[ad_1] Trump tests negative for Covid-19: White House doctor US President Donald Trump has tested negative for Covid-19 and it is not infectious to others, the White House doctor said on Monday (October 12). In a memo released by the White House, Dr. Sean Conley said Trump had tested negative …
Read More »Academics Warn of “Chilling Effect” of Hong Kong’s Security Law | Higher education
[ad_1] Some of the world’s leading scholars on China have called for a united international front in defense of university freedoms, amid claims of a growing Chinese threat to academic research since the passage of Hong Kong’s national security law. Individual universities will be eliminated unless there is a common …
Read More »Most people try to avoid COVID-19. But thousands are signing up to be deliberately exposed
[ad_1] (CNN) – Since most of us become obsessed with avoiding COVID-19 at all costs, a rapidly growing group of people around the world say they are prepared to deliberately tackle the virus. Tens of thousands of people have signed up for a campaign by a group called 1 Day …
Read More »Phillipa Soo, Ken Jeong and more Netflix’s Over the Moon
[ad_1] Over the Moon is a delightful animated musical that launches on Netflix, and to celebrate the occasion we had the pleasure of participating in a virtual event prior to its release, speaking with lead stars Phillipa Soo and Cathy Ang, as well as Ken Jeong and Margaret. Cho, and …
Read More »Beatified millennial: the Pope guides the last genius of technology towards holiness | World News
[ad_1] Pope Francis said the beatification of a computer wunderkind was a sign to young people that “true happiness comes from putting God first.” Carlo Acutis, who is on the road to sainthood after being beatified in the Umbrian city of Assisi, helped spread Roman Catholic teaching online before his …
Read More »Coronavirus survives on surfaces for weeks: study
[ad_1] October 12, 2020: Coronavirus can linger on some surfaces for 28 days, including phone screens, paper money and stainless steel, according to a new study published in the Journal of Virology. The study also found that the virus survived longer at lower temperatures and tended to last longer on …
Read More »Academics Warn of “Chilling Effect” of Hong Kong’s Security Law | Education
[ad_1] Some of the world’s leading scholars on China have called for a united international front in defense of university freedoms, amid claims of a growing Chinese threat to academic research since the passage of Hong Kong’s national security law. Individual universities will be eliminated unless there is a common …
Read More »Tourist returns stolen artifacts to Pompeii after suffering a ‘curse’ for 15 years
[ad_1] (CNN) – A Canadian woman has returned five artifacts that she took from Pompeii in 2005, saying they have plagued her with bad luck. The woman, identified only as Nicole, sent two white mosaics, two pieces of an amphora vase and a piece of wall pottery to the Pompeii …
Read More »A Supreme Court Justice’s call for relief for Baby River came late
[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – Branches of government have a role to play in protecting “a baby from adverse consequences that are not the baby’s fault,” said a Deputy Supreme Court Justice, referring to three-month-old River, Jr. Political detainee Reina Mae Nasino. “I don’t know if her baby is staying with …
Read More »Achieve herd immunity by ‘protecting people from a virus, not exposing them to it,’ says WHO director-general
[ad_1] (CNN) – The Director General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that exposing people to the virus to achieve herd immunity “is not an option.” “Allowing a dangerous virus that we do not fully understand to be released is simply unethical,” Tedros said, adding that herd …
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