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Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro shoots down plan to buy coronavirus vaccine from China’s Sinovac Bolsonaro

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro shoots down plan to buy coronavirus vaccine from China’s Sinovac

President says Brazilians ‘will not be anyone’s guinea pig’ – just a day after his health minister announced deal to buy millions of doses of CoronaVac Bolsonaro had come under pressure from hardline supporters to ban what one called the ‘Chinese dictatorship’s vaccine’ Published: 1:35am, 22 Oct, 2020 Updated: 1:05pm,…
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October 21, 2020
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead guilty, pay US$8.3 billion over opioids Oxycodone

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma to plead guilty, pay US$8.3 billion over opioids

The settlement is likely to boost Purdue’s effort to move past claims it helped spark a public-health crisis over opioids with its marketing of OxyContin. Photo: TNS Company’s marketing of addictive painkiller allegedly helped spark opioid crisis, which led to more than 200,000 US overdose deaths Purdue, owned by members…
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October 21, 2020
“I stood up for that”: Pope Francis voices support for same-sex civil unions Pope Francis

“I stood up for that”: Pope Francis voices support for same-sex civil unions

Pope Francis voiced his support for same-sex civil unions for the first time as pope in the documentary “Francesco,” which premiered Wednesday at the Rome Film Festival, per the Catholic News Agency. Why it matters: The pope’s remarks represent a break from the position of the Roman Catholic Church, which…
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October 21, 2020
Tencent executive outlines film plan for own ‘content universe’ Big Data

Tencent executive outlines film plan for own ‘content universe’

(China Daily) Tencent Holdings Ltd is looking to forge a comprehensive content ecosystem in the next five years that encompasses intellectual property creations, production and distribution of high-quality films, according to a senior company executive.With fostering indigenous IP as its core, the internet giant is expecting to build a prototype of…
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October 21, 2020
You can’t squish this ‘iron’ beetle. Now, scientists know why. Exoskeleton

You can’t squish this ‘iron’ beetle. Now, scientists know why.

Home News Crush-resistant elytra — hardened exoskeletal forewings — protect the diabolical ironclad beetle against piercing and crushing predatory strikes. (Image: © David Kisalius) Diabolical ironclad beetles are almost unbreakable — you can smack them, stomp on them or run them over with a car, and they'll scamper away uncrushed.Now,…
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October 21, 2020