An additional 207 million people could be pushed into extreme poverty by 2030 due to the severe long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic, bringing the total number of the world’s …
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By: Bloomberg | December 5, 2020 12:37:29 pm US President Donald Trump (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) President Donald Trump’s campaign spent $8.8 million on the legal challenges to the …
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India’s Enforcement Directorate(ED) said today that fugitive Vijay Mallya’s property worth $1.9 million in France has been seized under the anti-money laundering law. French authorities seized the property in France after …
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The award, which is run by the Varkey Foundation in partnership with UNESCO, celebrates “exceptional” teachers who have made an outstanding contribution to their profession. Ranjitsinh Disale, a teacher at …
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Mark Zuckerberg gave $75 million to a San Francisco hospital. The city wants to condemn him anyway.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s adopted hometown of San Francisco took the first step on Thursday to formally condemn the naming of a major hospital after him and his wife, the …
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Indian teacher wins $1 million prize for promoting girls’ education, plans to give half to fellow finalists – India News , Firstpost
Ranjitsinh Disale, 32, from Paritewadi village in Maharashtra’s Solapur district, won the annual prize founded by the Varkey Foundation in 2014 to recognise a teacher who has made an outstanding …
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A Porsche 911 Speedster is presented at the Paris Motor Show on October 4, 2018 in Paris. Christophe Archambault | AFP | Getty Images German automaker Porsche is investing about …
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Amazon Prime Video’s Coolie No. 1 starring Varun Dhawan and Sara Ali Khan is a remake of the 1995 classic comedy of the same name by David Dhawan. The film …
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The UN humanitarian office says needs for assistance have ballooned to unprecedented levels this year because of Covid-19, projecting that a staggering 235 million people will require help in 2021. …
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By: Reuters | Tokyo (kyodo) | November 30, 2020 1:11:58 pm The Tokyo Olympics were to be held this year but were postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic. (FILE) Tokyo …
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U.S. coronavirus cases pass 4 million for the month of November, doubling the record set in October.
The Thanksgiving holiday, however, caused skews in reporting at the end of the week, with a steep drop-off in new cases reported on Thursday, and then a huge jump on …
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8 States, UTs Reported 69 Percent of New Covid-19 Cases in 24-hour Span; Tests Per Million Cross 1 Lakh
Over 69 per cent of the 41,322 new COVID-19 cases reported in a span of 24 hours are from eight states and union territories with Maharashtra recording the highest number …
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If we continue on this path, “cities will become warmer, more polluted and generally more unhealthy for inhabitants,” said David Nowak, a senior US Forest Service scientist and co-author of …
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U.S. coronavirus infections shoot past 13 million as officials plead with Americans to spend Black Friday online.
The number of coronavirus infections in the United States shot past 13 million on Friday, worsening the world’s largest outbreak. The milestone came as Americans embarked on a Black Friday …
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We know how to prevent up to 40 million people from being evicted. It’s up to Congress to do it.
Seven months into her fight to stay housed, 48-year-old Kimberly is furious. “I’m angry that people can think so little of human life,” she told Vox. In 2016 — after …
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Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump said he was ready to step aside for President-elect Joe Biden, he has reversed his position, claiming that Biden must first “prove” he …
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A major contributor to a group backing President Donald Trump’s fight to overturn the presidential election sued to recover $2.5 million in donations after the campaign failed in several court cases and …
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While countries around the world anxiously await the arrival of a vaccine for the coronavirus, a growing slice of the Chinese population has reportedly already been vaccinated. In an interview …
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US to distribute 6.4 million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in first tranche by year-end – World News , Firstpost
The federal government will issue recommendations for who should be prioritised — likely the elderly, high-risk, and frontline workers — but local authorities will make the final call Pfizer vaccines …
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JPMorgan Chase pays $250 million penalty over weak controls in its wealth management division
Justin Sullivan | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase agreed Tuesday to pay a $250 million fine after one of its U.S. regulators found a “pattern of misconduct” in its asset and …
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Nora Fatehi gets treated with a grand celebration back home in Morocco as she crosses the 20 Million mark
One of the most entertaining and popular celebrities on social media, Nora Fatehi recently crosses the 20 Million milestone on Instagram. Celebrating her extensive fanbase, Nora’s friends and family surprised …
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One of the most expensive, highest-profile efforts to fix the Democratic Party’s data woes is shutting down. Alloy, a group started with $35 million in part from Silicon Valley billionaire …
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Yang splits his time between living in Beijing with his wife and running a piano studio in his hometown Tangshan, a sprawling industrial city some 100 miles away. His weekly …
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Peter Thiel Adam Jeffery | CNBC LONDON — Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel has backed a Berlin start-up aiming to make psychedelic drugs to treat mental health disorders in a …
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More than 2 million airline passengers were screened by Transportation Security Administration personnel on Friday and Saturday, while Americans were supposed to be curbing Thanksgiving holiday travel to help stem …
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The United States recorded its 12th million COVID-19 case on Saturday, even as millions of Americans were expected to travel for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, ignoring warnings from health officials …