January 2020
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There’s a novel coronavirus – a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals. Many of those infected either worked or frequently shopped in the Huanan seafood wholesale market in the centre of the Chinese city, which also sold live and newly slaughtered animals.…
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The hugely controversial Nike Vaporfly shoes that have revolutionised running – allowing elite athletes to shatter world marathon records and ordinary ones to smash their personal bests – have been given the seal of approval by World Athletics. In a long-awaited ruling the sport’s governing body confirmed that Nike Vaporfly and Next%s, which cost £240 and…
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The chief executive of Britain’s National Health Service has criticized Gwyneth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand Goop and her new Netflix series, warning it carries “considerable risks to health.” At an event in Oxford on Thursday, NHS chief Simon Stevens slammed Paltrow’s brand for giving prominence to “quacks, charlatans and cranks” in promoting untested treatments like vampire…
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Arsenal continue to wait for a Barcelona move for their striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, according to The Sun, and despite their desire to keep hold of the Gabon international, they have put a price on his head: 50 million pounds (around 60 million euros). Aubameyang, 30, has a contract with Arsenal until 2021. For that reason, in…
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Quique Setien’s first three games in charge of Barcelona have not but the desired change and the defeat in Valencia has generated concern. In very little time, Setien has earned the respect of people at the club (directors, employees, professionals) thanks to his naturalness and closeness. Barça are convinced they have a coach with a…
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China on Tuesday reported 25 more deaths from a new viral disease, raising the total to at least 106, as the U.S. government prepared to fly Americans out of the city at the center of the outbreak. Health authorities in Hubei province, where the coronavirus first was detected in in December, reported 24 deaths and…
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The Ministry of Finance (MOF) has allocated over 4.4 billion yuan (about 640 million U.S. dollars) To support the battle against the novel coronaviruses (nCoV) in China. The ministry also stated that it included an additional 500 million yuan fund for central China’s Hubei Province, which was hit hard by the coronavirus outbreak, Xinhua reported.…
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The NFL is working with authorities to investigate the hacking of numerous social media accounts throughout the league. The official Twitter accounts of the league and a number of its teams were hacked over the past two days, the league said Tuesday. “On Monday, the NFL cybersecurity department became aware of a breach of a…
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Exactly on 27 January, 10 years ago, Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs introduced one of the company’s most successful products, the iPad. iPad, a cross between a laptop and a phone, ran a custom version of the software, then known as the iPhone OS. However, the device was more than just a bigger iPhone…
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Nike on Monday suspended the sale of Kobe Bryant merchandise on its online store, multiple outlets reported. According to ESPN, a search for Kobe Bryant on the site takes a user instead to a page with a purple and gold Nike gift card sporting the Los Angeles Lakers logo. A search of the site for…
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Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh on Monday urged international powers to boycott US President Donald Trump’s “peace plan” which they see as biased towards Israel. “This a plan to protect Trump from impeachment and protect (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu from prison. It is not a Middle East peace plan,” Shtayyeh told a cabinet meeting.…
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As he faces charges of misusing more than $1 billion in state funds, the husband of Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos defended himself by pointing to the couple’s accounting firm. Sindika Dokolo said if people do not trust his version of events, they should just ask the renowned global accounting firm PwC, which handled the…
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A number of players have been critical of the NBA’s decision to play after hearing of Bryant’s death. Marc Gasol has said it wasn’t the correct time to play and Paul George made his feelings clear. Quit playing — Paul George (@Yg_Trece) January 26, 2020 Again, there are numerous requests from NBA fans to remove…
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Kobe Bryant died alongside eight other occupants of a private holicopter, including his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, and the tragic loss has torn hearts into shreds. The nine victims are now officially known. Kobe Bryant, Gianna Bryant (his 13-year-old daughter), Ara Zobayan (pilot), John, Keri and Alyssa Altobelli, Christina Mauser, and Sarah and Payton Chester. Victims…
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