Category: Science
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
‘Dengue kills too’: Latin America faces two epidemics at once As the coronavirus kills thousands and dominates government attention across Latin America, another deadly viral infection is quietly stalking the region. #LatinAmerica #Dengue #COVID #Ecuador Hong Kong parliament in chaos as politicians fight for chair “Deadlock in a legislature often is part of a healthy democracy as…
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Younger blacks and Latinos are dying of COVID-19 at higher rates in California “It attacks who it’s going to attack,” she said. “I don’t think that knowing that would have saved Scott or any black person or Latino person. Because you’re black, or Latino or Asian, it doesn’t pick who it wants to make sick.…
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Where You’re Out of Work Makes All the Difference in the World “When life goes back to normal, I’m going to be at the lowest rung of the ladder,” Bowen said. “I’m not going to have anything, and I’m going to be so behind on all my bills. It’s just going to be an avalanche.”…
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Anti-Corbyn Labour officials worked to lose general election to oust leader, leaked dossier finds One exchange shows a senior official described another from the left of the party as “pube head”. In another, months later, they called her a “smelly cow” and comment that she “had the exact same clothes on yesterday”. #LabourParty #Elections #UK #Corbyn Americans…
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Dismissed U.S. carrier captain gets hero’s ovation from crew He called for “decisive action”: removing more than 4,000 sailors from the ship and isolating them, and wrote that unless the Navy acted immediately it would be failing to properly safeguard “our most trusted asset – our sailors.” #GoNavy #COVID19 #Sailors #TrumpsAmerica “Shoot them dead”: Philippine President…
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Coronavirus: US overtakes China with most cases Asked about the latest figures at a White House briefing on Thursday afternoon, President Trump said it was “a tribute to the amount of testing that we’re doing”. Vice-President Mike Pence said coronavirus tests were now available in all 50 states and more than 552,000 tests had been conducted nationwide.…
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There’s no going back
“Those mob fools want you gone so they can get back to the way things were. But I know the truth. There’s no going back. You’ve changed things…forever.” – The Joker, The Dark Knight Normalcy I’ve always felt this scene from the Dark Knight was one of those by god; he has a profound point…
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2020 Tokyo Olympics Will Be Postponed Due to Coronavirus, Says IOC’s Dick Pound “On the basis of the information the IOC has, postponement has been decided,” Pound said. “The parameters going forward have not been determined, but the Games are not going to start on July 24, that much I know.” #Japan #TheOlympics #SummerGames Cuba’s Coronavirus…
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Iraq puts France and Spain on coronavirus entry ban list Iraq is alarmed about any spread of the coronavirus from neighboring Iran. Iraq’s first recorded case was of an Iranian student who was then sent home, and the rest had all visited Iran recently. Iraq has close cultural and religious ties with Iran and annually…
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The Week in Stories Around the Globe
Medicare For All Will Help Improve The Lives Of Black Women The cruel indignity of not being able to afford health care is an experience that knows no color boundaries. But it is an experience disproportionately shouldered by Black and Brown women in this country and it is time for that to come to an…
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