LONDON – A British-Australian academic serving a 10-year sentence in Iran for espionage has been transferred to a remote prison in southern Tehran that human rights activists say is riddled with cases of coronavirus, raising further concern. about his deteriorating health. The academic, Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a Cambridge-educated professor of Islamic …
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Does the extra $ 600 in federal unemployment benefits really discourage people from going back to work?
As lawmakers negotiate another massive coronavirus relief billA key area of debate is whether the additional $ 600 in weekly federal unemployment benefits millions of Americans are earning during the crisis are discouraging them from returning to lower-paying jobs. That has prompted some Republican lawmakers to push for a reduction …
Read More »Houston coronavirus updates: what you need to know by July 27
By Dan Carson, Chron.com / Houston Chronicle Published 10:01 am CDT, Monday July 27, 2020 Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse Robert Luckey, 38, works an infusion pump Thursday, July 2, 2020 in Houston. Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center Intensive Care Unit Registered Nurse Robert Luckey, 38, works …
Read More »100 million-year-old marine microbes survived without food
Some microbes below the seabed have hit us: they can survive with little sustenance for more than 100 million years. These microorganisms live more than 18,000 feet below the surface of the ocean, in an area so deep that it is called the subsoil, below the sea floor. These rare …
Read More »Saints’ Cameron Jordan leads the top 10 leading runners
I’m projecting Garrett to be the second best runner-up this season, but he definitely has the ability to be the best. There’s a certain degree of uncertainty around him after missing the last six games of the season with a suspension for his actions in an on-field fight with Mason …
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