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China imposes restriction on research on origin of Coronavirus
China has imposed a restriction on the publication of an academic research on the origins of the novel Coronavirus. In now-deleted notices…
Why Canada needs the United States to fight the coronavirus
Tuesday, 14 April 2020 00:29 Written by theconversation Medical staff prepare for the opening of the COVID-19 Assessment Centre at Brewer Park Arena in Ottawa in March 2020.…
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Obituary: South Africa's towering healer, prophet and artist Credo Mutwa
Vusamazulu. Artwork © Sindiso Nyoni Sinethemba Makanya, University of the Witwatersrand Mkhulu VusamaZulu Credo Mutwa’s name foretold the role that…
Zimbabwe's shattered economy poses a serious challenge to fighting COVID-19
Hawkers’ stalls in Harare, Zimbabwe, lie deserted following lockdown in a bid to slow down the spread of the coronavirus.…
The new coronavirus emerged from the global wildlife trade – and may be devastating enough to end it
Government officers seize civets in a wildlife market in Guangzhou, China to prevent the spread of SARS in 2004. Dustin…
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Why Canadians and Americans are buying guns during the coronavirus pandemic
Friday, 10 April 2020 09:42 Written by theconversation Handguns are displayed at the Smith & Wesson booth at the Shooting, Hunting and Outdoor Trade Show in Las Vegas.…
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Ugandan ‘Housemaids’ Flown Home After Being ‘Trafficked’ in Saudi Arabia
Twenty-three-year-old Filipino woman brutally burned by her Saudi slave masters. A group of Ugandan women were flown out of…
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“What did I do to you?” – Last words of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi to rebels just before he was killed
allen Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, entered the world in 1942, near Sirte. A son of an itinerant Bedouin farmer, Gaddafi…