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Brasilia

Brazil partially closing Venezuela border, allowing trucks

A cleaner disinfects a bus on the first day after a new measure to tackle coronavirus disease (COVID-19) spread was introduced, which implies cleaning buses after each trip, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda PerobelliBRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil will partially close its border with Venezuela starting…

bubmagMarch 17, 2020

Spanish Flu

10 Misconceptions About the 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’

This article by Richard Gunderman is republished here with permission from The Conversation. This content is shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers; it does not, however, represent the work of Snopes fact-checkers or editors. Pandemic: It’s a scary word. But the world has seen pandemics before, and…

bubmagMarch 17, 2020

Little Red Riding Hood

Legacies Spins Fairytale Ending for Hope and Josie — First Photos

Will Hope turn out to be Josie’s knight in shining armor? TVLine has an exclusive first look at Legacies‘ March 26 episode (The CW, 9/8c), in which “Hope infiltrates Josie’s subconscious and finds herself in a fairytale world filled with dark magic.” From the looks of things, Josie is living…

bubmagMarch 17, 2020

SpaceX

Harvard astronomer says Starlink could affect hunt for near-earth asteroids

This image of a distant galaxy group from Arizona's Lowell Observatory is marred by diagonal lines from the trails of Starlink satellites, shortly after their launch in May. Victoria Girgis/Lowell Observatory A well-known astronomer and satellite tracker says observatories that scan the sky for potentially hazardous asteroids could be impacted…

bubmagMarch 17, 2020

Jerusalem Controversy

Israel’s museums go online for immersive experience amid pandemic

Getting tired of Netflix, online learning and doing house chores during the coronavirus quarantine? Try taking a virtual museum tour from your home. Israel’s museums are using the web to offer cultural options during the coronavirus lockdown, hosting virtual tours of current exhibits, activities for the young and old, talks…

bubmagMarch 17, 2020

Computers in School

6 Black Women In Tech On How They Got Their Start In The Industry

Jordan Coleman, Enterprise SaaS Sales Account Manager at Weedmaps As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Growing up, I wanted to be a number of things, ranging from a certified scuba diving instructor to a physics teacher to a sports journalist. My mom was a data…

bubmagMarch 17, 2020

Computers in School

6 Black Women In Tech On How They Got Their Start In The Industry

Jordan Coleman, Enterprise SaaS Sales Account Manager at Weedmaps As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? Growing up, I wanted to be a number of things, ranging from a certified scuba diving instructor to a physics teacher to a sports journalist. My mom was a data…

bubmagMarch 17, 2020

Stalingrad

Roger Mayweather, Boxing Trainer and Floyd Mayweather’s Uncle, Dies at 58

Ethan Miller/Getty Images Roger Mayweather, a former professional boxer and trainer to his nephew Floyd Mayweather Jr., has died at the age of 58. Representatives for Floyd Mayweather confirmed the news to TheWrap on Tuesday. No cause of death was immediately made public, but according to TMZ, the elder Mayweather…

bubmagMarch 17, 2020

Trade War

Trump’s Bumbling Coronavirus Rhetoric Will Reignite U.S.-China Trade War

Donald Trump angered China by referring to the coronavirus as the “Chinese Virus” in a tweet. The war of words over the coronavirus risks cutting off diplomacy at a time when China may need to renegotiate its side of January’s trade agreement. Ultimately, the Trump administration’s rhetoric risks pushing U.S.-China…

bubmagMarch 17, 2020

Barack Obama

Kara Walker Spotlights Barack Obama in Allegorical Works on Paper

1 of 10 2 of 10 3 of 10 4 of 10 5 of 10 6 of 10 7 of 10 8 of 10 9 of 10 10 of 10 Best known for her black cut-paper silhouettes that evoke themes of African American racial identity, American contemporary artist Kara Walker…

bubmagMarch 17, 2020

Brazil partially closing Venezuela border, allowing trucks

10 Misconceptions About the 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’

Legacies Spins Fairytale Ending for Hope and Josie — First Photos

Harvard astronomer says Starlink could affect hunt for near-earth asteroids

Israel’s museums go online for immersive experience amid pandemic

6 Black Women In Tech On How They Got Their Start In The Industry

6 Black Women In Tech On How They Got Their Start In The Industry

Roger Mayweather, Boxing Trainer and Floyd Mayweather’s Uncle, Dies at 58

Trump’s Bumbling Coronavirus Rhetoric Will Reignite U.S.-China Trade War

Kara Walker Spotlights Barack Obama in Allegorical Works on Paper

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