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Army of 100,000 Chinese Ducks Ready to Fight Locust Plague
Time Magazine 27 Feb 2020
A troop of special Chinese ducks is waiting to be deployed to neighboring Pakistan to fight a swarm of crop-eating pests that threaten regional food security ... The ducks are “biological weapons” and can be more effective than pesticide, said Lu, who is in charge of the project in tandem with a university in Pakistan ... ....
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4 Burnt Mosques In 48 Hours Show Delhi Riots Are About Religion, Not CAA
Yahoo Daily News 27 Feb 2020
NEW DELHI — As graphic images of crowds of men rioting in the national capital lit up social media platforms this week, one particular clip stood out. A shaky cellphone video of a man planting a saffron flag atop the minaret of a mosque in Ashok Nagar, a neighbourhood in northeast Delhi ... More. Related... Nero Worship ... Continue reading on HuffPost. ....
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Iran's coronavirus outbreak is bizarrely reminiscent of the Black Death
The Independent 27 Feb 2020
When the very first Coronavirus reports emerged, I had a suspicion that Iran would be a target of the world’s anger. The spread of Covid-19 to the Middle East was as inevitable as history because the Muslim pilgrim routes have always acted as a channel for pestilence ... It was inevitable, of course ... This was truly medieval in its fantasy ... Coronavirus ... AP....
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Gunman kills five at US brewing giant
AOL 27 Feb 2020
Five people were killed in a shooting at a major brewing company in the US before the gunman killed himself. The assailant who attacked the Molson Coors complex was identified as a 51-year-old Milwaukee man who died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said. Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said ... "We send our condolences ... ....
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Harvey Weinstein Admitted to Hospital For Chest Pain Day After Sexual Assault Conviction
News18 27 Feb 2020
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Scientists have found an animal that doesn’t need oxygen to survive
Indian Express 27 Feb 2020
Since our early days of learnings, we’ve been taught that multicellular life like ours need oxygen to live. However, this fact also could not escape the exception rule of science as researchers just discovered a jellyfish-like parasite without a mitochondrial genome ... Express Tech is now on Telegram ... 📣 The Indian Express is now on Telegram ... X ... ....
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Uncertainty looms ahead of US-Taliban deal signing
Daily Star Lebanon 27 Feb 2020
Washington and the Taliban are set to sign a deal Saturday to secure America's exit from its longest war through gradually withdrawing troops and starting talks between Kabul and the insurgents ... ....
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Turkey says 2 soldiers killed in Syrian airstrike in Idlib
Press TV 27 Feb 2020
Turkey says two of its army soldiers have been killed in an airstrike launched by the Syrian army in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, the last militant bastion in a nine-year war ... There was no confirmation by the Syrian military ... Three tanks were also captured, it claimed ... Erdogan renews threat against Syrian army ... www.presstv.ir ... www.presstv.tv....
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Saudi Arabia suspends entry for Umrah pilgrimage, tourism amid coronavirus
Yahoo Daily News 27 Feb 2020
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia on Thursday suspended foreigners' entry for the Umrah pilgrimage and tourism from countries where the new coronavirus has spread, as a growing number of cases outside China deepened fears of a pandemic ... It introduced a new tourism visa last October for 49 countries ... U.S ... response ... ....
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Bernie Sanders could be the first Jewish President. For Philly-area Jews, his appeal is powerful ...
Philadelphia Daily News 27 Feb 2020
Phyllis Blumberg is president of a Main Line Philadelphia synagogue, someone who has spent a lifetime practicing and contemplating Jewish values. She thinks she’ll probably campaign for Mike Bloomberg. But she admits her son, Noah, 27, has been trying to make the case to her for Bernie Sanders. Related stories ... looks a lot like America ... ‘Zayde Bernie’ ... ....
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Woman catches coronavirus twice confirming scientists’ worst fears
Metro UK 27 Feb 2020
A woman in Osaka, Japan, is the first person to catch coronavirus twice (Picture. Getty Images). A woman in Japan has tested positive for coronavirus for a second time. The tour-bus guide, in Osaka, is the first person in the country to do so amid growing concerns as the virus spreads ... Dr Babak Ashrafi told Metro.co.uk ... Reuters) ... AFP) ... AFP) ... Advertisement....
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The Russian Models Instagramming From China's Coronavirus Capital
The Daily Beast 27 Feb 2020
MOSCOW—Before the Chinese city of Wuhan shut down last month and sank into tragic gloom, the Russian government tried to convince all its citizens in that epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic to get out. But not everybody listened ... Still, spring was on the way. Like the flu season, the coronavirus season would pass, they thought ... ....
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S.Korea, U.S. delay joint military drills due to COVID-19 outbreak
Sina 27 Feb 2020
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Xinhua) -- South Korea and the United States decided on Thursday to postpone their joint springtime military drills on worries about the soaring COVID-19 cases in the past week ... The statement was read by senior officials from the CFC and the JCS at Seoul's defense ministry headquarters ... 19-26 ... troops ... Out of 28,500 U.S ... ....
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Johnny Depp 'texted friend saying he would burn and drown Amber Heard', court hears
London Evening Standard 26 Feb 2020
Hollywood star Johnny Depp sent messages to actor friend Paul Bettany suggesting he would "burn" and "drown" girlfriend Amber Heard during their volatile relationship, a court has heard ... ....
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Bernie slams Trump's diplomatic comments on Delhi violence
Deccan Chronicle 27 Feb 2020
Washington. A day after US lawmakers reacted sharply to the violence in the Indian capital, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders here accused US President Donald Trump of failing on the issue of human rights ... That's up to India.” ... Widespread anti-Muslim mob violence has killed at least 27 and injured many more ... .......
