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India: A family cooks marijuana as a vegetable and eats it thinking it was fenugreek
Gulf News 01 Jul 2020
In a bizarre incident on Saturday, June 28, a family cooked 'ganja sabzi' (marijuana) and ate it thinking it is 'methi' (fenugreek) in the Kannauj district of Uttar Pradesh, India, and all of them were hospitalised immediately ... A twitter user @ @ShreeShetty8 tweeted. "Why should they be hospitalized? ….". @Inkblot_OCB tweeps ... Subscribe ... ....
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The 3 Calmest Zodiac Signs—and How the Rest of Us Can Copy Their Cool
Yahoo Daily News 30 Jun 2020
Why is that while you sweat bullets under pressure, see red in an argument or put your foot in your mouth time and time again, your Aquarius, Libra and Taurus friends remain cool as cucumbers? You would love to have just a sliver of their chill ... Allow yourself to think before you respond ... (Reminder ... Step back to see the bigger picture ... ....
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Coronavirus: Immunity may be more widespread than tests suggest
BBC News 01 Jul 2020
This doesn't necessarily get us any closer to herd immunity, though, according to assistant professor Marcus Buggert, one of the study's authors ... Much of the discussion around Covid-19 immunity has focused on antibodies - Y-shaped proteins which act like "missiles shooting down a target", assistant Prof Buggert explained ... Follow Rachel on Twitter ... ....
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Transcript Of Congress Letter To Pompeo Demanding Release Of Imprisoned Mexican Labor Lawyer Susana Prieto Terrazas
WorldNews.com 01 Jul 2020
Dear Secretary Pompeo. We write to request that your department aggressively work to help secure the immediate release of imprisoned Mexican labor lawyer Susana Prieto Terrazas. Ms. Prieto was arrested and detained by the State of Tamaulipas on June 8, 2020 on trumped-up charges for “mutiny, threats and coercion.” 1 . We agree with U.S ... Ms ... Ms ... Rep ... Rep ... ....
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China takes measures against 4 US media companies
Yahoo Daily News 01 Jul 2020
BEIJING (AP) — China has demanded staff and business information from four U.S. media companies including The Associated Press in what it called a necessary response to similar demands by Washington on Chinese state-controlled news outlets ... side on Chinese media agencies in the United States,” Zhao said at a daily briefing ... Zhao said recent U.S ... ....
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Italy seizes €1bn-worth of ‘Isis-produced’ amphetamines
The Independent 01 Jul 2020
Amphetamine production in Europe is thought to have been hampered by the coronavirus pandemic lockdown, leading drug traffickers to potentially turn towards producers based in Syria to fill the market....
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Bitcoin price travels to $9280, what’s next?
Cryptopolitan 02 Jul 2020
Bitcoin price observed a bounce towards the $9280 mark on the 1st of July. Analysts believe that the cryptocurrency will soon move across the $9350 mark. 1-Day Bitcoin price analysis (1st July). Bitcoin Price Chart by Trading View. Bitcoin traded at $9240.58 US Dollars at the time of writing. What to expect from Bitcoin price? ... Disclaimer ... .......
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WHO says Mideast at 'critical threshold' in virus numbers
The Jakarta Post 02 Jul 2020
Over 80 percent of all deaths in the region were reported in five countries -- Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia -- according to the WHO ... Egypt, the Arab world's most populous country with 100 million inhabitants, has officially reported 68,000 cases and around 3,000 deaths from the COVID-19 disease....
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Putin could stay in power until 2036 after referendum victory
Belfast Telegraph 01 Jul 2020
However, the referendum was tarnished by widespread reports of pressure on voters and other irregularities ... AP/PA Images. / ... Analyst Gleb Pavlovsky, a former Kremlin political consultant, said Mr Putin’s push to hold the vote despite the fact that Russia has thousands of new coronavirus infections each day reflected his potential vulnerabilities ... ....
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Netflix hires black marketing chief amid diversity calls
Gulf News 02 Jul 2020
San Francisco ... “I’m so honored, excited and ready,” Saint John said in a tweet. “Let’s go Team Netflix.” ... Netflix previously said it would allocate two percent of its cash holdings, an initial sum of as much as $100 million, to financial institutions and organizations that directly support black communities ... Subscribe ... ....
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US seizes Chinese products made from human hair in forced labour crackdown
The Times of India 02 Jul 2020
WASHINGTON. US customs officials said Wednesday they had seized a shipment of products made from human hair believed to be made by in labour camps in China's western Xinjiang region. They were part of an $800,000, 13-ton shipment from Lop County Meixin Hair Product Co ... Download. The Times of Indiafor Latest News. more from times of india business ... ....
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CIA official chose not to tell Trump of Russia bounty report, top adviser claims
Yahoo Daily News 02 Jul 2020
The US national security adviser said a CIA official tasked with briefing the president decided not to tell him about reports that Russia paid bounties to the Taliban for killing American soldiers because it was “unverified intelligence” ... O’Brien appeared to suggest it had not been included in verbal briefings given to Trump ... He added ... ....
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Who gets the gold? Venezuela’s rival leaders clash over stash in London vault
The Los Angeles Times 01 Jul 2020
CARACAS, Venezuela — . The political battle over control of Venezuela has turned to a $1.8-billion stack of gold bars sitting in the Bank of England’s vault in London, where a judge is expected to decide soon on who has the rightful claim to the bullion ... “It undermines the strength of that policy.” Advertisement ... Politics. U.S ... Politics. U.S....
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More feline control after cat contracts rare virus in Italy
Gulf News 01 Jul 2020
Rome. Public officials in the central Italian commune of Arezzo called on Wednesday for better surveillance of the feline population after a housecat contracted a rare rabies-like virus and began biting its owners ... The virus related to rabies has only been identified once before in 2002 in a bat in the Caucasus region ... The Morning and Evening Brief ... ....
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Khashoggi’s fiancee hopes Turkish trial will reveal fresh evidence
Metro USA 01 Jul 2020
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish court will open the trial on Friday of 20 Saudi officials indicted over the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, a step his fiancee hopes will shed more light on the death and reveal where his body was hidden ... All 20 defendants are expected to be tried in absentia ... His remains have not been found ... ....
