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Airbnb hosts leaving in droves as coronavirus cancellations pile up Super Komachi

Airbnb hosts leaving in droves as coronavirus cancellations pile up

Short-term ‘minpaku’ accommodation hosts are starting to exit the short-term letting market. As of April 2020, the number of hosts that de-registered their properties topped 4,100 since the registration system was introduced in mid-2018. There are currently 25,000 registered minpaku properties across Japan. Guest cancellations started to pour in from…
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April 22, 2020
Australian, US vessels in South China Sea as China flexes muscles China's Strategy

Australian, US vessels in South China Sea as China flexes muscles

"During the passage exercises, the ships honed inter-operability between Australian and US navies, including replenishment-at-sea, aviation operations, maritime manoeuvres and communications drills," the Defence spokeswoman said."Australia has maintained a robust program of international engagement with countries in and around the South China Sea for decades."On board HMAS Parramatta. Credit:Louie DouvisThe…
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April 22, 2020
NIH Covid-19 treatment guidelines warn against drug combo pushed by Trump Donald Trump

NIH Covid-19 treatment guidelines warn against drug combo pushed by Trump

(CNN)Doctors should not use a drug combination strongly pushed by President Donald Trump to treat patients with coronavirus infections, a National Institutes of Health panel says in new guidelines published Tuesday. And any other experimental drugs should only be tried as part of a clinical trial, the panel said.The guidelines,…
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April 22, 2020
The Impacts of Roundup (Glyphosate): Immune Suppression, Total Corporate Control over Agriculture, Destruction of the Family Farm Monsanto

The Impacts of Roundup (Glyphosate): Immune Suppression, Total Corporate Control over Agriculture, Destruction of the Family Farm

The war is on. A crucial weapon in the attack is Roundup (glyphosate), a herbicide that’s being used for something for which it was never intended: the forced ripening of crops, called desiccation, all but guaranteeing it will wind up in our food. Roundup hinders biosynthesis by poisoning the shikimate pathway…
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April 22, 2020