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Culture & Sport
A museum of ice cream as part of Singapore’s tourism experience
A Museum of Ice Cream is going to open in Singapore in August 2021 as part of the ambition to make Singapore's tourism experiences more attractive
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Health & Science
Some countries authorize ivermectin to treat COVID-19 against WHO advice
The ivermectin, an anti-parasitic medicine, is sometimes used to treat Covid-19 despite medical recommendations against it. But countries react differently.
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Health & Science
Some Dutch travel to Serbia for a vaccine shot
Serbia opened its vaccination to foreigners for free. The country inoculated doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine close to the expiry date
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Business
What Netflix’s carbon neutrality goal doesn’t say
Netflix plans to be carbon neutral but it removes a key factor into consideration: its users.
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Business
Will Irish pubs become the next start-up incubators?
WIth the increase of remote work, Ireland will experiment the pubs as working hubs in order to develop rural areas
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Business
Norway invests in Ghana’s digital future. Why?
Norway decided to help 14,000 Ghanaians to acquire job-ready digital skills in the next 3 years. The investment is a small but telling example of the close business relation between Norway and Ghana since 2007.
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Society
Two high school students in Ghana rejected because of dreadlocks
Two students in Ghana can't enroll to a public school because of their dreadlocks. The school says it is against the rules, while others claim it is a discrimination against the Rastafari religion.
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Culture & Sport
Belize football team briefly held by gunmen in Haiti
The Belize football team was briefly stopped by armed men in Haiti three days before their match in Port-Au-Prince.
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Politics
Some white house staff fired for past marijuana use
Recent guidelines brought flexibility in past marijuana use, allowing to be hired at the White House. However, some recent decisions to fire staffers question their credibility.
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Health & Science
AstraZeneca vaccine: South Africa preferred selling its doses
After some concerns emerged around the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, the South African authorities decided to sell their 1.5 million doses to African countries who expressed an interest in getting them.
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Politics
Australian security agency stops referring to Islamic or right-wing extremism
The Australian intelligence and security agency will longer refer to Islamic, right-wing or far-left extremism. The pandemic has also accelerated the spread of extremist narratives and modified espionage operations.
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Business
Danone: a visionary C.E.O. defeated by financial realism
The board of directors of Danone decided that Emmanuel Faber would step down as chairman and C.E.O. with immediate effect.
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Society
One million more people faced poverty in Italy in 2020?
According to preliminary results from Istat, there are 1 million more poor people in Italy in 2020 compared to 2019
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Business
Google advertisers will pay an extra fee for ads in France And Spain
Google told advertisers they would pay a fee on ads served in France or Spain. The move is in reaction of regulations taxing the revenue of big tech companies.
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Health & Science
Chile and Serbia vaccinate faster than the European Union
Chile and Serbia have already injected a first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine to more than 17% of the population. The European Union administered a vaccine to only 6% of Europeans.
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Politics
How does India use Internet access as a political tool?
Internet access is often used by Indian authorities for public order but also for national sovereignty and fears of secession.
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Health & Science
No more junk food next to Mexican schools?
The Mexican Senate unanimously voted against the junk food to be sold next to schools. This is the latest effort in reducing the country's staggering child obesity rate.
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Society
Why do British think they are working class even if they are not?
Some British people would identify themselves with working-class origins even if they don't have any.
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Business
A pandemic side effect: Car makers are last in line in the microchip shortage
The pandemic increased demand in micro chips. This shortage has also an impact on cars makers
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Health & Science
Natural cubic poop: The secrets of the wombat discovered
Scientists who studied the Wombat digestion process found different levels of flexibility in the intestine. This would help roll the fecal matter and create edged shapes. Such cubic excrements are unique in nature.
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