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“We expect to lose a lot of money”: Persian New Year celebrations cancelled over coronavirus fears Iran Liberalism

“We expect to lose a lot of money”: Persian New Year celebrations cancelled over coronavirus fears

Updated March 14, 2020 07:53:04 Nowruz is usually a time when tens of thousands of Iranian Australians come together to celebrate the start of the Persian New Year. Key points:A major Nowruz event in Sydney has been cancelled for the first time Restaurants have taken a hit with customers cancelling…
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March 13, 2020
U.S. markets surge on Trump’s emergency coronavirus declaration after wild day of trading Bubble

U.S. markets surge on Trump’s emergency coronavirus declaration after wild day of trading

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March 13, 2020
President Trump declares emergency order to free funds and loosen regulations for healthcare facilities Nancy Pelosi

President Trump declares emergency order to free funds and loosen regulations for healthcare facilities

In an announcement from the White House Friday afternoon, President Donald Trump said that he has announced an emergency declaration to free up more federal resources that states can access as they respond to the novel coronavirus outbreak. “I am officially declaring a national emergency. Two very big words,” said…
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March 13, 2020
Minecraft and Reporters Without Borders team to create virtual library of banned journalism Jamal Khashoggi

Minecraft and Reporters Without Borders team to create virtual library of banned journalism

Proponents of free speech and uncensored reporting may find a new safe haven for articles, reporting, and other potentially banned text: Minecraft. The hit building game for consoles and PC has allowed inventive players to construct in-game computers, logic games, and massive feats of engineering. And they've been able to do…
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March 13, 2020
How has the battle to remove far-right extremism online fared after the Christchurch attacks? Christchurch

How has the battle to remove far-right extremism online fared after the Christchurch attacks?

Updated March 14, 2020 09:59:48 On March 15 last year, a gunman armed with two semi-automatic weapons killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch and live streamed his attack on social media. Key points: Christchurch will mark the first anniversary of the mosque attacks on March 1551 people were…
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March 13, 2020
Inside the Survivalist Bunker Where Some Wealthy People Hope to Ride Out Coronavirus Hurricane

Inside the Survivalist Bunker Where Some Wealthy People Hope to Ride Out Coronavirus

A pandemic, like any other crisis, has a way of exposing the chasm between the haves and have-nots, and perhaps the deepest trench right now is the one between the one percenters self-quarantining in dramatic and expensive fashion—and the rest of humanity. While most of us scroll social media and…
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March 13, 2020
Ukraine to suspend all passenger flights from March 17: Interfax Ukraine Ukraine

Ukraine to suspend all passenger flights from March 17: Interfax Ukraine

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine will suspend all passenger flights from March 17, Interfax Ukraine quoted Parliament Speaker Dmytro Razumkov as saying on Friday evening. Ukraine earlier announced that it was banning foreign nationals from entering the country to stop the spread of the coronavirus. The country recorded its first death…
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March 13, 2020