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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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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 2020photo: AP / Matt Rourke
Bernie slams Trump's diplomatic comments on Delhi violence
Deccan Chronicle 27 Feb 2020
Washington. A day after US lawmakers reacted sharply to the violence in the Indian capital, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders here accused US President Donald Trump of failing on the issue of human rights ... That's up to India.” ... Widespread anti-Muslim mob violence has killed at least 27 and injured many more ... .......
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4 Burnt Mosques In 48 Hours Show Delhi Riots Are About Religion, Not CAA
Yahoo Daily News 27 Feb 2020
NEW DELHI — As graphic images of crowds of men rioting in the national capital lit up social media platforms this week, one particular clip stood out. A shaky cellphone video of a man planting a saffron flag atop the minaret of a mosque in Ashok Nagar, a neighbourhood in northeast Delhi ... More. Related... Nero Worship ... Continue reading on HuffPost. ....
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Trump advises to treat coronavirus 'like the flu'
The Arizona Republic 27 Feb 2020
He also dispensed some of his own advice ... ....
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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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Gunman kills five at US brewing giant
AOL 27 Feb 2020
Five people were killed in a shooting at a major brewing company in the US before the gunman killed himself. The assailant who attacked the Molson Coors complex was identified as a 51-year-old Milwaukee man who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said ... "We send our condolences ... ....
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Harvey Weinstein Admitted to Hospital For Chest Pain Day After Sexual Assault Conviction
News18 27 Feb 2020
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Expansion of Britain's Heathrow Airport ruled illegal on climate grounds
Canada Dot Com 27 Feb 2020
LONDON — The planned expansion of London’s Heathrow Airport was declared unlawful on environmental grounds by a court on Thursday, a ruling that could sink the $18 billion project that has been dogged by decades of dispute and indecision ... ‘EXCITING IMPLICATIONS’....
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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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Putin says he refused to use body doubles during Chechen war
The Guardian 27 Feb 2020photo: AP / Alexander Zemlianichenko
Uncertainty looms ahead of US-Taliban deal signing
Daily Star Lebanon 27 Feb 2020
Washington and the Taliban are set to sign a deal Saturday to secure America's exit from its longest war through gradually withdrawing troops and starting talks between Kabul and the insurgents ... ....
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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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Netanyahu pulls his punches after Sanders calls him a racist
Gulf News 27 Feb 2020
Occupied Jerusalem. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday Bernie Sanders was wrong to call him a racist during a debate among contenders for the US Democratic presidential nomination, but shied away from attacking the senator in return ... “What I think about this matter is that he is definitely wrong ... The Morning and Evening Brief....
