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Coronavirus: Inside a community pharmacy under pressure

Pharmacists are asking people not to stockpile medicine as many report a threefold increase in footfall. There are 14,000 pharmacies in the UK and some are restricting patients numbers inside, creating social distancing markers and limiting purchases. National plans to temporarily register retired pharmacists and allowing pharmacy students to help are also being discussed. Community […]

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Virtual Travels in the Pandemic Age

Travel / En Sound Media

There is something tantalizing about being there but not being there, about being everywhere and nowhere at once. The geospatial distance leaves us wanting, hungry for more. I’m enamored with the glitchiness of these human landscapes, the way people’s legs are sometimes separated from their bodies, the way everyone’s faces are blurred out, as if

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Robo-chef cooks noodles in Tokyo and other tech news

Technology / En Sound Media

Paul Carter looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week including: Amazon temporarily refuses to stock certain items in its warehouses following an increasing demand for household essentials due to the coronavirus pandemic Tech giant Apple receives a record-breaking €1.1bn (£1bn; $1.2bn) fine from France’s competition authority for what it sees

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De Grasse still hoping to be part of Olympic sprint show

Sports / En Sound Media

Andre De Grasse intends on being a major part of the sprint show at the Tokyo Games. But only if it’s postponed by a year. Otherwise, Canada’s fastest man won’t be allowed to take to the starting line, even if he wants to. Stunned at first, De Grasse told The Associated Press he understands Team

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How To File For Unemployment If You’ve Been Affected By Coronavirus Layoffs

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads across the nation, many Americans are losing their jobs as nonessential businesses grind to a halt. Nearly 1 in 5 U.S. workers lost their jobs or had their hours cut as of March 14, according to one poll, and that number is expected to grow. The Economic Policy Institute estimates

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Patrick Stewart Is Here To Soothe Your Fears With Daily Shakespeare Readings

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Sir Patrick Stewart is doing his part to calm the masses during the coronavirus pandemic. The “Star Trek” star delivered an impromptu Instagram reading of William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet No. 116” on Saturday that was met with overwhelming positivity and thanks from viewers. On Sunday, Stewart announced he was “delighted” by the response, which inspired him to

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Burger King boss: We’re not going to pay our rent

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Burger King chief executive Alasdair Murdoch has said that the fast food chain will not be paying rent due on its UK restaurants this week. Hundreds of High Street businesses are set to withhold their quarterly rent payments, which are due on Wednesday, so they can afford to pay their staff.

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Olympic torch relay: No torch, no torchbearers, no public

Sports / En Sound Media

The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will start as planned in northeastern Fukushima prefecture By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer March 24, 2020, 7:37 AM 4 min read TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will start Thursday as planned in northeastern Fukushima prefecture — but with no torch, no torchbearers, no public, and little ceremony.

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Iconic plant’s end spells doom for struggling coal industry

Finance / En Sound Media

DRAKESBORO, Ky. — President Donald Trump tried to stop it from happening. The top Republican in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, did too. Despite their best efforts to make good on Trump’s campaign promise to save the beleaguered coal industry, including an eleventh-hour pressure campaign, the Tennessee Valley Authority power plant at Paradise burned its last

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China to lift lockdown in most of virus-hit Hubei province

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

Chinese authorities are lifting a lockdown in most of its virus-hit Hubei province By KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press March 24, 2020, 6:29 AM 1 min read BEIJING — Chinese authorities announced Tuesday they would end a two-month lockdown of most of virus-hit Hubei province at midnight. People with a clean bill of health will be

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