South Korea has revoked the licenses of two organizations that regularly fly balloons across the border with North Korea with propaganda brochures for “seriously hindering the government unification policy. “ Fighter registration licenses for a free North Korea and for the Kuensaem education center have been revoked, the Unification Ministry …
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Ancient light from the Big Bang has revealed a new accurate estimate for the age of the universe: 13.77 billion years, plus or minus 40 million years. The new estimate, based on data from a series of telescopes in the Chilean Atacama Desert, also influences one of the most important …
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the S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX: ^ SPX) The week closed 0.37% on July 17, closing a mixed week 1.5%. Today’s gains were driven by the health sector; More than a dozen of the best index results today include companies like Intuitive surgical (NASDAQ: ISRG), Align technology (NASDAQ: ALGN), Boston Scientific …
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UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has ordered an “urgent review” of how Public Health England (PHE) calculates the numbers of deaths from coronavirus. It comes after two UK-based scientists highlighted the serious flaw in PHE statistics. Hancock requested an investigation on Friday after confirmation that Covid-19 mortality figures for England …
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The New York Times He has put together a detailed coronavirus-themed map of the US, showing which parts of the country are home to wearing face masks and which parts are not. It makes clear that there are still large areas of the country that are failing or completely declining …
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