Islamist. However, the opposition failed to unify behind a single candidate.

https://www.rt.com/newsline/437623-pakistan-new-president-alvi/