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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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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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Pope falls ill after meeting crowd wearing masks in St. Peter's Square, Vatican says
Canada Dot Com 27 Feb 2020
The pope appeared to have a cold and spoke with a slightly hoarse voice at his general audience on Wednesday and coughed during an afternoon Ash Wednesday service in a Rome church ... John’s in Lateran on Thursday morning for a Lenten service with Roman priests ... service....
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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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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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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 ... © IE Online Media Services Pvt Ltd ... More Tech ... ....
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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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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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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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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 ... ....
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Trump advises to treat coronavirus 'like the flu'
The Arizona Republic 27 Feb 2020
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Macron: coronavirus epidemic "on its way" to France
China.dot.org 27 Feb 2020photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon
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....
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Taylor Swift is unrecognisable in new video for ‘The Man’
The Independent 27 Feb 2020
Taylor Swift has unveiled a new music video for her song “The Man”, in which she undergoes an impressive transformation to transform into the titular character. The singer unveiled the clip on Thursday after teasing its release the previous day ... Download the new Independent Premium app. Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now ... HB ... ....
