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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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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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Pope falls ill after meeting crowd wearing masks in St. Peter's Square, Vatican says
Canada Dot Com 27 Feb 2020
“All other commitments will go ahead regularly,” spokesman Matteo Bruni said. The Vatican released a picture of the pope and Cardinal Antonio Tagle, a Filipino who has just started in a new post in the Vatican, meeting on Thursday morning with members of the Global Catholic Climate Movement, an international environmental group ... 26, 2020....
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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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Army of 100,000 Chinese Ducks Ready to Fight Locust Plague
Time Magazine 27 Feb 2020
"Duck troops" gather at the border to face locust swarms pic.twitter.com/1J4r3dmmJk ... And it has also migrated into India ... A group of Chinese agricultural experts visited Pakistan this week to help control the locust outbreaks as the plague moves eastwards, according to a report posted on the website of China’s consulate-general in Karachi ... ....
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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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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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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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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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Norway's sovereign wealth fund gains £140bn in one year - £26,400 for every citizen
The Independent 27 Feb 2020
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund earned a record £140bn, meaning an extra £26,400 for every citizen of the oil-rich nation. A bumper year saw 19.9 per cent rise in the value of investments held by the fund, taking its total value to more that 10 trillion Norwegian Crowns ... Download the new Independent Premium app ... Shape Created with Sketch ... Show all 50 ... ....
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FIFA set to impose restrictions on clubs' abilities to loan out players
Russia Today 27 Feb 2020
FIFA has announced that they will limit clubs' abilities to loan out players over the age of 22 in an attempt to ensure that future moves have "a valid sporting purpose for youth development." ... Also on rt.com PSG president Nasser Al-Khelaifi charged with bribing former FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke ... ....
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Macron: coronavirus epidemic "on its way" to France
China.dot.org 27 Feb 2020photo: Creative Commons / Marco Verch
SEC Karate-Chops Steven Seagal Over Promoting Cryptocurrency Touted as the Next Gen Bitcoin
Bitcoin 28 Feb 2020
The U.S ... Also read. Bitcoin, Tesla Stock, Tron. How Warren Buffett Got His First Bitcoin SEC Charges Stevel Seagal for Unlawful Crypto Promotion. The SEC announced Thursday that it has settled charges against Hollywood actor and producer Steven Seagal over his promotion of a cryptocurrency investment product ... Disclaimer ... ....
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Woman catches coronavirus twice confirming scientists’ worst fears
Metro UK 27 Feb 2020
A woman in Osaka, Japan, is the first person to catch coronavirus twice (Picture. Getty Images). A woman in Japan has tested positive for coronavirus for a second time. The tour-bus guide, in Osaka, is the first person in the country to do so amid growing concerns as the virus spreads ... Dr Babak Ashrafi told Metro.co.uk ... Reuters) ... AFP) ... AFP) ... Advertisement....
