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Iran's vice president 'infected with coronavirus'
Sky News 27 Feb 2020
A vice president of Iran, Masoumeh Ebtekar, has been infected with the coronavirus, a state-owned newspaper says ... ....
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Pope falls ill after meeting crowd wearing masks in St. Peter's Square, Vatican says
Canada Dot Com 27 Feb 2020
Pope Francis is slightly indisposed and has canceled an event at a Rome basilica but is carrying out the rest of his schedule in his residence, the Vatican said on Thursday ... “All other commitments will go ahead regularly,” spokesman Matteo Bruni said ... The meeting took place in a building steps from the guest house ... Peter’s square on Feb ... ....
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Iran's coronavirus outbreak is bizarrely reminiscent of the Black Death
The Independent 27 Feb 2020
When the very first Coronavirus reports emerged, I had a suspicion that Iran would be a target of the world’s anger. The spread of Covid-19 to the Middle East was as inevitable as history because the Muslim pilgrim routes have always acted as a channel for pestilence ... It was inevitable, of course ... This was truly medieval in its fantasy ... Coronavirus ... AP....
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New virus has infected 83,000 globally, caused 2,800 deaths
Sun Star 28 Feb 2020
A VIRAL outbreak that began in China has infected more than 83,000 people globally ... The latest figures reported by each government's health authority as of Friday in Beijing.. — Mainland China ... — Hong Kong ... 918 cases, including 705 from the Diamond Princess cruise ship, 8 deaths ... ....
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33 Turkish soldiers killed in Syria airstrike
The News International 28 Feb 2020
ANKARA. At least 33 Turkish soldiers were killed in Syria´s Idlib province after an air strike blamed on Damascus, prompting condemnation from Washington and a UN warning on the rapidly-rising risk of escalation. Dozens more soldiers were injured and taken to Turkey for treatment, Rahmi Dogan, governor of Turkish Hatay, said Friday ... File photo ... ....
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Earth has temporarily gained a new moon
The Oregonian 27 Feb 2020
Look up toward the sky and wave hello to Earth’s new mini moon -- even if you can’t see it. Our planet temporarily gained an additional, natural moon when a small asteroid was pulled into Earth’s orbit three years ago, the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center (MPC) announced late Tuesday ... The 2020 CD3 was discovered Feb ... ....
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Steven Seagal’s latest flop: Fined for failing to disclose bitcoin payments
The Spokesman-Review 27 Feb 2020
Steven Seagal may have starred in “Above the Law,” but it turns out he isn’t in real life. The 67-year-old Hollywood actor, who also appeared in “Under Siege,” became the latest celebrity punished by the Securities and Exchange Commission for failing to disclose that he was being paid to promote a digital token ... “Mr ... ....
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Arsenal out of Europa League as Olympiacos snatch dramatic extra-time winner
FourFourTwo 28 Feb 2020
Arsenal crashed out of the Europa League as Youssef El Arabi’s goal in the last second of extra-time ensured Olympiacos advanced into the round of 16 after a dramatic victory at the Emirates Stadium. The Gunners were lacklustre and deserved nothing more than to be humbled, although the manner of the 2-1 defeat will linger long in the memory ... Topics....
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Army of 100,000 Chinese Ducks Ready to Fight Locust Plague
Time Magazine 27 Feb 2020
A troop of special Chinese ducks is waiting to be deployed to neighboring Pakistan to fight a swarm of crop-eating pests that threaten regional food security ... The ducks are “biological weapons” and can be more effective than pesticide, said Lu, who is in charge of the project in tandem with a university in Pakistan ... ....
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Scientists have found an animal that doesn’t need oxygen to survive
Indian Express 27 Feb 2020
Since our early days of learnings, we’ve been taught that multicellular life like ours need oxygen to live. However, this fact also could not escape the exception rule of science as researchers just discovered a jellyfish-like parasite without a mitochondrial genome ... Express Tech is now on Telegram ... 📣 The Indian Express is now on Telegram ... X ... ....
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Israel approves hundreds of settler homes in West Bank
Deutsche Welle 28 Feb 2020photo: Creative Commons / Ninara
US warns of attack threat against major hotel in Nairobi
News24 27 Feb 2020
The United States has warned that extremists may be plotting an attack against a major hotel in Nairobi, urging its citizens to be cautious ... ....
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The Russian Models Instagramming From China's Coronavirus Capital
The Daily Beast 27 Feb 2020
MOSCOW—Before the Chinese city of Wuhan shut down last month and sank into tragic gloom, the Russian government tried to convince all its citizens in that epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic to get out. But not everybody listened ... Still, spring was on the way. Like the flu season, the coronavirus season would pass, they thought ... ....
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Hollywood’s Ben Affleck on battling addiction, his painful divorce
Gulf News 28 Feb 2020
Warning. This is not one of those celebrity profiles that uses a teaspoon of new information to flavout a barrel of ancient history. There is no paragraph where the star and the writer pretend to be pals — gag — while doing an everyday-person activity. What was everyone eating? Who cares ... Ben Affleck in 'Justice League' Image Credit ... NYT ... AFP ... ....
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Barack Obama Sends Cease-and-Desist Over South Carolina Ad Attacking Joe Biden
Time Magazine 27 Feb 2020
Former President Barack Obama called on South Carolina TV stations to stop airing an attack ad that uses his voice to criticize his former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday, accusing Republicans of trying to suppress black voter turnout ahead of the state’s Democratic primary on Saturday ... In the ad, a narrator’s voiceover begins ... ....
