Friday, March 06, 2020

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  • The famously doomed wreck of the HMS Erebus has produced some rare personal artifacts centuries later. In 1845, Sir John Franklin set out on a mission from Greenhithe, England to find...

  • Team Deciphers Bizarre Centuries-old Inscription on this Boulder – Wins Cash Prize

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  • On the beach in Plougastel-Daoulas in Brittany, France lies a three-foot tall boulder carved with an inscription in an unknown language.  It sits in a cove near Illien ar Gwenn, and...

  • A Trip Through New York City in 1911 – Gloriously Restored and Colorized Footage

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    • A YouTube wizard has given vintage footage of New York a serious 4k upgrade. Want to take a historic trip to the Big Apple? Denis Shiryaev has used Artificial Intelligence to upscale...

      Utopia – you are standing in it!


  • Masters of Finance: Michael Jensen

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  • Recent Trends in Amazon Fires

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    • Originally posted on Roger Pielke Jr.: The figure above is from a new paper (Lizundia-Loiola et al. 2020) on recent trends in burned area (BA) and active fires (AF) in the Amazon. The...

      TARPLEY.net

  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Thursday, March 5, 2020 Dow Falls 970 as Trump Bubble Keeps Deflating; Demand for Fed’s Repo Cash...

  • Biden Scores Surprise Upset over Sanders in Super Tuesday Primaries, Taking Ten of Fourteen States; Former Vice President Now Ahead in Delegate Count by About 65 Votes; Bernie’s Entire Strategy Disrupted; Bloomberg Bows Out, Pledging His Organization and Resources to Defeat Trump; Virginia Voter Turnout Nearly 

  • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Wednesday, March 4, 2020 Ignoring Urgent Threat of Fascist Dictatorship, Sanders Wants a Referendum...

  • Wall Street Crisis Deepens as Powell’s Half-Point Emergency Rate Cut Fails to Reverse Heavy Losses in Stock Market; G-7 Leaders Confer by Phone on Joint Action, but No Announcements or Specific Measures So Far; Trump Sabotages His Own Market Manipulation by Claiming Rate Cut Was Not Enough!

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    • United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|Tuesday, March 3, 2020 Discredited Bungler Trump Using Dr. Fauci of NIH as Prop to Hide Behind as Coronavirus...

      Sustainable Pulse

  • A California shareholder of Bayer AG on Friday filed a lawsuit against the companies’ top executives claiming they breached their duty of “prudence” and “loyalty”...

  • Next Generation Effects from GMO Crops Are a Serious Risk for Ecosystems – New Study

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  • A new peer reviewed paper published in the international Environmental Sciences Europe journal has focused for the first time on the risk assessment of so-called next generation...

  • Glyphosate-Based Herbicides Trigger Loss of Biodiversity – New Study

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    • One of the world’s most widely used glyphosate-based herbicides, Roundup, can trigger loss of biodiversity, making ecosystems more vulnerable to pollution and climate change...

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  • Arctic Only 90,000 sqkm Lower Than 1996 – Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 64 – 2020

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  • Sea Ice Extent (Global Antarctic and Arctic) – Day 63 – 2020

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    •   South / North

      Stagecraft and Statecraft

  • BRAHMA CHELLANEY SPECIAL TO THE GLOBE AND MAIL The blossoming of the U.S.-India strategic partnership has become an important diplomatic asset for both countries, which explains...

  • A turning point signalling new resolve

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  • It speaks for itself that there has been no major Pakistan-sponsored terrorist attack since India’s Balakot airstrike, which punched a hole through Pakistan’s nuclear shield...

  • Can India really count on Trump?

    14 days ago
    • Brahma Chellaney, Open Magazine US President Donald Trump’s India visit, with his wife Melania, is significant for several reasons, including the fact that this is his first overseas...

      Ramani's blog

    • When we reflect what had given us joy or pleasure, they are not the instruments of pleasure like relationships or Money but small instances that have given us Sublime joy...

      Diane Ravitch's blog

  • Teresa Hanafin writes Fast Forward for the Boston Globe. She writes: Trump has canceled his planned trip to the CDC today, and I figured it was because the researchers there didn’t...

  • Michigan: Ethical Problems at Cornerstone Charter School

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  • Clark Durant, a former member of Congress, started a network of private religious schools called Cornerstone in 1991. In 2009, he changed them to charter schools so they could get...

  • EdWeek Surveys Private School Choice Programs and Finds Little Oversight

    12 hours ago
    • Education Week examined the extent of state oversight of publicly funded religious schools and found that it was minimal. Betsy DeVos’s goal of public funding for religious school...

      Pasco Phronesis

  • Some programs were off this past week in connection with the President’s Day holiday in the United States.  Of those repeats, “Science Bob” Pflugfelder’s recent appearance...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of February 10

    17 days ago
  • This past week was a clear break from the recent months of limited science and technology content.  “Science Bob” Pflugfelder returned to Jimmy Kimmel Live! on February 10 (Monday). ...

  • Science and Technology Guests on Late Night, Week of February 3

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    • This past week has been dominated in late night (and daytime) talk with a lot of political content.  Of note for these pages is the failure of the Iowa Democratic Party to effectively...

      NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

  • By Paul Homewood   John Curtin, Executive Director at the Environment Agency, gleefully posted this on Twitter last week. It was intended to persuade us that there is a “climate...

  • Somerset Levels Escape Flooding By Ignoring Eco Zealots

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  • By Paul Homewood   h/t Patsy Lacey  As I commented a week or two ago, the Somerset levels have escaped flooding this winter, despite well above average rainfall last month. The Mail...

  • The political storm over green targets will be even bigger than Brexit-Sherrelle Jacobs

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    • By Paul Homewood I am getting more impressed with Sherrelle Jacobs these days:   Just when we thought the war was over, it is starting to dawn on some London hacks that it has only just...

      NoTricksZone

  • The last two summers in Germany (2018 and 2019) were unusually dry and warm, and already alarmists began to screaming that this was just a preview of what’s in store for Europe’s...

  • A ‘Nearly Zero’ Climate Sensitivity Paper Finds A 16-Fold CO2 Increase Cools Earth Below Pre-Industrial Temperatures

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  • In yet another new paper (Drotos et al., 2020), scientists determine the climate sensitivity to CO2 is “practically zero” the more the concentration rises. A ~4450 ppm CO2 concentration...

  • German Climate Panel Discussion Incites Violence: Climate Leftist Suggests “Shooting The 1% Rich”!

    2 days ago
    • At a strategy conference in Kassel last weekend, German leftist/environmentalist party Die Linke (The Leftists) discussed its plans for social change. Major German story here...

      NEPC Blog Post of the Day

  • Larry Cuban on School Reform and Classroom Practice: School Reforms That Are Persistent and Admired but Marginal (Part 3) Who am I quoting here? Hint: Quotes come from person born...

  • Cloaking Inequity: The Total Neoliberal Misrepresentation of the Recent History of Indianapolis K12 Education (Guest Post by Jim Scheurich)

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  • Cloaking Inequity: The Total Neoliberal Misrepresentation of the Recent History of Indianapolis K12 Education (Guest Post by Jim Scheurich) Is a total neoliberal misrepresentation...

  • Our Schools/Truthdig: Could Corporations Control What's Taught in Our Public Schools?

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    • Our Schools/Truthdig: Could Corporations Control What's Taught in Our Public Schools? The national discussion about the movement to privatize America’s public schools...

      Victor Davis Hanson Private Papers

  • Victor Davis Hanson // National Review By the early 21st century, cosmopolitans were gushing that high-tech, instant communications, transnational agencies and agreements...

  • New Impeachment Rules Would Snare Obama

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  • Victor Davis Hanson // American Greatness Barack Obama’s eight-year tenure was detrimental to the United States, but like most of his nonbelievers, I harbor no animosity for his...

  • Angry Reader 02-28-20

    7 days ago
    • From An Angry Reader: Subject: Gray Matter Your articles are so offensively lacking in context, thoughtfulness, and reflection on history–basically simpleminded attack ads–...

    The Moderate Voice

  • Process this: The dance of death and destruction unleashed in northeast Delhi last week has claimed 47 lives. More than 300 people have been injured and at least 122 houses, 322 shops...

  • Coronavirus: why people are panic buying toilet paper and how to stop it

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  • Shelves of ready noodles in Singapore were left empty after fear led people to panic buy. kandl/Shutterstock Andy J. Yap, INSEAD The UK has found itself in a panic buying frenzy in response...

  • CORONA BS (Cartoon, Column and Video)

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    • When Donald Trump was a candidate for the presidency and no one could actually see him winning the office, President Obama said Trump was “uniquely unqualified” for the job. Obama...

      Marginal REVOLUTION

  • Here is a new paper by Giovanni Peri and Zachariah Rutledge Using data from the United States spanning the period between 1970 and 2017, we analyze the economic assimilation of subsequent...

  • Friday assorted links

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  • 1. Who are the Masters of Their Domains? 2. Austan Goolsbee on the vulnerability of the U.S. economy to coronavirus: so many face-to-face services (NYT). 3. “During the reign of...

  • Women in Economics: Janet Yellen

    15 hours ago
    • Here’s a great new video on Janet Yellen from our team at MRU. In addition to Yellen, the video features Ben Bernanke and Christina Romer, who is tremendous. Other videos in the series...

      Lloyd Lofthouse

  • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Teresa Hanafin writes Fast Forward for the Boston Globe. She writes: Trump has canceled his planned trip to the CDC today, and I figured...

  • What’s missing in the “Why I Stand” for the flag video?

    21 days ago
  • Originally posted on The Soulful Veteran's Blog: When I joined the Marines in 1965, I wasn’t thinking of the flag or what freedom meant. I joined for another reason. I wanted to know...

  • Jackie Goldberg: Lies the Billionaires Tell

    22 days ago
    • Originally posted on Diane Ravitch's blog: Jackie Goldberg is running for re-election to the Los Angeles Unified School Board. She is an experienced public official who has supported...

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  • Why can’t Joe Biden be trusted? The answer is easily found. Consider his position on abortion, which is totally contrary to the faith he professes.

  • Will Joe Kick It Away Again?

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  • But if earlier reports of the demise of Joe Biden were premature, so, too, are today's confident predictions of a Biden sweep this November, marching over the political corpse of Trump...

  • CNN Says Biden Has “Problems” While Ignoring the Biggest Ones

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    • Yes, “issues do matter,” as CNN points out, and “we still need to hear more about what he will stand for as President.” But what if what he says is not trustworthy? Overlooked...

      MintPress News

  • As Naomi Klein laid out in her bestseller "Shock Doctrine," the wealthy elite use the confusion caused by economic and other disasters to quickly force through pro-free-market legislation...

  • The New Idlib Ceasefire Forces Turkey-Backed Extremists to Fall Back

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  • Putin and Erdoğan met in Moscow in a last-ditch effort to strike a deal over the escalating violence in Idlib, Syria. Steven Sahiounie weighs in on who prevailed and what likely comes...

  • “People Are Being Hunted Down” – ICE Launches Rights-Busting Onslaught Against Sanctuary Cities

    10 hours ago
    • Rights are routinely being violated as hundreds of ICE agents storm New York City and other sanctuary cities in a fresh attempt to round up undocumented immigrants. The post “People...

      Made from Truth and Lies

  • Nine out of 10 people found to be biased against women. One third believe husbands should be allowed to beat their wives(tags:sexism OhForFucksSake )On children and horror, and how...

  • Interesting Links for 05-03-2020

    2 days ago
  • What's so great about Elizabeth Warren?(tags:politics USA economics democrats )Coronavirus means that new Bond movie is delayed until November(tags:JamesBond movies disease...

  • Interesting Links for 04-03-2020

    3 days ago
    • Men overestimate women's interest in them because they project their own interest on to themThe number of people I've seen who think that what they're feeling is a "connection" (i.e...

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  • I’m certainly glad she’s gone, and I’m not exactly holding my breath waiting for her to endorse Bernie. I would be very happy if she did, and it would be one way of hanging on to her...

  • On to the Next

    2 days ago
  • Well, there’s no doubt about it, we did way worse than expected. I’m not sure if it was all the endorsements, the unquestioning MSM, the low turnout of the youth, or the closures...

  • Why I'm Optimistic

    3 days ago
    • Of course we’ll have a lot clearer picture of the state of the race tomorrow but, barring a serious upset, I think I’m going to be going forward fairly optimistically. Here’s...

      Fragments from Floyd

  • How do two occasional grandparents make their first and maybe only week with their 8 yr old grandson memorable, beneficial and fun?

  • This Old House

    3 days ago
  • Floyd County, Virginia, historic farmhouse on 80 acres with two creeks: for sale

  • Web Crawl Thursday 27 Feb 2020

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    • Just clustering a few bits here this morning, from the past few days’ world watching and trying to gain traction on my own inefficiencies and perplexities. As a biology watcher...

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    6 March - iGoogle Portal - Tab 8

  • Life is too short, so don’t spend time with people who suck the happiness out of you.  “Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”...

  • People Who Have Good Relationships Don’t Have To Broadcast It On Media Platforms

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  • Things have really changed; people are becoming obsessed with online validations. Almost everyone has been or is on one of the social media platforms, where taking selfies and sharing...

  • Open-Minded People Live In A Completely Different Reality – According To Psychologists

    14 days ago
    • Melbourne University conducted a study which concludes that our personality does affect not only our outlook on life but also the way we perceive reality. As it turns out, having...

      Have You Heard

  • TweetBlaming teachers for the woes of US public schools and beyond is as old a pastime as public education itself. Historian Diana D’Amico Pawlewicz takes us through 100 years of...

  • Don’t Mess with Texas’ Schools

    16 days ago
  • TweetHave You Heard heads to fast-growing north Texas for a first-hand look at how support for public education is upending the state’s politics. Spoiler: GOP candidates are scrambling...

  • Milton Friedman’s Day in Court

    a month ago
    • TweetThe raging debate about whether public money should fund private religious education is a very old one. What’s new is the increasingly complex education landscape and the...

      Chicago Boyz

  • I just want to mention my gratitude to Trent for tracking down good information and getting it to us in quantity. I have not commented because I have no particular expertise, neither...

  • SARS-CoV2/COVID-10 Update 3-5-2020 — “As long as you remember to keep breathing and don’t fall asleep, it’s basically just like the flu.”

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  • SARS-CoV2/COVID-10 Update 3-5-2020 -- "As long as you remember to keep breathing and don't fall asleep, it's basically just like the flu."

  • Protecting Feelings II

    2 days ago
    • Update:   There is likely something in this of why black males are defecting to Trump much more than black females, but I can’t quite see what that is.  Offer suggestions you think...

      Centinel2012

  • Deep State Cure Bill Gates, whose net worth is over $100 billion, once remarked that vaccines could reduce world population by 10 to 15 percent. Bill is a member of the ‘Big Club.’...

  • DON’T PANIC!

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  • Concerned and vigilant?  Yes.  Panicked?  No way! Re Posted for the Canada Free press By Jim ONeill —— Bio and Archives—March 5, 2020 It is said that despite its many...

  • Coronavirus Conspiracy to Eliminate Paper Money?

    10 hours ago
    • Armstrong Economics Blog/Technology Re-Posted Mar 6, 2020 by Martin Armstrong Many people are starting to question why this coronavirus has been whipped up into a major panic when...

      The BRAD BLOG

  • We enjoy a brief pause from our wall-to-wall election coverage of late on today's BradCast (if not entirely) to revisit the ongoing unraveling of the rule of law as we know it at the U.S...

  • Warren Bows Out; CA Sec. of State Orders Vote-by-Mail Ballots in L.A. for November Election: 'BradCast' 3/5/2020

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  • On today's BradCast: Sad news for many regarding the end of Elizabeth Warren's run for the 2020 Democratic Presidential nomination. But we start with what suffices for good-ish news...

  • 'Green News Report' - March 5, 2020

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    • IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: Australia's record bushfires are out --- finally --- as new study warns they're going to get worse; Climate coverage by corporate news media still falling...

      bluebird of bitterness


  • It’s a dog’s life

    a day ago

  • Happy birthday, Antonio

    3 days ago
    • Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) composed this mandolin concerto in 1725, while he was serving as violin master and composer-in-residence at an orphanage in Venice. It’s performed...

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  • Officials are demanding a briefing from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission about a report that found false statements and flawed science. As reported by The Patch. See the NRC Office...

  • Schumer, Gillibrand call for independent review of NRC analysis following report of agency's failure to properly analyze pipeline risks at Indian Point

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  • Damning NRC Inspector General report details faulty analysis that led to approval of natural gas pipeline; Shumer, Gillibrand had originally called for independent review Schumer...

  • Lowey: Nuclear Reg Commission Inspector General Report Reveals Dangerous Failings by Federal Agency

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    • See the press release by U.S. Representative Nita Lowey (Democrat-New York's 17th congressional district). It includes a link to the letter sent by U.S. Rep. Lowey to the U.S. Nuclear...

    BlackListed News

  • U.S. border agents will soon begin a widespread program to gather DNA samples from immigrants who enter the country illegally and are in federal custody, according to two administration...

  • Through apps, not warrants, ‘Locate X’ allows federal law enforcement to track phones

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  • U.S. law enforcement agencies signed millions of dollars worth of contracts with a Virginia company after it rolled out a powerful tool that uses data from popular mobile apps to track...

  • Over 2,700 NYC residents quarantined in homes over coronavirus fears

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    • About 2,800 New York City residents are under quarantine to prevent the spread of the coronavirus — and some could face fines or jail time if they venture outside their homes, officials...

      Research Digest

  • Our weekly round-up of the best psychology coverage from elsewhere on the web

  • Emotions Are Represented In The Brain In A Surprisingly Similar Way To Visual Information, Study Argues

    2 days ago
  • By Emma Young. Researchers recorded participants' brain activity and emotions while they watched Forrest Gump.

  • People Who See God As A White Man Tend To Prefer White Men For Leadership Positions

    3 days ago
    • By Matthew Warren. American Christians' beliefs about God's race and gender may influence their decisions about who should be leaders generally.

      Atlas Obscura - Latest Articles and Places

  • Pierre Pullis had a photography studio on Fulton Street, in New York City, but he spent a lot of time working outside its walls. For about four decades in the first half of the 20th century...

  • An Illustrated Guide to Mean Things People Say About National Parks

    4 hours ago
  • Sequoia National Park, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, has a 4.5-star rating on Yelp. Hundreds of visitors rated it five stars, and only a handful left one-star reviews...

  • Quasi in Wellington, New Zealand

    7 hours ago
    • Quasi is many things—public art, rooftop decoration, New Zealand native—but, primarily, Quasi is a face and a hand. Rather, Quasi is a face on a hand.  Standing at a little over...

      Accidental Deliberations

  • Tanika Charles - First & Last

  • Friday Morning Links

    13 hours ago
  • Assorted content to end your week.- Owen Jones asks why we're not treating the existential threat of a climate breakdown with anything close to the urgency applied to the coronavirus...

  • New column day

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    • Here, on the Saskatchewan Party's refusal to accept that nuclear power is as impractical as it is unpopular - and how that fits into the view the province's voters should take of Scott...
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    6 March - iGoogle Portal - Tab 7 - MSM News

  • That seems wise since there are … not that many Stadia games.

  • A Brief History of Instagram’s Trouble With ‘Weight-Loss Tea’

    7 hours ago
  • The FTC just settled with tea-maker Teami over its deceptive health claims, calling out the influencers who promoted it in the process—like Cardi B.

  • What's a Pandemic? Your Coronavirus Questions, Answered

    9 hours ago
    • Dr. Seema Yasmin, director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative, shares how to protect yourself and others in this alarming time.

      NYT > Home Page

  • Stocks fall as Europe and the U.S. struggle to contain the virus, while the Chinese province at the center of the outbreak reported no new infections outside its capital, Wuhan...

  • Grand Princess Cruise Ship Awaits Coronavirus Results as California Braces

    3 hours ago
  • More than 3,500 people are aboard the ship, which will dock at a noncommercial port this weekend. “We will be testing everyone,” Vice President Mike Pence said...

  • What Are the Symptoms of a Coronavirus Infection?

    2 days ago
    • Here’s what to do if you think you are sick and are worried it may be the coronavirus.

      India News, Latest News in India, Live News India, India Breaking News - Ti


  • Govt plans to help out air passengers

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  • Speaker-led panel to look into House ruckus

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    • A committee chaired by Speaker Om Birla will look into incidents in Lok Sabha between March 2 and 5, the House was informed on Friday after the opposition demanded revocation of suspension...

      BBC News - UK

  • The death of the patient, who had underlying health issues, comes as the number of UK cases rises to 164.

  • Coronavirus: Minister reassures public over food supplies

    9 hours ago
  • Retailers have "robust plans" in place to ensure people can buy the supplies they need, George Eustice says.

  • Women's Six Nations game off over coronavirus

    6 hours ago
    • Scotland's Women's Six Nations match with France in Glasgow on Saturday is postponed after one of the home players tests positive for coronavirus.

      Reuters: World News

  • Twenty-one people aboard a cruise ship that was barred from docking in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus, U.S. officials said on Friday, as the fast-spreading respiratory...

  • China reports almost all new infections outside Wuhan originated abroad

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  • About a quarter of China's new confirmed cases and almost all of those outside the epidemic's epicenter in Wuhan originated outside the country on Friday, according to official data...

  • South Korea confirms 174 new coronavirus cases, total to 6,767

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    • South Korea on Saturday reported 174 additional coronavirus cases from late Friday, taking the national tally to 6,767, the Korea Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention...
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