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Hong Kong is shutting down its schools until February 17 to limit the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus Xi Jinping

Hong Kong is shutting down its schools until February 17 to limit the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus

Hong Kong is declaring a citywide emergency and closing down its schools until February 17 in an attempt to limit the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, officials announced on Saturday. Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam announced that in addition to the school cancellations, the city will temporarily suspend all planes…
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January 25, 2020
As ‘flight shame’ movement grows, more airlines and travelers seek to offset carbon footprint Chile Riots

As ‘flight shame’ movement grows, more airlines and travelers seek to offset carbon footprint

One immediate sign of the Greta effect is fewer passengers at Swedish airports, where the movement was born in 2017. Earlier this month, Swedavia, which owns 10 airports in Sweden, announced that it had seen a 4 percent drop in the number of passengers last year. In 2019, there were…
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January 25, 2020
Welcome to affordable San Francisco! Here is your $1,000-a-month basement “sleeping pod” Sleeping Pods

Welcome to affordable San Francisco! Here is your $1,000-a-month basement “sleeping pod”

(Credit: SimsWiki, Unsplash) A Kansas developer has a concept for below-market-rate housing in San Francisco, but it isn’t exactly pretty. Helsey Holdings wants to build two apartment buildings with 200-square-foot micro-apartments asking $2,000-per-month and 88 basement “sleeping pods” starting at around $1,000-per-month, according to Fast Company. For context, a one-bedroom…
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January 25, 2020
Impeachment: Democrats undoing 2016 election, say Trump lawyers Impeachment

Impeachment: Democrats undoing 2016 election, say Trump lawyers

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWhite House Counsel Patrick Cipollone said voters should decide whether the president is removed from officePresident Trump's lawyers have begun defending him at his impeachment trial, accusing Democrats of seeking to overturn the result of the 2016 election. "The president did absolutely…
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January 25, 2020