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Figure of the week: Socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 in Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, and Uganda

Brookings InstitutionBy External SourceDecember 2, 2020Leave a comment

Although most African coun­tries have, to date, been large­ly suc­cess­ful in fight­ing the spread of COVID-19, with far few­er report­ed cas­es and deaths from the dis­ease than Europe, Asia, or the Amer­i­c­as, the pan­dem­ic has still had sub­stan­tial socioe­co­nom­ic impacts

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UK mom reportedly had sex with boy, 14, after luring him, a pal to her home — New York Post

UncategorizedBy External SourceDecember 2, 2020Leave a comment

A British mom had sex with a 14-year-old boy after lur­ing him and a pal to her home after watch­ing them play soc­cer, a court was told this week. Moth­er of three Teah Vin­cent, 32, has admit­ted hav­ing sex with the young­ster at her home in Glouces­ter­shire — but claimed he told her he was 16,…

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Trump pushes to end protections for social media companies

Journalism.orgBy External SourceDecember 2, 2020Leave a comment

This sto­ry, plus CNN’s Jake Tap­per to inter­view Biden and Kamala in first joint-inter­view since win­ning the elec­tion, a look at a new newslet­ter launched by Politi­co reporters, and more, all in today’s media head­lines. Top Sto­ries­Dec 2, 2020Trump threatens

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Hong Kong Pro-Democracy Activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow, Ivan Lam Jailed

Journalism.orgBy External SourceDecember 2, 2020Leave a comment

HONG KONG (AP) — Three promi­nent Hong Kong pro-democ­ra­cy activists were sen­tenced to jail Wednes­day for a protest out­side police head­quar­ters, as author­i­ties stepped up a crack­down on oppo­si­tion to tight­en Beijing’s con­trol over the ter­ri­to­ry. The

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British Airways Manages To Insult Wales

Miscellaneous FeedBy External SourceDecember 2, 2020Leave a comment

British Air­ways is in hot water for wish­ing the Eng­lish rug­by team good luck against Wales. Should flag car­ri­er British Air­ways be renamed Eng­lish Air­ways? British Air­ways Sup­ports Eng­lish Rug­by Team…At Expense of Wales BA is an offi­cial sponsor

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Ethiopia and UN ‘reach Tigray aid deal’

BBC NewsBy External SourceDecember 2, 2020Leave a comment

share­Sharen­o­close­Share pagelinkCopy link­About sharingim­age copy­rightReuter­s­The Unit­ed Nations and Ethiopia have reached a deal to allow aid into the coun­try’s con­flict-torn north­ern Tigray region, UN offi­cials say.UN spokesman Saviano Abreu says an

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A Hong Kong Protest Icon Is Jailed

The Atlantic InternationalBy External SourceDecember 2, 2020Leave a comment

Glob­al Joshua Wong has been sen­tenced to more than a year in jail. Avenues for dis­sent in the city are nar­row­ing. Chris McGrath / Get­ty Of the issues Joshua Wong has faced dur­ing his

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The beach cleaners battling a tide of plastic

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Europe migrant crisis: Ten days of Atlantic peril in search of Spain

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share­Sharen­o­close­Share pagelinkCopy link­About sharing“This is not a good way to trav­el here, for my broth­er or for any­one,” com­plains Mohamed Zitouni, a Moroc­can man who has lived in Spain for 20 years.

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Trump travel ban: ‘I might finally see my sons again’

BBC NewsBy External SourceDecember 1, 2020Leave a comment

share­Sharen­o­close­Share pagelinkCopy link­About shar­ing One of Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s ear­li­est and most con­tro­ver­sial moves was a trav­el ban on peo­ple from cer­tain nations he said were deemed a secu­ri­ty threat to the US. Joe

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