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Israeli Analyst: Space Exploration Could Bring New Deadly Viruses to Earth
The Algemeiner 16 Feb 2020
CTech – The modern interconnected world allows incredibly quick and uninhibited travel across the planet, as exemplified by this week’s fastest-ever subsonic flight between New York and London ... But this notion is not new, as deadly space contagions are a long-standing science fiction trope ... But it might not be ... February 16, 2020 2.21 pm. 0 ... ....
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Russian artist and girlfriend held over release of Paris politician's sex video
The Observer 16 Feb 2020
The woman was taken into custody along with the artist, Petr Pavlensky, on Saturday afternoon as they left a Paris hotel ... “I have rarely come across anyone so cynical ... Police are trying to establish whether the woman was Pavlensky’s accomplice in the broadcasting of the films or whether her phone was hacked ... ....
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Elton John in tears as illness forces him to quit show
Scotsman 16 Feb 2020
Sir Elton John said he was "deeply upset and sorry" for cutting short a concert after being diagnosed with walking pneumonia. The music star, 72, was performing at Auckland's Mount Smart Stadium on Sunday when he lost his voice and broke down in tears on stage ... READ MORE. Rod Stewart free from prostate cancer after two years of treatment ... READ MORE ... ....
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North Korea’s Kim Makes First Public Appearance in Weeks Amid Virus Outbreak
Hamodia 16 Feb 2020
Kim Jong Un paid tribute to the statue of former leader Kim at Pyongyang’s Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, his first public appearance since he attended Lunar New Year celebrations on Jan ... WhatsAppPrintEmailGmail. ....
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Venezuelan armed forces stage nationwide drills amid tensions with US
Press TV 16 Feb 2020
Venezuela’s armed forces and civilian militia have staged nationwide military drills in a show of force by President Nicolas Maduro, as Washington ramps up pressure on the Latin American country ... The Venezuelan Defense Ministry said more than 2.3 million people, including soldiers and militia forces, joined the drills ordered by Maduro ... ....
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Israeli army says Hamas militants 'catfished' soldiers with photo-sharing app to hack phones
The Independent 16 Feb 2020
Hamas militants, posing as attractive young women, have infected the mobile phones of dozens of Israeli soldiers, with malware embedded in fake photo-sharing apps, the Israeli military has said....
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Coronavirus could damage global growth in 2020: IMF
Deccan Herald 16 Feb 2020
The coronavirus epidemic could damage global economic growth this year, the IMF head said Sunday, but a sharp and rapid economic rebound could follow ... She said the full impact of the spreading disease that has already killed more than 1,600 people would depend on how quickly it was contained. "I advise everybody not to jump to premature conclusions....
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Democratic rivals tell billionaire Bloomberg: Let's debate
Reuters 16 Feb 2020
Two U.S. Democratic presidential candidates said on Sunday they would welcome the chance to square off against billionaire Michael Bloomberg if he qualifies for the next debate in Nevada ... ....
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Costa Rican police find six tonnes of cocaine in biggest ever haul
The Independent 16 Feb 2020
Police in Costa Rica have found almost 6 tonnes of cocaine in a shipping container, leading to the country’s biggest ever drug seizure. The drugs, which weighed 5,800kg, were discovered on Friday evening in Limón in a container of flowers due to be sent to Rotterdam, Holland, according to the Costan Rican national newspaper La Nación ... Show all 50 ... AP....
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Disease found in 66 million-year-old dinosaur tail that still affects humans today
The Independent 16 Feb 2020
A disease which still affects people today has been discovered in the fossilised tail of a dinosaur that lived over 66 million years ago. The discovery came after a tumour was found in the vertebrae of a young dinosaur which had been unearthed in Alberta, Canada ... Download the new Independent Premium app ... World news in pictures. Show all 50 ... Reuters ... EPA....
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Turkey Moves to Reopen Varosha Ghost Town on Cyprus
The National Herald 16 Feb 2020
Ignoring demands to stop by the legitimate Cypriot government – a member of the European Union – Turkish and Turkish-Cypriots unlawfully occupying the northern third of the island are speeding ahead with plans to reopen the abandoned ghost town of Varosha ... “There is unfortunately an abandoned area here as well as rotting buildings....
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Remains of 80 or more South Korean soldiers to arrive from Hawaii: reports
Korea Times 16 Feb 2020
President Moon Jae-in puts war medals on the remains of 64 South Korean soldiers killed in North Korea during the 1950-53 Korean War, after they arrived at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Oct. 1, 2018, from Hawaii ... and South Korea. Korea Times file. By Jung Da-min ... as a follow-up to the Singapore agreement between U.S ... The U.S ... ....
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South Sudan rebels reject president’s peace compromise
Arab News 16 Feb 2020
JUBA. South Sudan rebels rejected on Sunday a peace offer by President Salva Kiir to return to a system of 10 states, paving the way for a unity government. The rejection by rebel chief Riek Machar dashes hopes of breaking a deadlock and ending a six-year conflict that has left at least 380,000 people dead and millions in dire poverty ... .......
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Scientist Rejects Conspiracy Theories Claiming Coronavirus Engineered in Lab
Sputnik 16 Feb 2020
In late January, Facebook pledged to remove content with false claims or numerous conspiracy theories alleging that the coronavirus was deliberately released from a secret lab located in Wuhan, the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak ... ....
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