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President Trump is urging the Big Ten to put its football teams back on the field, but the conference says it continues to be guided by concerns about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Trump, who has said he wants college football to be played in the fall, set up a call with the Big Ten, which […]
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Using the venom from 312 honeybees and bumblebees in Perth Western Australia, Ireland and England, Dr. Ciara Duffy from the Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research and The University of Western Australia, tested the effect of the venom on the clinical subtypes of breast cancer, including triple-negative breast cancer, which has limited treatment options. Results […]
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Britain’s Marks & Spencer (MKS.L) made the first deliveries through its new online food shopping joint venture with Ocado (OCDO.L) on Tuesday, though the launch was marred for a “very small number” of customers whose orders were cancelled. The 1.5 billion pound ($2 billion) Ocado Retail venture is a cornerstone of M&S’s latest attempt to […]
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TikTok creators will soon be able to sell merchandise they design and create directly to fans via the app itself. Creator commerce platform Teespring is set to roll out the integration soon, and it’s currently being tested with a limited group of users. Thousands of TikTok creators have already partnered with Teespring to start creating […]
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Australian journalist Cheng Lei is at risk of torture by Chinese authorities, human rights observers have said. On Monday the Australian government revealed Chinese authorities had detained Cheng, a Chinese-born Australian citizen and business news anchor for CGTN, China’s English-language state media channel. The government has not been told why she has been detained, and […]
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There won’t be a change of address for left tackle Riley Reiff after all. It looked like Reiff would be moving on from the Vikings on Monday. They asked him to restructure his deal with the team and take a lower salary in order to remain with the team. Reiff told teammates he expected to […]
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An educational mailing for atrial fibrillation patients and their clinicians did not increase uptake of stroke prevention drugs, according to results of the IMPACT-AFib trial presented in a Hot Line session today at ESC Congress 2020. Patients with atrial fibrillation are at increased risk of stroke. Studies have shown that most of these strokes can […]
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Brazilian airline Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes (GOLL4.SA) said on Tuesday it paid a $300 million debt guaranteed by U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines (DAL.N), according to a securities filing. Gol added that after this payment, the company’s debt maturity will be around four years. “Going forward, we have no significant debt maturities until 2024,” said […]
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Revel’s shared electric mopeds are now available in San Francisco, with over 430 mopeds scattered across in the city, the company says. Revel has been expanding into new cities across the US this year even as it faces questions about its safety protocols. Revel isn’t new to the Bay Area; the company also operates in […]
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The largest province in Solomon Islands has announced plans for an independence referendum as tensions with the country’s national government over China policy rise. Malaita, a province of 200,000 people in the country’s east, “will soon conduct a provincial-wide referendum on the topic of independence”, a statement from premier Daniel Suidani said on Tuesday. In […]
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