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Health care to the Electoral College: Seven ways 2020 left America exposed
Jan 07, 2021 17:35Black and Latino Americans account for almost 40 percent of coronavirus deaths so far, despite comprising less than a quarter of the population. As they’ve borne the brunt of this pandemic, they’ve been forced to fight for their humanity in another regard: Taking to the streets to protest decades of unjust police killings, only to be met with more police violence.
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This must be undone: Trump EPA finalizes anti-science rule to limit use of public health research
Jan 07, 2021 17:35Trump's nightmarish giveaway to polluters will sicken millions of the most vulnerable people across the US.
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Amid warnings of surging worldwide poverty, planet's 500 richest people added $1.8 trillion to combined wealth in 2020
Jan 07, 2021 17:32Bloomberg’s year-end report on the wealth of the world's billionaires shows that the richest 500 people on the planet added $1.8 trillion to their combined wealth in 2020, accumulating a total net worth of $7.6 trillion.
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Hiding COVID-19: How Trump administration suppresses photography of pandemic
Jan 07, 2021 16:59The U.S. government has reinforced media restrictions at hospitals, reducing the flow of disturbing images of the pandemic.
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Over 6,300 new COVID-19 cases detected in Iran
Jan 07, 2021 10:54More than 6,300 new cases of COVID-19 have been detected in Iran over the past 24 hours, according to the Health Ministry.
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WHO calls for intensified measures over 'alarming' virus variant
Jan 07, 2021 10:30The World Health Organization's European branch on Thursday said more needed to be done to deal with the alarming situation brought on by a recently discovered variant of the novel coronavirus.
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China extends debt relief to DR Congo amid COVID-19 crisis
Jan 07, 2021 06:59The Democratic Republic of the Congo says China has offered some debt relief in a bid to ease pressure on the central African country ravaged by the COVID-19 crisis.
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England to enter toughest COVID lockdown since March
Jan 06, 2021 11:15England will enter its toughest nationwide lockdown since March, with schools closed until mid-February, as Prime Minister Boris Johnson warned that the weeks ahead “will be the hardest yet”. As new figures put the UK on course to exceed 100,000 COVID-related deaths before the end of the month without urgent action, the prime minister said once again that people must stay at home, with exercise limited to once a day.
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Iran’s top banker says prepayment for COVID-19 vaccines now finalized
Jan 06, 2021 02:14Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Governor Abdolnasser Hemmati says the country has finally made a prepayment for purchase of vaccines to tackle COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Iran extends suspension of UK flights as minister confirms first case of British COVID
Jan 05, 2021 14:14Iran has extended a two-week suspension of flights to and from the UK until the end of January due to concerns over the new fast-spreading coronavirus strain, the head of the country’s Civil Aviation Organization (CAO) says.