Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionInside the US laboratory developing a coronavirus vaccine A deadly new virus. Thousands of people infected. No cure. No vaccine. We’ve been here many times before. In the past five years alone, the world has faced outbreaks of Ebola, Zika, another coronavirus called Mers (Middle East Respiratory […]
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As host of the 2020 Grammy Awards, Alicia Keys was determined to find a suitable way to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant and his daughter, Gianna, after news broke that they were among the nine people killed in a helicopter crash just hours before the ceremony. Keys said Wednesday on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that the evening
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Image copyright Getty Images Google is temporarily closing all of its offices in China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan as a result of the coronavirus. Other tech giants, including Amazon and Microsoft, have also taken action to protect staff from infection. This week global corporations have been shutting operations in China and advising overseas staff not
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Members of the European Parliament have overwhelmingly backed the terms of the UK’s exit from the EU, amid high emotions during the UK MEPs’ final debate in Brussels. The Brexit Party’s Nigel Farage and his colleagues were told off for waving Union Jack flags, while the Green Party’s Molly Scott Cato wept as she spoke
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Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft they won’t change their service at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport until Arizona’s highest court rules on proposed increases to pick up and drop off customers January 30, 2020, 5:11 AM 2 min read PHOENIX — Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft say they won’t change their service at Phoenix Sky
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Roger Goodell thinks the NFL is doing some great work in making the game safer for players By TIM DAHLBERG AP Sports Columnist January 30, 2020, 5:45 AM 5 min read Roger Goodell thinks the NFL is doing some great work in making the game safer for players. Believe that if you will, though the
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DES MOINES — A Democratic super PAC wanted to undermine Senator Bernie Sanders’s presidential candidacy just days before the Iowa caucuses. It may have handed him a gift instead. Mr. Sanders’s campaign said on Wednesday that it had raised more than $1.3 million since it began fund-raising the day before off a negative ad produced
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Over 4 million people in the United States are Filipino. But you wouldn’t know how large the population is based on our health care system. Despite being one of the fastest-growing minority groups in the U.S., medical studies available on Filipinos are sparse compared to other Asian groups. Filipinos are often lumped together under the
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Image caption Matthew Wilder performed the song on Top Of The Pops in 1984 Last night I had the strangest dream… Break My Stride, a perky pop smash from 1983 is suddenly a big deal on TikTok, the social media app where users share short, quirky videos of themselves lip-syncing, cooking or just being silly.
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Image copyright Northern Rail Image caption Northern, which is also known as Arriva Rail North, was the main train operator in northern England On Wednesday, troubled rail company Northern was brought under government control following concerns about its poor service and shaky finances. The franchise will be stripped from operator Arriva Rail North from 1
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