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Spanish Influenza Helped End WWI. Can COVID-19 Do The Same With Conflicts Today?
WorldNews.com 10 Apr 2020
Article by WN.Com Correspondent Dallas Darling. The 1918 Spanish flu that sickened a third of the world’s population and helped put an end to World War I still exists in weaker, seasonal strains today. The novel coronavirus pandemic is no different, only worse ... This is, at least, what UN Secretary-General Antonio Gutteres wants to do ... invincibility....
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Awakening volcanic region in Iceland 'could cause disruption for centuries'
The Guardian 10 Apr 2020
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Economists see ‘deep flaws’ in Trump EPA plan to undercut pollution rule
Fresno Bee 10 Apr 2020
By proposing to obliterate the legal justification for restricting toxic pollution from power plants, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has flouted bedrock practices that have driven federal policymaking for decades, ....
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China says Taiwan attacks on WHO are ‘venomous’
Asahi News 10 Apr 2020
BEIJING/TAIPEI--China has accused Taiwan of “venomously” attacking the World Health Organization (WHO), seeking independence and conniving with internet users to spread racist comments, after the WHO chief said racist slurs against him had come from the island ... The WHO denies this ... “We strongly condemn this.”. Green is the DPP’s party color ... ....
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Vietnam challenges China's monopoly on coronavirus diplomacy
The Times of India 10 Apr 2020
HANOI. Vietnam is challenging China's dominance of coronavirus diplomacy with the donation of medical supplies to Europe and Southeast Asia and even winning plaudits from U.S. President Donald Trump for a shipment of protective suits ... Trump thanked "our friends in Vietnam" on Thursday for that shipment ... Download ... Top Videos ... ....
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Apollo 13: What happened on Nasa's dramatic moon mission 50 years ago
The Independent 10 Apr 2020
Exactly 50 years ago, Apollo 13 set off from Earth and for the Moon. Just a couple of days later came a blast and the words that would shock and fascinate the world. "OK, Houston, we've had a problem here" ... Download the new Independent Premium app ... ....
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Habit that puts you at greatest virus risk
The Daily Telegraph Australia 10 Apr 2020
If you’re a smoker and you’ve been thinking about quitting, there couldn’t be a better time to put an end to the habit .......
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Chinese government reveals draft list of animals which can be farmed for meat
CNN 10 Apr 2020
Hong Kong (CNN)The Chinese government has issued a new draft list of livestock that can be farmed for meat in the wake of the coronavirus epidemic, which is suspected to have originated from wild animals in a Wuhan wet market ... Two species of fox, raccoons and minks can be kept as livestock but not for their meat ... Read More ... ....
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Trump sees 'big, not small bounce' on horizon for US economy
TVNZ 10 Apr 2020
On the same day the federal government announced 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs sweep the nation, President Donald Trump said he saw sunny skies ahead for the US economy. Your playlist will load after this ad. The government announced 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week ... APTN....
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'After war we now have this': Syrians grapple with poverty and coronavirus
The Guardian 10 Apr 2020photo: AP / Ronald Zak
Saudi, Russia outline record oil cut as demand crashes
Gulf Daily News 10 Apr 2020
Dubai/Moscow/London. OPEC, Russia and other allies outlined plans on Thursday to cut their oil output by more than a fifth and said they expected the United States and other producers to join in their effort to prop up prices hammered by the coronavirus crisis ... Discussions among top global energy ministers will resume on Friday ... ....
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanks India for delivering hydroxychloroquine to Israel
The Times of India 10 Apr 2020
JERUSALEM. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday thanked his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi for rushing a five-tonne cargo of medicines, including anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, seen as a possible cure for Covid-19. "Thank you, my dear friend @narendramodi, Prime Minister of India, for sending Chloroquine to Israel ... ....
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Crypto App Fold Visa Card to reward users with Bitcoin on purchase
Cryptopolitan 10 Apr 2020
Crypto App Fold Visa Card has been launched. The mobile supported App will see users get rewarded in Bitcoin whenever they use the card to shop ... In February, Socios, a sports fan token, and blockchain ecosystem introduced a debit card for its members. Meanwhile, all eyes are on Amazon whose journey into blockchain integration has been very slow ... .......
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Militants kill 5 banker employees in Afghanistan's western province
China.dot.org 10 Apr 2020
HERAT, Afghanistan, April 10 (Xinhua) -- Taliban militants killed five employees of Da Afghanistan Bank, the country's Central Bank, in western province of Herat on Thursday, a local official said Friday ... The militants managed to flee the area soon after killing the victims ... Enditem ....
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Nicaraguan president missing in action for nearly one month and counting
The Jakarta Post 10 Apr 2020
During Nicaragua's devastating civil war in the 1980s, youthful revolutionary Daniel Ortega toured every town in the Central American nation, clad in his green Sandinista uniform ... As in 2014, another time he dropped off the map, his absence has even prompted speculation he may have died ... Ortega's health has often been a closely guarded secret ... ....
