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Dr Jenny Harries warns off 'injecting anything' after Donald Trump's disinfectant comments

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University College London medics don 'lockdown costumes' for online graduation ceremony

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How many children does Boris Johnson have?

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Joe Biden breaks silence to deny sexual assault allegation from former staffer Tara Reade

Joe Biden has denied sexually assaulting his former staffer 27 years ago.




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'Notting Hill rapist' Anthony Maclean recommended for transfer to open prison

An infamous sex predator dubbed "the Notting Hill rapist" has been recommended for transfer to an open prison.




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Danny Pearce death: Man charged with murder after fatal stabbing of young father in Greenwich in 2017




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Zoom To Crack Down on Zoombombing, In Deal With NY Attorney General

The company has agreed to launch a new internal data security program and will take other steps to combat hacker disruptions.





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Will anyone ever find Shackleton's lost ship?

Last year's failed attempt to locate one of the world's great wrecks has lessons for future efforts.





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Swarm Technologies chooses Momentus and SpaceX to launch constellation of tiny satellites

Swarm Technologies has struck an agreement with California-based Momentus for the launch of a dozen telecommunication satellites, each the size of a slice of bread, aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in December. The December rideshare mission is the first of a series that Momentum plans to execute for Swarm, continuing into 2021 and 2022. Swarm plans to have 150 satellites launched over the next couple of years for a communication network in low Earth orbit. The first 12 SpaceBee satellites covered by the agreement announced today will be deployed into orbit from the Falcon 9. The inch-thick satellites fit… Read More





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He cleans 'COVID rooms' in the ICU — and keeps dying patients company

Most are doing their best to avoid other people's germs right now. But for cleaners and those who get rid of that trash, they're coming into contact with COVID-19 every shift.



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Coronavirus in Kenya: Fearing 'money heists' amid pandemic

Kenyans are afraid that money set aside to tackle the virus is being misspent, writes Waihiga Mwaura.





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Colombian company creates bed that can double as coffin

A Colombian advertising company is pitching a novel if morbid solution to shortages of hospital beds and coffins during the coronavirus pandemic: combine them. ABC Displays has created a cardboard bed with metal railings that designers say can double as a casket if a patient dies. Company manager Rodolfo Gómez said he was inspired to find a way to help after watching events unfold recently in nearby Ecuador.





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Germany sees increased risk of hard Brexit if Britain refuses to extend deadline




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NY's Cuomo criticized over highest nursing home death toll

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has won bipartisan praise for rallying supplies for his ravaged hospitals and helping slow the coronavirus, is coming under increasing criticism for not bringing that same level of commitment to a problem that has so far stymied him: nursing homes. In part-lecture, part-cheerleading briefings that have made him a Democratic counter to President Donald Trump, Cuomo has often seemed dismissive and resigned to defeat when asked about his state leading the nation in nursing home deaths. “We’ve tried everything to keep it out of a nursing home, but it’s virtually impossible,” Cuomo told reporters.





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Astronomers discover supernova 'twice as bright or energetic' as any ever recorded

Death of massive star 4.6 billion light years away could aid search for universe's oldest stars




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Coronavirus app could help stop spread of covid-19 – but many people will need to use it, Oxford experts say

Widespread and quick use would be key to battling spread of virus, study says




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Coronavirus: Experts unable to confirm or deny airborne transmission as multiple studies fail to reach verdict

'We propose that Sars-Cov-2 may have the potential to be transmitted via aerosols,' researchers say




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