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Chinese firm will reimburse $247.5 million in controversial mask deal, contract shows

Just two days after refusing to make the contract public, Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration disclosed the 42-page document on its nearly $1-billion coronavirus mask deal with Chinese electric car maker BYD.




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'Last Dance' brings back memories of tough '90s NBA for Pacers coach Nate McMillan

'Last Dance' brings back memories of tough 90's NBA for Pacers coach Nate McMillan

       




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‘After eight years on drugs, I run a million-dollar firm again'

The US designer who rebuilt his life after destroying it through cocaine and crystal meth addiction.




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News24.com | IMF releases $226 million to help Cameroon against virus

The International Monetary Fund has approved a $226 million loan to help Cameroon to combat the coronavirus as it faced plunging oil revenues.




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California has 33 million acres of forest. This company is training artificial intelligence to scour it all for wildfire.

As fires tear across California, a Silicon Valley technology company believes artificial intelligence could be the key to preventing them in the future.




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Brightest Young Things brings the millennials to the revamped International Spy Museum

A mostly millennial crowd explored the upgraded and interactive museum.




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Ivanka Trump’s 3-year-old son dressed up as a Star Wars Stormtrooper. Mark Hamill was not pleased.

The Star Wars actor faced backlash for his reaction, but he later made clear that young Theodore wasn't the target of his ire.




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Stephen Miller marries Katie Waldman at the Trump International Hotel — with president in attendance

The president stopped by the event for Miller, a senior adviser, and Waldman, press secretary to Vice President Pence, after attending the Daytona 500.




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Stephen Miller is right about immigration — but not in the way that he means

Immigration does touch on many other policy issues, though maybe not in the manner he suggests.




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Picture books can be worth a million words

A recent article from Edutopia suggested that we’re rushing young children through childhood.




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After Treating Barely Any Patients for a Massive $7.5 Million Each, 16 Emergency COVID Hospitals Are Standing Down

At a cost of $7.5 million a patient, they were 16 very expensive field hospitals. Yet, according to NPR, those hospitals are now “stand[ing] down.” You probably remember them from headlines early in the pandemic: makeshift medical centers being assembled at breakneck speed by companies contracted by the Army Corps of Engineers in anticipation of…

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17 Indicted in Bust of $32 Million Online Gambling Ring

The online gambling ring allegedly used an offshore website to help book $32 million in illegal sports wagers placed by more than 2,000 bettors in the United States.




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Trudeau says Canada will not pay full price for 8 million sub-standard masks

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will not pay the full price for medical masks that do not live up to medical standards.





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Newsroom: Twitch on Pace to Surpass 40 Million Viewers by 2021

February 20, 2020 (New York, NY) –For the first time, eMarketer is estimating the number of people who watch Twitch on a regular basis in its latest forecast.  Twitch hosts streaming […]




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Newsroom: TikTok to Surpass 50 Million Users in US by 2021

More than 20% of social users will use TikTok this year February 27, 2020 (New York, NY) – Since launching in the US in 2017, social video app TikTok has […]




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Ontario invests $1.5 million in supportive housing for Muskoka's most vulnerable residents

The province is investing $1.5 million to support a housing project in Muskoka to help people with no place to call home.




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BREAKING: Vice President Mike Pence’s Press Sec Katie Miller, Wife of President Trump’s Sr. Advisor, Stephen Miller, Tests Positive For COVID-19

The following article, BREAKING: Vice President Mike Pence’s Press Sec Katie Miller, Wife of President Trump’s Sr. Advisor, Stephen Miller, Tests Positive For COVID-19, was first published on 100PercentFedUp.com.

Only moments ago, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany confirmed that a member of Vice President Mike Pence’s team tested positive for coronavirus. Watch: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany confirms a member of Vice President Mike Pence's team tested positive for coronavirus pic.twitter.com/3VaUXbwMq7 — Bloomberg QuickTake (@QuickTake) May 8, 2020 Reuters White House Correspondent […]

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Parts per Million Mass Accuracy on an Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer via Lock Mass Injection into a C-trap

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Undercurrents: Episode 33 - Chinese Millennials, and Attacks on Infrastructure in Gaza





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Irrigation expansion could feed 800 million more people

Water scarcity, a socio-environmental threat to anthropogenic activities and ecosystems alike, affects large regions of the globe. However, it is often the most vulnerable and disadvantaged populations that suffer the severest consequences, highlighting the role of economic and institutional factors in water scarcity. In this way, researchers generally consider not only the physical constraints but socio-economic determinants as well.




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Ocean biodiversity has not increased substantially for hundreds of millions of years, study finds

A new way of looking at marine evolution over the past 540 million years has shown that levels of biodiversity in our oceans have remained fairly constant, rather than increasing continuously over the last 200 million years, as scientists previously thought.




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From Nowhere to 958 million visitors a month in 1 month




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CBD News: Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, on the occasion of the Pan-European Conference on Biodiversity and the Millennium Development Goals, 7 July 2010, Gabala, Azerbaijan.




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CBD News: Statement by Mr Ahmed Djoghlaf, CBD Executive Secretary, on the occasion of the 2010 Millenium Campus Conference at Columbia University, 19 September 2010, New York, Unites States of America.




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CBD Press Release: From commitment to action: over US$ 120 million announced for biodiversity and protected areas.




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CBD Press Release: The European Union Announces ?3.1 Million to Secure Livelihoods in the Colombian Amazon through Forest Conservation.




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CBD Press Release: New Support of Over ?5 Million to Safeguard Biodiversity in Caucasus Wilderness Areas.




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CBD News: In its inaugural remarks at the High-Level Segment of COP 11, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India, launched the Hyderabad Pledge by announcing that the Government of India has earmarked US$ 50 million to strengthen the institutional mech




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CBD News: The Government of Austria has approved a funding package worth US$2.2 million through the LifeWeb Initiative to help implement the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in four countries.




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CBD News: Covering some 22 per cent of the world's land surface, mountains are home to spectacular landscapes, a wide variety of ecosystems, a great diversity of species, and distinctive human communities, with approximately 955 million people, or 13




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CBD News: Today on World Health Day, the world is focusing on the issue of depression, which has emerged as a major health problem, affecting over 300 million people every year.




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CBD News: Every year, millions of migratory birds fly across continents and national borders.




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CBD News: Earth Hour, WWF's landmark movement, is set to once again unite millions of people around the world to show their commitment to the planet.




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CBD News: On Saturday 24 March 8:30 p.m. local time, skylines around the world will go dark as millions celebrate WWF's Earth Hour to spark global awareness and action on nature and the environment.




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CBD News: Every year, we use some 500 billion plastic bags. Every year, as much as 13 million tons of plastic finds its way into the ocean. Every year, 17 million barrels of oil are used to produce plastic.




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Limerick To Get New Multi-Million Euro Production Studio

Plans for a new multi-million euro film production hub in County Limerick have been set in motion. An agreement has been arranged between Limerick City and County Council and Ardmore Studios, which in the past has provided facilities for several popular film and television productions such as ‘Braveheart’, ‘Excalibur’, ‘The Tudors’ and ‘Camelot’, and more recently for ‘Frank’ and ‘Penny Dreadful’.




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UK government launches £10 million Edtech strategy

Education secretary, Damian Hinds, wants schools across the UK to “take advantage of all of the opportunities available through Edtech” in the government's new strategy




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How Onfido raised $100 million at the peak of a pandemic

The UK-based digital identity specialist managed to raise a bumper round during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and is looking at ways to apply its technology to help combat the global crisis




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ASU professor recognized nationally with Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award

(Arizona State University) Gary Moore, assistant professor in ASU's School of Molecular Sciences and the Biodesign Institute's Center for Applied Structural Discovery has just been named one of 14 young faculty nationwide to be honored with a 2020 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award by the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation.




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£1.2 million awarded to improve our understanding of the Sun

(Northumbria University ) Researchers from Northumbria University have been awarded £1.2m to help advance our understanding of the Sun and its impact on the planets within our solar system.




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Fossil reveals evidence of 200-million-year-old 'squid' attack

(University of Plymouth) Researchers say a fossil found on the Jurassic coast of southern England in the 19th century demonstrates the world's oldest known example of a squid-like creature attacking its prey.




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People just wah hear sumpn different - Govana finds captive audience as ‘Convo Pt 2’ hits a million views

Back in January when dancehall artiste Govana released the track HAMANTS Convo, the storyline captivated listeners across the globe. For weeks, the song, which highlights infidelity in relationships, trended at number one on the local YouTube...




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Australian Federal Police walk away from $145 million Israeli crime-fighting software deal

Police walk away from deal with contractor, conceding numerous issues have put project beyond rescue.




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Uber and the ATO's $3.8 million taxi fare

Tax Office could turn to rideshare service to curb $3.8 million taxi fare




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From making scarves to building a $165 million tech start-up: Canva's Melanie Perkins

To say it has been a wild ride for Canva founder and CEO Melanie Perkins would be an understatement.




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Malcolm Turnbull promises $50 million reboot for troubled myGov

Takeover of troubled portal by Digital Transformation Office confirmed




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Brisbane City Council IT contract faces potential $60 million blow-out

A $122 million Brisbane City Council IT contract will be renegotiated after a systems replacement program was delayed by 18 months, with a potential cost blow-out of up to $60 million.




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Brisbane City Council terminates $122 million IT contract

Brisbane CIty Council has terminated a $122 million IT contract that had been plagued with cost blow outs and lengthy delays.