ALL AROUND THE NEWS: February 2020

Saturday, February 29, 2020

Scientists have reported the discovery of “the first protein from an extraterrestrial source,” marking the only time that this important component of life has ever been found in a meteorite.

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China officials knew of coronavirus in December, ordered cover-up, report says

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Nearly 7,000 being monitored in N. Korea for apparent coronavirus symptoms

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British Columbia has tested more people for COVID-19 than the entire United States

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Coronavirus tsar Mike Pence wipes nose before shaking hands with top doctors at virus press conference - Vice president appointed to lead administration's response to US outbreak

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Wealth Of World's Ten Richest Men Now Greater Than GDP Of 85 Poorest Countries

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Australian in Perth dies after contracting coronavirus COVID-19 on Diamond Princess cruise ship

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Malawi legalises cannabis amid hopes of fresh economic growth

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Luxembourg is first country in world to make public transport free — Luxembourg is Europe's richest country, where the car is king. But, on Sunday, it will make public transport free. It will apply to all trams, trains and buses and will be available to tourists as well as residents.

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Chinese social-media platform WeChat saw spikes in the terms 'SARS,' 'coronavirus,' and 'shortness of breath,' weeks before the first cases were confirmed, a study suggests

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Great Barrier Reef on brink of third major coral bleaching in five years, scientists warn | If ocean temperatures don’t drop in the next two weeks, heat stress could tip reef over into another widespread event - heat stress is already building across the world’s biggest reef system

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The first coronavirus case in Australia with no links to China has been confirmed, with as many as 40 people now at risk of exposure to the virus after the infected woman worked at a Gold Coast shopping centre

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No-deal Brexit is back -- and it looks more likely than ever

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Friday, February 28, 2020

Autopsy report reveals COVID-19 mainly attacks lungs

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British man digs son out alive from under 5ft of snow 30 minutes after he was buried

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Walkout as convicted rapist Polanksi wins 'best director' at Césars

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Luxembourg is first country to make all public transport free

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Thailand uses a combination of flu x hiv medication to treat Coronavirus. Patient goes from positive to negative in 48 hours of administrating medicine when tested for Coronavirus

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Trump calls coronavirus outbreak a 'hoax' and links it to immigration at rally

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Kim warns of 'serious consequences' if virus reaches North Korea

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The Japanese island of Hokkaido is declaring a state of emergency over the rapid spread of the new corona virus there.

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Coronavirus: China’s factories activity plunges to all-time low, worse than global financial crisis, February data show

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Amazon bans 1 million products due to coronavirus claims

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Trump says the coronavirus is the Democrats’ ‘new hoax’

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Israeli who recovered in Japan develops coronavirus again in Israel

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Kitchen staff at a Japanese Hospital where foreigners are being quarantined write notes to the patients: "We hope you get well soon and quickly return home. This is a very hard time for you, we stand beside you."

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North Korea's first confirmed Coronavirus COVID 19 patient shot dead: report

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‘An astonishing rate of corruption’: Trump has amassed 3,000 conflicts of interest since taking office

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Bill Gates: Coronavirus may be “once in a century pathogen we’ve been worried about”

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8-year-old Palestinian shot by Israel soldier losses left eye

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Israel closes 60-year-old Jerusalem bakery for distributing bread to Muslim worshippers

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New Zealand has first confirmed case of Coronavirus

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Tons of Chinese-Korean are trying to distort the public opinions of Korean news/SNS/Communities

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UN demands 'unfettered access' for China Uighur region visit

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The Singapore Parliament and the President are taking a one month pay cut and directing the funds to fighting the Covid-19 virus instead.

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The global economy is heading for its worst year since the financial crisis, Bank of America says

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Thursday, February 27, 2020

New methane data shows gas industry can no longer “hide behind burping cows”

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Hong Kong police arrest pro-democracy newspaper tycoon Jimmy Lai and Labour Party vice-chair Lee Cheuk-yan

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A third of Poland has now been declared an ‘LGBT-free zone’, making intolerance official

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Tokyo Disneyland to close for 2 weeks through March 15 over coronavirus

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Suspected coronavirus patient told to 'sit in hospital's packed waiting room'

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France confirms 20 new coronavirus cases - Of the 20 new cases announced on Thursday, two people are in a serious condition. They had both recently returned from Egypt as part of a tour group.

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US Athletes Kneel Down during Israel’s National Anthem, Draw Accusations of ‘Anti-Semitism’ (video). The symbolic act by two athletes was meant as a political protest against the Israeli occupation and apartheid policies in Palestine.

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Hong Kong authorities said on Friday they quarantined a pet dog of a coronavirus patient after its nasal and oral samples tested “weak positive” for the virus, though they added they did not yet have evidence that it can be transmitted to pets. The dog did not have any symptoms.

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Astronomers detect biggest explosion in history of the universe: Researchers say the blast is the biggest since the Big Bang. It occurred at the center of a galaxy cluster 390 million light years away

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U.S. judge mulls holding Russian firm linked to election meddling in contempt

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Scots ministers told to seek ‘unexplained wealth order’ for Donald Trump resorts

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US says Chinese warship fired military laser at US aircraft

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WHO warns against 'fatal' complacency in global coronavirus fight

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Turkey will no longer stop the 3.5million Syrian refugees it's hosting from traveling to Europe

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South Korean official in charge of 'coronavirus outbreak' commits suicide

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The family of an Australian boy who gained global fame in a viral video after he was bullied have turned down a crowdfunded trip to Disneyland and vow to give the money to charity instead

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Corona beer takes a hit from coronavirus as brand image suffers

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Japan PM Abe says to ask all schools to close for most of March

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Coronavirus Spreads Faster Outside China, Stoking Global Fears The new disease - COVID-19 - was also detected for the first time in Pakistan, Sweden, Norway, Greece, Romania and Algeria.

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China city offers $1,400 reward for virus patients who report to authorities

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Japanese woman confirmed as coronavirus case for second time, weeks after initial recovery

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A well-known Chechen blogger has survived an apparent assassination attempt in Poland, in the latest of a series of attacks on dissidents exiled in Europe. A video first posted by Tumso Abdurakhmanov showed him disheveled and breathing hard, standing over the bloodied body of another man.

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Italy sealed off entire towns and canceled major events after 400 coronavirus cases and 12 deaths made it the most infected country outside of Asia

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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Italy raids Amazon and Ebay centers and confiscates documents and data of sellers involved in price gouging of masks and disinfectants. (source in german)

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Australian universities are offering cash “grants” to Chinese students to help them get around the coronavirus travel ban — a decision labelled “indefensible” by an education expert.

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Trump official refuses to say a coronavirus vaccine would be affordable to all

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Chinese city of Shenzhen to ban eating cats and dogs as part of moves to stop spread of coronavirus

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Parents warned ahead of Greta Thunberg protest | Police are warning parents a Bristol protest Greta Thunberg is due to join has "grown so large" it is unlikely usual safety measures will be adequate. Avon and Somerset Police say they expect thousands of people at the Bristol Youth Strike 4 Climate

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Canada preparing a Plan B pandemic response in case coronavirus containment fails

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The Trump administration says the coronavirus vaccine might not be affordable for all Americans

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First it was a joke, but Corona beer is really suffering from coronavirus news

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CDC detects first possible community spread of coronavirus in U.S. - Axios

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'Red Alert': Anti-Muslim Violence in India Reaching Critical Levels as Homes and Businesses Burn and at Least 24 Dead | Nearly 200 people have been injured during three days of violence in Muslim populated areas of northeast Delhi, with police accused of looking the other way

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Earth has acquired a brand new moon that's about the size of a car

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Trump disagrees with his own health experts on whether US faces severe illnesses from coronavirus

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Coronavirus cases surge to 400 in Italy

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China’s state insurers have stopped covering pangolin medicines | COVID-19 coronavirus has prompted China to put a temporary ban on trade in wildlife and it is now facing calls for a permanent ban

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Hospitals in Japan refusing to test many who suspect they have COVID-19

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House Dems Want to Know Why Trump-Appointed World Bank President Was in Ukraine at ‘Apex’ of Pressure Campaign

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Coronavirus in every continent except Antarctica after a man in Brazil tested positive

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France reports first French death from COVID-19

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DWP destroyed reports into people who killed themselves after benefits were stopped

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Costa Rican indigenous land activist killed by armed mob

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Germany's top court backs legalizing assisted suicide

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Julian Assange tried to phone the White House to warn them unredacted files were about to be published online, a court has heard.

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Archaeologists Have Discovered a Lost Ancient Kingdom in Turkey: A farmer led archaeologists to an ancient stone, which told the tale of a great king defeating King Midas

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14% of recovered coronavirus patients in China's Guangdong tested positive again

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German Facebook users would want the social media platform to pay them about $8 per month for sharing their contact information, while US users would only seek $3.50, according to a study of how people in various countries value their private information.

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Chinese government approves decision to ban consumption of wild animals

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Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Doctors and nurses fighting coronavirus in China die of both infection and fatigue — Over 3,000 medical workers on the coronavirus frontlines have been infected with the virus, and at least 18 have died.

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Trump claims vaccine is 'very close' amid coronavirus outbreak — but White House says he was talking about Ebola

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San Francisco, California declared state of emergency due to corona virus

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Facebook is banning ads that promise to cure the coronavirus

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Russian women pleading for legislation to halt 'epidemic' of domestic assault. The bill is opposed by Russia's Orthodox church movements.

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Italy sees virus cases rise 45% in a day; deaths up to 11

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Two Guys Create 'Leather' From Cactus, Will Save 1 Billion Animals Killed For Fashion

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Brazil Confirms First Positive Coronavirus Test in Latin America

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Coronavirus: Man receives $3,500 medical bill for test after returning to US from China.

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University of Toronto scientists estimate the number of COVID-19 cases in Iran to be around 18,300, far higher than currently being reported by Iranian authorities

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Canadian doctor warns world 'simply not ready' for COVID-19 after China visit

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Dow Plunge Intensifies as Stock Market Suffers Ugliest Loss Since 2008

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CDC official warns Americans it's not a question of if coronavirus will spread, but when

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'I want to leave and be with my husband': Uyghur woman stuck in Xinjiang posts photo refuting Chinese diplomats claims they want to stay

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Adults to be automatically enrolled as organ donors under new law

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A male baboon on his way to a vasectomy managed to escape his transport with his two female companions and run wild in Sydney

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Removal of Hong Kong protest images from Sony World Photography Awards website raises censorship concerns

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‘Russia wants to watch us tear ourselves apart,’ FBI official says ahead of elections

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Coronavirus closures reveal vast scale of China’s secretive wildlife farm industry: Peacocks, porcupines and pangolins among species bred on 20,000 farms closed in wake of virus

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World must prepare for pandemic, says WHO

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EU demands UK keeps chlorinated chicken ban to get trade deal

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Not a single woman on the streets, not a single woman at work, not a single girl at school. A day without women. Mexican women will make a curfew on March 9 after series of brutal femicides.

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Infected South Korean coronavirus health official is member of secretive religious group linked to hundreds of cases: 'The unnamed South Korean health official is said to be the head of the Infection Preventive Medicine Department in Daegu'

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Monday, February 24, 2020

No Surrender - After Police Defend a Gas Pipeline Over Indigenous Land Rights, Protesters Shut Down Railways Across Canada

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Korean Air crew member tests positive for Coronavirus

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Chinese diplomat to Australia grilled over Uighurs and coronavirus response - Wang Xining stuck to party lines even as ABC panel audience laughed at his claims that Uighurs are voluntarily in ‘training centres’

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Humanity poised to set record for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — again: "We've done in a little more than 50 years what the Earth naturally took 10,000 years to do,” one scientist said

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Julian Assange lawyer tells court: After pardon fell through, Trump administration resorted to ‘extortion’

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Xi Warns China Can’t Stay On Pause For Much Longer

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Newborn baby diagnosed with coronavirus completely cured in 17 days without treatment

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Jailed Iranian ecologist 'forced to imitate animals, sexually assaulted in prison'

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Foreign interference in Australia is higher than it has ever been, and “sleeper agents” for foreign powers have lain undetected for years in Australia before being uncovered, the head of Australia’s domestic spy agency has warned.

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Air stewardess who was fired for being one pound 'overweight' after 25 years with Malaysia Airlines loses her claim for unfair dismissal

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After Historic ‘Parasite’ Run, South Korea Vows to Improve Semi-Basement Apartments

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'Astonishing' rise in blue whale numbers

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Far-right groups trying to turn girl into climate-change denying version of Greta Thunberg

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Brexit: France says it will not sign up to bad trade deal with UK just to meet Johnson's deadline

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Sanders to boycott pro-Israel lobby AIPAC conference

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Saudi Arabian rapper facing prison time after making a song praising women as “powerful and beautiful.”

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Japanese scientists invent electronic device that is biodegradable.

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Russia has looted more than a million artifacts from Crimea

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'Mad' Mike Hughes dies after crash-landing homemade rocket in an attempt to try and prove the world is flat.

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Virus hits China's economic heart -- its small businesses: Over 85% expect to run out of cash within three months

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Sunday, February 23, 2020

The eastern puma is officially extinct, after humans destroy its wild habitat

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Italy rushes to contain Europe's first major virus outbreak

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Trump is pissed at new intelligence reports showing the Kremlin has picked its preferred 2020 candidate: him. Trump railed Friday about new analysis by U.S. intelligence officials indicating Russia is already working to get him reelected. To him, it's just another partisan plot to discredit him.

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Two of Finland’s biggest pension funds, with combined assets of $108 billion, are determined to make their portfolios carbon neutral over the next decade and a half, in a race to dodge the fallout of global warming before it’s too late.

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Report claims two-thirds of global coronavirus cases have gone undetected

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Passenger on Air Canada flight to Vancouver from Montreal tests positive for COVID-19

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Third Navy crew 'ordered to stay quiet' about 2004 USS Nimitz UFO incident

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S.Korea reports 161 new cases of coronavirus, brings total to 763

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10,000 Protesters Mourn 9 People Killed by Immigrant-Hating Shooter in Germany

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Four more cases of Coronavirus confirmed in England, passengers of the Diamond princess originally cleared to fly, later tested positive. Total cases now 13.

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The coronavirus death toll in Iran is now the largest outside of China

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Hugely significant 2 million rainforest tree "library"/nursery being bulldozed for development in Malaysia

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Coronavirus is going global and containment is no longer an option

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'I have never seen him eat a vegetable:' Trump braces for a beef-free menu in India

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Scientists Warn Paris Accord Is ‘Impossible To Implement’ If We Don't Stop Tropical Forest Loss

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A worsening coronavirus outbreak could threaten shortages of about 150 prescription drugs, several of them with no alternatives. China’s role in supplying the ingredients used in medications means that decreased Chinese production capability amid the outbreaks could threaten supplies of the drugs

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Colombia was the deadliest place on Earth for environmental activists. It's gotten worse: More than 40 human rights defenders and community leaders have been killed in Colombia since January

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Study identifies 16 child sex abuse rings in Victorian Catholic Church, (between 1917 and 2001).

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Coronavirus: Wuhan to quarantine all cured patients for 14 days after some test positive again. Decision follows several instances in which recovered patients were found to be still carrying the virus and able to infect others

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Teenage transgender row splits Sweden as dysphoria diagnoses soar by 1,500%

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Flat Earth proponent 'Mad' Mike Hughes dies after crash-landing homemade rocket

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Surfer fought off great white shark by punching it and telling it to 'f*** off'

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US officials leak details of British plan to replace Trident nuclear warheads before British ministers had announced the plans or informed parliament.

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Romania facing legal action over destruction of Europe’s last natural forests

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Leaked Reports Show EU Police Are Planning a Pan-European Network of Facial Recognition Databases

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Iran shuts schools, cultural centres as coronavirus kills six

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'Strong association' found between whale strandings and use of naval sonar

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US ‘breached due process’ in spying operation against Julian Assange’s lawyers

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Saturday, February 22, 2020

150K Nature Illustrations Spanning Hundreds of Years Are Now Free Online: Thanks to the Biodiversity Heritage Library, you can easily peruse rad nature drawings, Charles Darwin's personal library, and many other works in the public domain.

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Coronavirus: South Korea reports 123 new cases and two more deaths. Authorities place more than 9,000 Shincheonji church members in self-quarantine

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Greta Thunberg Is Urging Her Followers To Support Wet’suwet’en Pipeline Protests From Across The World

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Viral video from Indonesia shows workers repacking face masks in unhygienic setting, allegedly for resale

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Harry Dunn's family want Julian Assange's extradition blocked

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Julian Assange and his Australian lawyers were secretly recorded in Ecuador's London embassy

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