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Kashmiri evacuees from Wuhan face a different lockdown after fleeing the coronavirus Kashmir

Kashmiri evacuees from Wuhan face a different lockdown after fleeing the coronavirus

Aspiring doctors from India’s troubled region have increasingly been moving to China.Now, they face a unique predicament of staying in China, where there is an ongoing battle against the Covid-19 coronavirus, and going back to India—which, for them, signals a different, and more time-honored, kind of danger.As the outbreak spread…
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February 23, 2020
How the English Found Cannabis Rijksmuseum

How the English Found Cannabis

Main Blog > How the English Found Cannabis Thomas Bowrey traveled to Machilipatnam, on the coast of India, in 1673. He saw many strange and fascinating things that were completely unfamiliar to an Englishman, including the consumption of Bangha and Gangah, which left users in a besotted state.Bowrey initially compared…
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February 23, 2020
China’s Xi Jinping says epidemic ‘grim,’ calls for action on economy Xi Jinping

China’s Xi Jinping says epidemic ‘grim,’ calls for action on economy

Chinese President Xi Jinping gestures near a heart shape sign and the slogan 'Race against time, Fight the Virus' during an inspection of the center for disease control and prevention of Chaoyang District in Beijing on Feb. 10, 2020. Liu Bin/The Associated Press Warning that China’s virus epidemic is “still…
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February 23, 2020
Teen accident victim’s family call for UK to block Julian Assange’s US extradition Boris Johnson

Teen accident victim’s family call for UK to block Julian Assange’s US extradition

London (CNN)The family of a British teenager killed in a road accident involving the wife of a American diplomat in August 2019 has called for the UK government to block the extradition of Julian Assange to the US, unless Washington agrees to send Anne Sacoolas in the opposite direction.Radd Seiger,…
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February 23, 2020