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Big Brother Germany wasn’t going to tell cast about coronavirus pandemic. That didn’t go over well Propaganda

Big Brother Germany wasn’t going to tell cast about coronavirus pandemic. That didn’t go over well

Photo: Monty Brinton (CBS)People have been using apps like Tinder to outsmart China’s censorship and propaganda machines to get real information about the coronavirus outbreak—but apparently Wuhan isn’t as locked down as the Big Brother house in Germany.The majority of the housemates on the German reality series (based on the…
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March 17, 2020
Venezuela detects 16 new coronavirus cases, 33 infected in total Maduro

Venezuela detects 16 new coronavirus cases, 33 infected in total

FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a news conference at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero(Reuters) - Venezuela will implement a nationwide quarantine after detecting 16 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Monday, President Nicolas Maduro said, adding that the total number of…
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March 17, 2020
Cambridge tech companies attract more investment per head than London’s Moravec‘s Paradox

Cambridge tech companies attract more investment per head than London’s

Cambridge outstripped London in 2019 for investment per head in tech companies.It received £3,361 of investment per person, compared to just £840.25 in London, despite the capital having 51,000 digital tech businesses generating £64billion turnover.Tim Brears, CEO of Evonetix, which recently secured £23m of investment.It made the city comfortably top…
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March 17, 2020
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Says Restaurants And Bars Can Sell Alcohol To Go After Bar Shutdown Little Italy

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo Says Restaurants And Bars Can Sell Alcohol To Go After Bar Shutdown

A Bar & Grill sign marks the Playwright Celtic Pub in Manhattan's theater district as coronavirus ... cases and fears continue to spread on March 16, 2020 in New York City. Getty Images With bars and restaurants set to close except for take-out orders at 8 p.m. Monday night due…
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March 17, 2020
Regal theaters close, AMC limits showings to 50 people amid coronavirus pandemic New York City

Regal theaters close, AMC limits showings to 50 people amid coronavirus pandemic

Bryan Alexander USA TODAYPublished 5:53 PM EDT Mar 17, 2020Cinemark movie theaters announced Tuesday it would be shuttering its 345 theaters across the country.The closures, effective March 18, mark the third major theater chain to halt amid the coronavirus pandemic, following AMC Theatres and Regal Cinemas.Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi referred to "absolutely unprecedented…
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March 16, 2020
Corona diplomacy China's Strategy

Corona diplomacy

Written by C. Raja Mohan | Updated: March 17, 2020 10:41:15 am Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a video conference with South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) leaders on chalking out a plan to combat the COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus, in New Delhi. (Twitter/narendramodi)It would have been surprising if China…
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March 16, 2020