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Brazil president fires health minister during coronavirus crisis Bolsonaro

Brazil president fires health minister during coronavirus crisis

Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro, whose dismissive stance toward the COVID-19 pandemic has angered health experts, fired his popular health minister following a series of disagreements over the proper response to contain its spread in South America's most populous country. Luiz Henrique Mandetta, an orthopedist, garnered support for his handling of the…
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April 16, 2020
COVID-19 could have its own PATRIOT Act, but we need privacy guarantees Palantir

COVID-19 could have its own PATRIOT Act, but we need privacy guarantees

Heather Federman Contributor Heather Federman is a privacy lawyer and VP of Privacy and Policy at BigID, a New York-based company that uses AI to help organizations be better privacy stewards for their customers by accurately tracking personal data, governing access to sensitive information and complying with privacy regulations. Previously,…
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April 16, 2020
‘They’re Adding’: Trump Sows Doubt About Untested COVID-19 Deaths That Threaten His Narrative Vietnam Veterans

‘They’re Adding’: Trump Sows Doubt About Untested COVID-19 Deaths That Threaten His Narrative

This piece is part of our weekly Prime series on corruption and the Trump Swamp, but it has been moved outside of the paywall while we cover COVID-19. The Maria-fication of the coronavirus pandemic’s death toll has begun. After Hurricane Maria collided with Puerto Rico in 2017, President Donald Trump…
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April 16, 2020
Struggling amid the shutdown, L.A. craft breweries reinvent to survive Economic Bubble

Struggling amid the shutdown, L.A. craft breweries reinvent to survive

Martin Quinones has spent the last three years building Cervecería Del Pueblo, a small production brewery and taproom in Pasadena.As the coronavirus pandemic forced the closure of nonessential businesses across the state, Quinones realized that his long-awaited grand opening would have to wait a little longer.“I was literally ready to…
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April 16, 2020
NOAA to take over stranded marine mammal responses from New England Aquarium NOAA

NOAA to take over stranded marine mammal responses from New England Aquarium

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration will take over responding to seal, whale, and dolphin strandings for the New England Aquarium starting May 1, the organizations announced in a joint-statement Thursday. Officials from the aquarium said this change will allow its researchers to focus on rescuing the increasing number of…
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April 16, 2020
AFP’s Yasuyoshi Chiba wins top World Press Photo prize for Sudan protest picture Bushfire

AFP’s Yasuyoshi Chiba wins top World Press Photo prize for Sudan protest picture

The Hague (AFP) - Agence France-Presse photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year Award on Thursday with a picture of a mobile-lit Sudanese demonstrator reciting protest poetry in which judges saw a symbol of hope.Chiba's picture, taken during the popular uprising in Sudan calling for…
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April 16, 2020
Facebook’s Libra Association tries again at this digi-cash game, with more modest ambitions after global flop Blockchain

Facebook’s Libra Association tries again at this digi-cash game, with more modest ambitions after global flop

Zuck's bucks have no luck, for now The Facebook-founded Libra Association has revised its planned digital currency after regulatory concerns and public backlash made the project's initial vision untenable. Libra was introduced last June as a global digital currency, that would be linked to the value of real-world currencies and…
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April 16, 2020