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Coronavirus: Australia plans island quarantine as foreigners leave Wuhan

Image copyright AFP Image caption People across China are wearing facemasks as a preventive measure Hundreds of foreign nationals have been evacuated from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, as more deaths and cases were confirmed. Australia plans to quarantine its 600 returning citizens for two weeks on Christmas Island […]

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Colbert Blasts Into 5th Dimension For Trump ‘Age Of Impeachment’ Celebration

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Stephen Colbert says the Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump just got complicated. The “Late Show” host noted Tuesday that Republican lawmakers appeared set to vote against having witnesses at the trial ― until “spicy revelations” leaked from an upcoming book by former Trump national security adviser John Bolton. But Colbert questioned the timing

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Hong Kong stock market takes a tumble on reopen

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Hong Kong’s Hang Seng stock market index fell 3% when it re-opened on Wednesday as investors feared the economic impact of the coronavirus. Almost all of the 50 Hong Kong-listed Chinese companies that make up the Hang Seng Index were in the red. Travel and casino operators were hit the hardest

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Snotsicles and snowdrifts: Extreme climate science

World / En Sound Media

‘Snotsicles’ – distinctly unattractive masses of frozen snot – are just some of the challenges of doing science in a place as extreme as the Antarctic. Scientists fear the Thwaites Glacier could be beginning a process of catastrophic collapse. There is more than three metres of potential sea level rise in the ice of West

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Baldwin heats up again, No. 16 Butler beats Georgetown 69-64

Sports / En Sound Media

Kamar Baldwin scored 12 of his 13 points in the second half to help No. 16-ranked Butler come back to beat Georgetown 69-64 By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer January 29, 2020, 5:16 AM 4 min read WASHINGTON — Kamar Baldwin found some more second-half magic and another way to lead a comeback. He scored

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Biden Aides Weigh Pursuing an Iowa Caucus Alliance With Klobuchar

Politics / En Sound Media

Aides to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. are discussing the possibility of seeking an alliance with Senator Amy Klobuchar in next week’s Iowa caucuses, a plan that would involve a pledge to help each other in precincts where one of them does not have enough support to win delegates. Three staff members for

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How To Talk To A One-Upper Without Losing Your Damn Mind

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

We all have that friend: the one who one-ups you in conversation every chance they get. Sometimes it’s a co-worker or family member, but what they all have in common is that anything you can do they can do categorically better. Went to a Public Ivy for your undergrad? Oh, yeah, they applied to a

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Sex Education: ‘I wish I knew sex could be fun growing up’

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images/BBC You might remember a condom on a banana, or just a general sense that if you have sex, you’ll either get A) pregnant or B) a disease. We’re talking about sex education at school. The messy corners of growing-up were tiptoed around by teachers who couldn’t even bring themselves to say

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Zap! How microwaves and electricity are killing weeds

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Vale of Glamorgan Council Image caption Foam weedkiller in action in Barry, Wales “Why are you carpet-cleaning the flowerbeds?” is the question most commonly directed at Jonathan Greatrex and his team at the Glamorgan Council parks department. And visitors can be forgiven for their confusion. The Foamstream machines, now in use across the

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Hayward scores 29, Celtics hold off Heat 109-101

Sports / En Sound Media

Gordon Hayward scored 29 points and grabbed nine rebounds, Jaylen Brown added 25 and the Boston Celtics led virtually the entire way to beat the Miami Heat 109-101 on Tuesday night By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer January 29, 2020, 4:19 AM 5 min read MIAMI — The Eastern Conference standings are not difficult to

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