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Defying U.N. Ban, Chinese Ships Pay North Korea to Fish in Its Waters

SEOUL, South Korea — When the United Nations imposed its toughest sanctions yet on North Korea in 2017, one of the main targets was squid.It was one of the country’s top exports, and the Security Council hoped to bring the trade to a halt, as part of the international effort to pressure the North into…

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Russell Westbrook clears protocol, set to practice with Rockets

Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook said Wednesday that he is “thankful and blessed” to be able to participate in practice again after recovering from the coronavirus.Westbrook spoke to the media before Wednesday’s practice, his first with the team since clearing the NBA’s quarantine protocol at the league’s Walt Disney World campus. He arrived in Orlando,…

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Pandemic creating potential for drug shortages that Canada isn’t equipped to deal with

This column is an opinion by Dr. AbdulGhani Basith, an emergency physician in Toronto and a faculty member at The Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. He is a co-founder of The Critical Drugs Coalition, a group of pharmaceutical experts, physicians and others working to prevent future drug shortages in Canada. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please…

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Silent spread of virus keeps scientists grasping for clues

One of the great mysteries of the new coronavirus is how quickly it rocketed around the world. It first flared in central China and, within three months, was on every continent but Antarctica, shutting down daily life for millions. Behind the rapid spread was something that initially caught scientists off guard, baffled health authorities and…

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Essential Summer Reading: A Classic Tale of Hope and the American Dream

IN AN AGE OF anxiety, it’s tempting to dream of a kinder, more glamorous and distant world. But it might be even more helpful to remember places closer to home, impoverished and pedestrian—to travel through time rather than space to experience a realm both different from and similar to our contemporary one. Betty Smith’s semi-autobiographical…

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EU budget summit: A ‘Hamiltonian’ moment? Not quite

To muster these funds, the bloc will borrow against the financial markets, issuing E.U.-backed bonds for the first time. Calls for this collective pooling of debt obligations grew as it became clear that myriad European economies were about to be plunged into a potentially deep recession. Proponents of such measures liken them to Europe’s “Hamiltonian”…

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Feds relax fingerprinting rules while screening new hires during pandemic

The government has quietly relaxed a requirement to fingerprint prospective new federal hires as part of security screening, a move prompted by the need for physical distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. A temporary change to the federal standard on security screening allows departments and agencies subject to the Policy on Government Security to grant conditional security…

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Pfizer Gets $1.95 Billion to Produce Coronavirus Vaccine by Year’s End

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday announced a nearly $2 billion contract with the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and a smaller German biotechnology company for up to 600 million doses of a coronavirus vaccine. If the vaccine proves to be safe and effective in clinical trials, the companies say they could manufacture the first 100…

https://annplus.com/pfizer-gets-1-95-billion-to-produce-coronavirus-vaccine-by-years-end/


U.S. Orders China to Close Houston Consulate

HONG KONG—The U.S. ordered the abrupt closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston, accusing China of extensive interference in domestic affairs and intellectual-property theft, an escalation of bilateral tensions that Beijing called outrageous and unprecedented. The State Department, in a statement on the closure, accused China of conducting “massive illegal spying and influence operations throughout…

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Common foods alter gut bacteria by influencing viruses

A group of researchers has brought the idea of food as a medicine one step closer. They have identified certain common foodstuffs that alter our microbiome.In science today, food and gut bacteria are two topics that are guaranteed to fuel interest and debate. Both, of course, are interrelated, and a new study focuses on some…

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U.S. Accuses Hackers of Trying to Steal Coronavirus Vaccine Data for China

In some cases, the suspects tried to extort money from companies, according to the indictment. In 2017, Mr. Li threatened to publish the source code of a Massachusetts software company if it did not give him $15,000 in cryptocurrency.Like the Russian group, the Chinese hackers operated with the assistance of their country’s intelligence agencies. Their…

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Lindsay Simpson had her dream job before Audi Field accident changed everything

The summer of 2018 had been a whirlwind of excitement and activity. United had just signed Wayne Rooney, a bona fide international star who put the Major League Soccer team in newspaper headlines around the world. The organization had cut the ribbon on a much-anticipated stadium, Audi Field, and was poised to usher in a…

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Medical student Malone Mukwende couldn’t find how symptoms look on darker skin. He’s publishing a book about it.

Whether a rash, a bruise, blue lips or other common physical reactions, “it was clear to me that certain symptoms would not present the same on my own skin,” said Mukwende, who was born in Zimbabwe and now lives in London. “I knew that this would be a problem for patients of a similar skin…

https://annplus.com/medical-student-malone-mukwende-couldnt-find-how-symptoms-look-on-darker-skin-hes-publishing-a-book-about-it/


Military intelligence unit briefed Sajjan on COVID-19 risk on January 17: documents

A little-known medical unit within Canadian Forces Intelligence Command briefed Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan about the COVID-19 crisis on January 17, 2020, the government confirmed in a document presented to Parliament this week. The briefing from the medical intelligence (MEDINT) unit came 17 days after the World Health Organization (WHO) China Country Office was informed…

https://annplus.com/military-intelligence-unit-briefed-sajjan-on-covid-19-risk-on-january-17-documents/


Supply Cuts Boost Canadian Oil Producers

TORONTO—Aggressive cuts by Canadian oil producers in the spring are starting to pay off in the summer. After coronavirus-related shutdowns stalled business, U.S. oil refiners have started making more gasoline for drivers who are returning to the road. That has increased demand for Canadian oil, which is the largest source of crude for Midwestern refineries.…

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C.D.C. Data Shows U.S. Coronavirus Infections Much Higher Than Reported

The number of people infected with the coronavirus in different parts of the United States was anywhere from two to 13 times higher than the reported rates for those regions, according to data released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.The findings suggest that large numbers of people who did not have symptoms…

https://annplus.com/c-d-c-data-shows-u-s-coronavirus-infections-much-higher-than-reported/


Twitter Bans QAnon Accounts, Citing Risk of Offline Harm

Twitter Inc. said it would step up enforcement against followers of the QAnon conspiracy theory, becoming the first major platform to take aggressive action to limit the spread of a discredited movement that has festered online for years. A Twitter spokesperson said the company has banned more than 7,000 QAnon-related accounts in recent weeks, limited…

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