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Hebron

Settlers exploit coronavirus to increase violence against Palestinians

West Bank / Jerusalem In the West Bank, the COVID-19 lockdown is exacerbating a mental health crisis Médecins sans Frontières / Doctors without Borders 24 Apr — A full lockdown has been in place in the West Bank for more than three weeks, with over 300 cases of COVID-19 confirmed…

bubmagApril 27, 2020

Jerusalem Controversy

Israel marks memorial day under tightened virus restrictions

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel came to a standstill for a minute on Monday evening to mark the beginning of the country’s memorial day for fallen soldiers and victims of attacks.The somber day of mourning comes as Israel is beginning to relax stringent measures meant to combat the country’s coronavirus outbreak.…

bubmagApril 27, 2020

Antibiotics

Antibiotics may increase risk for opioid abuse

Taking antibiotics alongside opioids may increase the risk of opioid abuse, according to research in rats recently published in eNeuro. Opioid abuse and addiction plague over 2 million Americans. Many factors play a role in the opioid crisis, but one may have a larger role than previously thought: the gut…

bubmagApril 27, 2020

Orangutan

An orangutan mother teaches her daughter how to survive in the Sumatran rainforest

Orangutan parents look after their children for around nine years, longer than any other primate except humans. In this Sir David Attenborough-narrated clip from episode ten of the ten-part BBC series Life, a 42-year-old orangutan mother teaches her 6-year-old daughter how to forage high in the rainforest canopy of Sumatra…

bubmagApril 27, 2020

Michelle Obama

Michelle Obama Netflix documentary to debut May 6

Netflix will debut "Becoming," a new documentary centered on former first lady Michelle Obama, on May 6, the streaming platform announced Monday.The state of play: The film, which had been kept under wraps and is titled after Obama's 2018 book, recounts her life and follows along on her 34-city book…

bubmagApril 27, 2020

Brown Coal

Review: Coal Baron:: Review from the Opinionated Gamers Blog

Review: Coal Baron:: Review from the Opinionated Gamers BlogRead More

bubmagApril 27, 2020

Boris Johnson

Boris Johnson Returns to Work Urging Britain to Maintain Lockdown

(Bloomberg) --Prime Minister Boris Johnson urged the British public to keep obeying lockdown rules to avoid a disastrous second wave of the coronavirus outbreak, even as the number of daily deaths fell to its lowest in a month.Speaking after he returned to full time work one month after contracting Covid-19,…

bubmagApril 27, 2020

Armed Robot

What Exactly Is Space Junk—And Can It Be Cleaned Up?

Litter isn't just a problem here on Earth. By its very definition, space should have a lot of, well, space. And while it does, there’s also a lot of something else these days: junk. This interstellar litter isn’t naturally occurring. Like the junk that’s choking our oceans and overtaking our…

bubmagApril 27, 2020

Biological Warfare

Ukraine’s Opposition Accuses US of Scrubbing Info About Biolabs’ Activities on Ukrainian Territory

Europe17:37 GMT 27.04.2020(updated 17:48 GMT 27.04.2020) Get short URLThe US Embassy in Kiev has been caught in the center of a brewing political scandal after denying allegations about US biological laboratories’ “unlawful activity” in Ukraine, while admitting that such labs do exist.The US Embassy in Kiev has scrubbed information about…

bubmagApril 27, 2020

Twinfluencer

A 23-page report shows how Instagram habits have changed in recent weeks, with ‘Lives’ and ‘Stories’ surging. Here are 4 key takeaways for influencers and marketers.

Influencer Keiko Lynn recently hosted a "virtual tea party" for her followers on Instagram Live. Keiko Lynn This story is available exclusively on Business Insider Prime. Join BI Prime and start reading now. Instagram influencers have been leaning into the app's "Live" and "Stories" features in recent weeks as many…

bubmagApril 27, 2020

Settlers exploit coronavirus to increase violence against Palestinians

Israel marks memorial day under tightened virus restrictions

Antibiotics may increase risk for opioid abuse

An orangutan mother teaches her daughter how to survive in the Sumatran rainforest

Michelle Obama Netflix documentary to debut May 6

Review: Coal Baron:: Review from the Opinionated Gamers Blog

Boris Johnson Returns to Work Urging Britain to Maintain Lockdown

What Exactly Is Space Junk—And Can It Be Cleaned Up?

Ukraine’s Opposition Accuses US of Scrubbing Info About Biolabs’ Activities on Ukrainian Territory

A 23-page report shows how Instagram habits have changed in recent weeks, with ‘Lives’ and ‘Stories’ surging. Here are 4 key takeaways for influencers and marketers.

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