BEIJING (AP) – Dancers were involved in the role of Africans on Blackface during a national broadcast on Chinese state TV as Asia greeted the Lunar New Year with a holy feast on Friday, including a renewed coronavirus outbreak. One of the world’s most-watched TV programs, “African Song and Dance,” …
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Some 23,314 prisoners will be pardoned and released on Union Day as a national public holiday of the country’s unification, General Min Aung Hlaing said in a statement. It is not clear what crimes the prisoners have been convicted of. While the release of mass prisoners on national holidays is …
Read More »Illinois Covid Update Today: IL reports 2,838 new coronavirus cases, 102 deaths; The South African variant has been confirmed in the state by IDPH
Chicago (WLS) – A South African variant of the Covid-19 has been found in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Public Health on Thursday diagnosed a resident of Island Island with co-infected people in the state. The first case of BR.3.351 has been confirmed. The state currently has 22 cases of …
Read More »What happens when you replace a human gene with its Neanderthal version?
Zoom in / The difference between the modern human (left) and the Neanderthal skull is that there must be some difference in how their brains develop. What is the main difference between modern humans and our closest relatives, Neanderthals and Denisovans? For Neanderthals, there doesn’t seem to be any kind …
Read More »Sammy O’Groats, Peyton Pritchard make Celtic history by defeating Raptors
What Sammy O’Groats and Patton Pritchard achieved on Thursday night was not only impressive, it was historic. The Boston Celtics pair tied with 44 points in a 120-106 win over the Toronto Raptors. O’Groats reached a career-high of 24, and Pritchard spelled a bench of 20. Celtics-Raptors overactivity: Ojel proved …
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