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New Zealand cancels mosque massacre remembrance over virus fears Christchurch

New Zealand cancels mosque massacre remembrance over virus fears

PHOTO: Reuters WELLINGTON: New Zealand has cancelled a national remembrance service to mark Sunday’s first anniversary of the Christchurch mosque attacks because of coronavirus fears, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said. “This is a pragmatic decision. We’re very saddened to cancel, but in remembering such a terrible tragedy, we shouldn’t create the…
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March 14, 2020
Coronavirus pandemic | Jack Ma Foundation to donate 500,000 testing kits, 1mn masks to the US Alibaba

Coronavirus pandemic | Jack Ma Foundation to donate 500,000 testing kits, 1mn masks to the US

Billionaire Jack Ma said his foundation will donate 500,000 testing kits and one million masks to the United States to combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.The statement posted to Twitter on March 13 was accompanied by a photo post signed by Ma. It read: "Over the past few weeks, Jack Ma Foundation and…
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March 14, 2020
Design Moment: AstroTurf, 1964 Monsanto

Design Moment: AstroTurf, 1964

 It’s good to touch the green green grass of home, as Tom Jones sings, though maybe not the artificial grass that was invented in the same decade as that song was written. Originally known as ChemGrass it was invented by Donald Elbert, James Farai and Robert Wright, who worked in…
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March 14, 2020
Hilary Barry opens up about body confidence, boobs and the Rogers and Barbs of the world Body Shaming

Hilary Barry opens up about body confidence, boobs and the Rogers and Barbs of the world

This story was originally published by NEXT and is republished with permission. It's a question man has grappled with since the dawn of time: if someone said something mean about you, would you want to know? Given this option semi-regularly by the person delivering her pre-opened work mail ("It's for security…
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March 14, 2020