Meet Brazil's 'Proud Boys'

China will test all 9 million residents of Qingdao, a picturesque eastern port city, after 12 people tested positive for COVID-19, the first locally-transmitted infections in the country since August. And Papua New Guinea will place ankle monitors on all fresh arrivals to ensure they quarantine. Too harsh? Vote on Twitter. Meanwhile Johnson & Johnson has halted its COVID-19 vaccine clinical trial after an unexplained illness in a volunteer. But at least one person’s smiling: Peru has opened up the iconic Machu Picchu ruins for a single Japanese tourist stranded in the country since March.

2. Immunity? Negative

President Donald Trump led his first campaign rally in Florida since falling ill to COVID-19, after his doctor declared he had tested negative. But that doesn’t mean he’s immune. Scientists on Monday confirmed the first case of reinfection in an American COVID-19 patient, and the second bout was worse. It’s little surprise then that a perceived threat to the Affordable Care Act was the focus for Democrats in Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings yesterday.

3. Arming Taiwan

The Trump administration is moving ahead with the sale of advanced military weapons to Taiwan ahead of the Nov. 3 election, in a move certain to rile China at a time Washington and Beijing are increasingly locking horns over the self-governing island.

4. Moneyball Bets on Soccer

Billy Beane, the Oakland Athletics executive who pioneered the use of data analytics in American sports, was immortalized in the 2011 film Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt. Now he’s turning his attention to European soccer to avoid conflicts of interest in baseball, where he might soon have stakes in multiple teams.

American economists Paul Milgrom and Bob Wilson were asleep when the Nobel Committee called them Monday to inform them that they had won 2020’s Nobel Prize in economics. They finally got through to Wilson, who, as luck would have it, is Milgrom’s neighbor. Wilson and his wife Mary trudged across to Milgrom’s house in the middle of the night, and tried waking him up using the intercom. Milgrom eventually responded. “Paul,” Wilson yelled, “You’ve won the Nobel Prize!” Watch. 

1. José Cisneros

By the time he died after being struck by a car in 1919, the Venezuelan doctor had become a household name for saving lives during the Spanish flu. It’s only appropriate then that Cisneros was beatified — a vital step toward sainthood — by Pope Francis this year. Cisneros twice tried to join a seminary, but his health and a dictatorial regime came in the way. That didn’t stop him from serving the poor.

2. Vivian Ogu

Late last year,the pope and the Catholic Church honored the 14-year-old Nigerian girl, who was killed in 2009 while resisting rape, after robbers broke into her house. Ogu used to lead a prayer group and she had spoken to them about St. Maria Goretti — an Italian girl who was stabbed to death in 1902 while resisting sexual assault — the day she was killed.

3. Henriette Delille

This New Orleans native founded the Sisters of the Holy Family order and could become the first Black American to be canonized. Her great-great-grandmother was a slave brought from West Africa. Miracles attributed to her are currently under investigation.

From a near-death car crash at age 17 to surviving sexual assault, from receiving backlash after coming out as queer to accusations of faking mental health disorders, Jameela Jamil has endured it all. Today she’s a leading actress and activist. Watch her speak with OZY's Carlos Watson on Defining Moments with OZY.Now streaming on Hulu.

Don’t go by their innocuous name. The Rapid Support Forces are accused of some of the worst crimes of the Sudanese civil war in Darfur. Yet the paramilitary group’s brutality is a calling card that makes them attractive mercenaries to hire for regimes seeking to outsource their wars. Now, they’re fighting for Saudi Arabia and the UAE in Libya and Yemen, each warrior earning as much as $10,000 a month. They’ve even patrolled Sudan’s borders as part of a European Union initiative to curb migration. Read more.

2. 300 of Brazil

An armed right-wing militia, its members receive training in how to “defend” the government of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro from challengers — whether political or from the judiciary. In May, they rallied outside Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court, holding torches, their faces covered in white masks, to protest a ruling against the group for sharing fake news online. They know they have their president’s blessings.

3. Bajrang Dal

The ultra-right armed group belongs to the same Hindu nationalist family as India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. In January 1999, Bajrang Dal men burned Australian missionary Graham Staines and his two young sons to death while they were sleeping in their car. A former leader of the group is now a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet. Their latest peeve? They don’t want zoo animals to be served beef, since the cow is considered holy by many Hindus.

From Maine to Mississippi, you’ll find this migratory bird surfing rivers and the Atlantic Ocean, searching for prey. The loon’s gorgeous, but beware — its pointed beak is a potent weapon it uses to attack the head and neck of those it views as threats. You’d be loon-ey to try any prank with it.

1. Doomscrolling

You know the habit (don’t deny it!) — when you obsessively scroll through the news and social media feed on your phone, absorbing one bad headline after another.

2. Covidiot

This oneshould be easy. It’s the word for those who ignore the science around COVID-19, don’t wear masks, avoid social distancing and hoard stuff unnecessarily. You could just call them idiots, but covidiots — try stressing on the “co” to make it sound like “go” — is more fun.

3. Zoombombing

It’s only funny if it doesn’t happen to you. This is when someone crashes a publicly accessible Zoom call they’re not invited to.

You, of course, are always invited to our inboxes. What new 2020 word have you heard people using? Tell us — maybe we can create our own mini Whiskey in Your Coffee language!