A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 6,000 people in the mainland and more than a dozen other countries January 29, 2020, 6:40 AM 1 min read A viral outbreak that began in China has infected more than 6,000 people in the mainland and more than a dozen other countries. Some […]
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Image copyright Todd Wawrychuk Hollywood stars had their Knives Out (along with their forks) for the traditional Oscars luncheon on Monday. Every year, all the Academy Award nominees gather together for a general love-in over a nice spot of lunch – which was plant-based this year in line with other celebrity dinners during Hollywood’s 2020
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Image copyright Getty Images Peenemünde is a port in northern Germany, where the River Peene meets the Baltic Sea. There, in October 1942, German engineers sat in a control room watching a television screen. It showed live, close-up images of a prototype weapon on its launch pad some 2.5km (1.5 miles) away. On another screen,
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Isaac Okoro converted a big three-point play with 1:41 left in the second overtime, and No. 17 Auburn topped Mississippi 83-82 By CHRIS BURROWS Associated Press January 29, 2020, 6:20 AM 3 min read OXFORD, Miss. — It was so wild Auburn coach Bruce Pearl called it the craziest game he had seen in a
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WILDWOOD, N.J. — President Trump told his supporters at a raucous rally on Tuesday evening that Representative Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, who recently left the Democratic Party, was a symbol of the future. Without evidence, he said that an increasing number of Americans were “disgusted” by congressional Democrats who, he said, are “obsessed
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President Donald Trump is eager to show off a big policy win during his impeachment trial by signing into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico By KEVIN FREKING and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press January 29, 2020, 5:40 AM 4 min read WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is eager
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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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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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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’ – 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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