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Israel is the only democracy in the world to prohibit its citizens from returning home during the pandemic, the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) said, urging authorities to relax an entry ban that, it says, violates human rights. All entry points into Israel by land, sea and air remain shut tight since January 25 as part of the Benjamin Netanyahu government's measures to prevent the new coronaviru
Just another anti-viral There was a good but small (tiny) study that came out of Israel three weeks ago about a drug called EXO-CD24. The professor in charge claims to have treated 30 out of 30 people who had moderate to severe cases and had near universal success. All, bar one, were able to leave hospital very quickly. CD24 is normally stuck on the outside of immune system cells. By getting EXO-
Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Dublin to protest Ireland's restrictive lockdown policies. But the Saturday gathering soon turned violent, as police were pelted with bottles, cans, and even fireworks. Ireland's first national lockdown in 2020 was the longest in Europe, and the nationwide restrictions currently in place have been ranked the fourth-toughest in the world - and the toughest

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Saturday Night Live is here to remind us all that Marjorie Taylor Greene exists. She's an actual elected official who ostensibly represents the interests of her Georgia district in the U.S. House of Representative, but who seems to spend more of her time focused on drumming up dangerous conspiracies and culture war fights , and personally harassing her would-be colleagues in the Capitol. She's no
This probably wouldn't merit any discussion if Verizon hadn't been so unnecessarily shady. It's tough when your phone battery drains fast, but most people recognize that new features and tech can have that effect. In a Sunday morning tweet, the wireless provider offered up a suggestion for customers struggling with a fast-draining battery. And while the substance of the advice boils down to "turn
Mellisa Braham had been out walking her dog last week when she photographed something very strange. The following story and photograph were sent to us...
New computer algorithms designed to beat old 80s platformers could help robots navigate your home. Intelligent computer algorithms capable of playing ...
So it goes… Via: Fox: America is becoming a “totalitarian state before our eyes” under President Biden’s leadership, feminist author and former Democratic adviser Naomi Wolf told “Tucker Carlson Tonight” Monday. Wolf, who served as an adviser on Bill Clinton’s reelection campaign in 1996, told host Tucker Carlson that in her view, the United States […]

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But the Biden administration stopped short of directly penalizing Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, calculating that the risk of damaging American interests was too great.
Priti Patel obtains advice on ensuring post-Covid demonstrations do not impact on ‘rights of others to go about their business’ Concern over the government’s limitation of the right to protest during lockdown continues to mount after it emerged that the home secretary, Priti Patel, is eager to grant police greater powers to control demonstrations once the Covid restrictions are lifted. In a lette
Device thought to be Hermann bomb used by Nazis was found on building site near Exeter University Structural damage has been caused to a number of properties in Exeter following the detonation of a second world war bomb, police have said. The device, believed to be a 1,000kg Hermann bomb used by the Nazis, was discovered on a building site on private land to the west of the University of Exeter c
If the 2024 primary were held today, a CPAC straw poll showed that just 55% said they would vote for Donald Trump, followed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis at 21%.
As the U.S. Treasury considers putting Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill to honor her role in the northbound underground railroad, new attention is being paid to the often overlooked southbound route. (Image credit: Library of Congress)
Trump speaks at CPAC on Sunday. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images Trump’s first post-presidential speech was just as bad as the speech he gave before the January 6 insurrection. If anybody thought the January 6 insurrection and the ensuing second impeachment trial might’ve chastened Donald Trump, his CPAC speech on Sunday should’ve disabused them of that notion — and of any thoughts the former president

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Twenty years ago, physicists began investigating a mysterious asymmetry inside the proton. Their results show how antimatter helps stabilize every atom’s core.
Spacewalking astronauts ventured out Sunday to install support frames for new, high-efficiency solar panels arriving at the International Space Station later this year.
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to endorse the emergency use of a single dose of a vaccine made by Johnson & Johnson. A study showed it was 66% effective in the U.S. (Image credit: Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images)
SpaceX will launch its next batch of Starlink satellites on Sunday (Feb. 28) and you can watch it live online.
An automated computer analysis method designed by Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists makes it possible to track social biases across decades of Bollywood and Hollywood movies.
Changes to food allergy guidelines has led to a 16 per cent decrease in peanut allergy among infants, according to new study.

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Questions still swirl around the author’s theories about sexual selection and the evolution of minds and morals
The Perseverance rover is outfitted with a science payload of instruments finely tuned for extracting information related to any biosignatures that might be present and signal the occurrence of life.
Good afternoon, Sunday’s news that Iran has rejected a European Union invitation to host talks with the United States is a truly negative and problematic development — complicating already difficult challenges further and jeopardizing the fate of the 2015 nuclear deal. But it is not surprising. I explain in this piece for Responsible Statecraft why this […]
by Fabio Giuseppe Carlo Carisio for VT Mediterranean The Syrian army air defenses intercepted on Sunday an Israeli missile aggression in the surroundings of Damascus and shot down most of the missiles, according to Syrian Arab News Agency. A Military source announced that at 10:16 p.m. on Sunday, the Israeli enemy launched an air aggression […]
“America must end its illegal and unilateral sanctions and return to its (deal) commitments. This needs neither negotiations nor resolutions.”
How badly was the truth on 911 twisted around on us? From the team that solved 9/11, the ‘nuclear event,’ 11 years ago… …by Gordon Duff, Senior Editor, and the Members of the Department of Energy 9/11 Investigation Team “Everything we are told about nuclear weapons, who makes them, how they work and what they do […]

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Homeland Security Investigations works with an undercover agent to identify and stop a Methamphetamine sale in a strip mall parking lot. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get more To Catch a Smuggler: http://on.natgeo.com/3k8iXiH About To Catch a Smuggler: Homeland Security at JFK International Airport deals with daily issues ranging from fraudulent visas to human trafficking. About Na
"OMKalen" is back with the final episode of "Giving Back While Buying Black," honoring Black History Month! This week, Kalen surprises registered nurse Joyce, who goes the extra mile to make sure her patients feel loved and well taken care of. She uses her own money to buy patients special meals, nail polish, and things that bring them joy. Kalen surprises the unsuspecting Joyce with a bundle of
Guest host Tiffany Haddish revealed the surprising cameo you might have missed from the hit Netflix series "Bridgerton"! From: TheEllenShow

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Thousands of roosters die each year in the battles despite efforts by animal rights groups.
Former US president speaks at conservative conference dominated by his supporters amid Republican Party in-fighting.
On October 19th, 2017 , astronomers from the Haleakala Observatory in Hawaii announced the first-ever detection of an interstellar object in our Solar System. In honor of the observatory that first spotted it, this object (designated 1I/2017 U1) was officially named ‘Oumuamua by the IAU – a Hawaiian term loosely translated as “Scout” (or, “a messenger from afar arriving first.”) Multiple follow-u
Last summer, the Parker Solar Probe flew past Venus on its way to fly closer to the Sun. In a bit of a surprise, one of the spacecraft’s cameras, the Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, or WISPR, captured a striking image of the planet’s nightside from 7,693 miles (12380 km) away. The surprise of the image was that WISPR – a visible light camera – seemingly captured the Venus’ surface in in
A better, more strategy-oriented, and more quantitative "life sciences" curriculum for kids should prevent people from becoming scientifically illiterate vegan or Luddite ideologues Last night, aside from many other interesting things ;-), I "learned" from an amateur Prague-based public intellectual that it is great to feed dogs and cats with a balanced diet rich in fruits and vegetables. Also, it
Margaret Thatcher’s only good joke – maybe her *only* joke – was likening the Liberal Democrats to Monty Python’s dead parrot. Today, the joke rings truer than ever. The Lib Dems have only 11 MPs left. Remainerism, the party’s great cause of the last five yea

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