Separately, President-elect Joe Biden picked a Harvard infectious disease expert, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, to head the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention President-elect Joe Biden has picked California Attorney General …
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GAINSBOROUGH, England — The group of seven volunteers in high-visibility vests, equipped with GPS trackers and radios, gathered in the parking lot of a nature preserve on the outskirts of …
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Middle East facing ‘cyber pandemic’ as Covid exposes security vulnerabilities, cyber chief says
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Middle East region is facing a “cyber pandemic” with Covid-19 related attacks skyrocketing this year, according to the United Arab Emirates government’s top cyber …
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The mild-mannered German scientist never anticipated becoming a Chinese propaganda star. But Alexander Kekulé, the director of the Institute for Biosecurity Research in Halle, Germany, has been all over the …
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NEMBRO, Italy — Every Monday night in the northern Italian town that had perhaps the highest coronavirus death rate in all of Europe, a psychologist specializing in post-traumatic stress leads …
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If 2020 was the year Zoom rode the pandemic to skyrocketing success, 2021 could be the year the videoconferencing company comes back down to Earth. Zoom started trading on the …
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Fox News host Tucker Carlson gave the network’s worn-out “War on Christmas” rhetoric a pandemic-era twist on Thursday, accusing public health experts of trying to cancel the holiday. Infectious disease …
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(CNN) — Wuhan, the Chinese city most closely associated with the outbreak of Covid-19, has launched a new promotional video as part of attempts to attract travelers to experience its …
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By: AP | Washington | Updated: December 3, 2020 6:32:55 pm Biden is expected to announce his choice to head the Department of Health and Human Services next week. Alongside …
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A 9-foot nutcracker. Magic crystals that light up a fireplace with green and purple flames. Glass-glitter pinecones so sharp, they have to be handled with protective gear. These are just …
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Unpaused teaser: Five directors join forces for an anthology on love, dreams and hope during the pandemic
Written by Mimansa Shekhar | New Delhi | December 3, 2020 3:37:49 pm Unpaused will premiere on Amazon Prime Video on December 18. (Photo: Screengrabs/Amazon Prime Video) Filmmakers Raj & …
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Black and Latino students in California are suffering most from the pandemic, a lawsuit says.
Families and community organizations in Los Angeles and Oakland sued California this week, saying that it has failed during the pandemic to provide low-income Black and Latino students the free …
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China deliberately misled the world in the early stages of Wuhan’s Covid-19 outbreak, suppressed evidence, and mishandled the pandemic, stated a report published by CNN. Called “The Wuhan Files”, the …
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World leaders, the top leadership of the UN and vaccine developers will address a two-day, special session of the UN General Assembly on Covid-19 this week and discuss the pandemic’s …
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Today is Giving Tuesday, a day that encourages everyone to refocus on doing good after the annual post-Thanksgiving shopping blitz. People have donated millions to charity through Giving Tuesday fundraisers …
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COVID-19 pandemic: Adequate planning, industry partnerships can help govts overcome logistics woes, says DHL study – World News , Firstpost
Good infrastructure facilities, including a pre-established network of warehouses and transportation capabilities, can help ensure a sufficient stock of critical supplies, the study noted Representational image. AFP The COVID-19 pandemic …
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Job guarantees and free money: ‘Utopian’ ideas tested in Europe as the pandemic gives governments a new role
“It was regarded in some quarters as a kind of socialist idea,” said Jardine, a member of the centrist Liberal Democrats party. “Covid-19 has been [a] game changer,” Jardine said. …
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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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An unprecedented leak of internal Chinese documents reveals how the country mishandled the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic. The documents – from Hubei province, the site of the world’s …
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Increase in trafficking of women, gender-based violence due to pandemic: Nobel Peace Prize winner
By: AP | United Nations | Updated: December 1, 2020 2:10:48 pm Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Yazidi activist Nadia Murad. (Source: Reuters) Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad says the …
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Sara Ali Khan on filming Atrangi Re amid pandemic: Was different, but passion remained unchanged
Actor Sara Ali Khan says resuming shoot for filmmaker Aanand L Rai’s Atrangi Re amidst the coronavirus pandemic was a “strange” experience with the cast and crew following proper safety …
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GENEVA: Sent by the government to support the hard-pressed Swiss healthcare system, members of the civil defence corps are on the frontline of the battle against COVID-19, helping out in …
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The coronavirus pandemic caused retailers to shift their approach to the holiday shopping season, opening the promotional window for Black Friday deals much earlier than years past. And some in …
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Mission to innoculate every human on this planet cannot be complete without India, the world’s second-most populous nation. But this is not the only reason why India is important. More …
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By: Reuters | Delaware, Washington | Updated: November 27, 2020 10:35:36 am President-elect Joe Biden speaks at The Queen theater, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo) President-elect …
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With more childcare and domestic work, the pandemic poses a ‘real danger’ to women’s progress, UN finds
Cavan Images | Cavan | Getty Images LONDON — Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, women have been bearing the brunt of extra childcare duties and unpaid domestic work, …