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Ghana COVID-19 infections out of control as government says it’s tired
Ghana Business News 07 Jul 2020
Share this with more people!. Kwaku Agyemang Manu. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is hammering countries around the world as infection rates are rising, effectively putting pressure on health facilities and managers ... Males make the highest number of patients – 57 per cent of those infected are male, while 43 per cent are female ... .......
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Trump's worldview forged by neglect and trauma at home, his niece says in new book
Democratic Underground 07 Jul 2020photo: UN / Evan Schneider
Coronavirus: Moguls and lobbyists get millions in government aid
BBC News 07 Jul 2020
The US government has distributed more than $521bn to businesses from its emergency coronavirus aid. This week, the public finally got a glimpse of who's been getting the money ... Kanye West's Yeezy apparel brand - which recently announced a long-term deal with Gap - got a loan worth between $2m and $5m, which was expected to help save 106 jobs ... ....
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Astronauts should visit Venus on their way to Mars, scientists suggest
The Independent 07 Jul 2020photo: UN / Elma Okic
Covid-19 impact: 73 countries are at risk of running out of HIV drugs says WHO
Business Line 07 Jul 2020
Seventy-three countries are at risk of running out of antiretroviral (ARV) medicines for HIV due to the disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic according to the World Health Organization. “WHO is deeply concerned about the impact of Covid-19 on the global response to HIV ... It has also advised countries to stock up on HIV drugs ... .......
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Zimbabwe spends millions on officials' luxury cars as country goes hungry
The Guardian 07 Jul 2020
Diplomatic staff given Range Rovers while ordinary people struggle amid inflation of 785% The government of Zimbabwe has spent millions of dollars on luxury cars for senior officials despite a deepening economic collapse that has plunged its people into profound hardship ... ....
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Is China the New ‘Nazi’ Germany That the World Is Uniting Against?
Yahoo Daily News 07 Jul 2020
Pointing out how expansionism had done the greatest harm to humanity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not need to mention China in his address to the troops in Leh, as he stated that the ‘era of expansionism was over’ ... Also Read. Would China Have Won In 1962 Had Nehru Listened to Patel? ... The chickens however, have now come home to roost ... Also Read ... ... ....
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Brazilian AIDS Patient Shows No Sign of Virus After Experimental Drug Therapy
Time Magazine 07 Jul 2020
A Brazilian man infected with the AIDS virus has shown no sign of it for more than a year since he stopped HIV medicines after an intense experimental drug therapy aimed at purging hidden, dormant virus from his body, doctors reported Tuesday ... “These are exciting findings but they’re very preliminary,” said Dr ... Steven Deeks, said ... ....
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WHO acknowledges 'emerging evidence' of airborne spread of Covid-19
AOL 07 Jul 2020
The World Health Organisation on Tuesday acknowledged "emerging evidence" of the airborne spread of the novel coronavirus, after a group of scientists urged the global body to update its guidance on how the respiratory disease is spread ... 93 PHOTOS. Coronavirus across the globe. See Gallery. Coronavirus across the globe ... (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) ... Gov ... ....
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Coronavirus genetic risk factor inherited from Neanderthals – new study
The Jerusalem Post 07 Jul 2020
Patients carrying a specific DNA sequence inherited from Neanderthals, a prehistoric human population that lived in Eurasia between 200,000 and 35,000 years ago, are more likely to develop a severe form of COVID-19, two Swedish scientists discovered ... “At this stage, this is simply observation ... ....
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CNN’s Don Lemon clashes with actor Terry Crews: Is BLM about police brutality, or problems in the black community ?
Russia Today 07 Jul 2020
Actor Terry Crews faced an angry backlash after voicing concerns about the radicalization of the BLM movement. His clash with CNN’s Don Lemon on why black-on-black crime is not part of the agenda split society even further ... Are all white people bad?. No. Are all black people good?. No ... Given the number of threats against this decision- ... PERIOD ... ....
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Brazil's Bolsonaro tests positive for coronavirus
Democratic Underground 07 Jul 2020
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced Tuesday that he tested positive for coronavirus ... Social distancing has steadily become less prevalent in the country, according to the influential IHME model ... Flashback ... Read more ... ....
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Here’s one ‘remarkable’ difference between COVID-19 and the 1918 Spanish flu
Market Watch 07 Jul 2020
The 2020 coronavirus and 1918 Spanish influenza pandemics share many similarities, but they also diverge on one key point. “A major difference between Spanish flu and COVID-19 is the age distribution of fatalities,” according to Deutsche Bank DB, +4.40%. “For COVID-19, the elderly have been overwhelmingly the worst hit ... ” — Deutsche Bank report....
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Depp ‘not a wife-beater,’ court told
The Daily Telegraph Australia 07 Jul 2020
Johnny Depp has strenuously denied being violent to his ex-wife Amber Heard and claimed a British tabloid article that accused him of being a “wife-beater” caused “serious harm” to his reputation, a London court has heard .......
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Deustche bank to pay out $150m over Jeffrey Epstein dealings
The Irish Times 07 Jul 2020
Deutsche Bank has agreed to pay $150 million (€133 million) to settle investigations into its dealings with Jeffrey Epstein, and with Danske Bank Estonia and FBME Bank, the New York Department of Financial Services said on Tuesday ... History ... He died in jail while awaiting trial in what was ruled a suicide ... Relationship ... . . ....
