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Your Hourly COVID-19 News Feed - Drill Down by Source: All BBC Hacker News
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| 2021-03-16 |
Cannes Film Festival: Spike Lee asked again to be first black jury head The director of Malcolm X and Da 5 Bloods was due to preside in 2020, but Covid cancelled the event. |
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| 2021-03-16 |
Texas woman arrested for refusing to wear mask The 65 year old's arrest at a bank came after the state ended its mask mandate for public spaces. |
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| 2021-03-16 |
Dutch head to polls as Covid crisis looms large The election comes after a government crisis and during the country's strictest lockdown to date. |
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| 2021-03-16 |
Covid-19: Brazil to get fourth health minister since pandemic began Marcelo Queiroga, a doctor, is to replace Eduardo Pazuello, an army officer with no medical training. |
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| 2021-03-15 |
Covid relief bill: How does the new US child tax credit measure up? The Covid relief bill includes an expanded child tax credit. How does it compare to other countries? |
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| 2021-03-15 |
Pickleball: The racquet sport experiencing a pandemic boom Pickleball - a mash-up of tennis, badminton and ping-pong - saw a surge in participation last year. |
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| 2021-03-15 |
Covid-19: Continue using AstraZeneca vaccine, says WHO It says there is no evidence of a link to blood clots, as major EU countries pause use of the vaccine. |
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| 2021-03-15 |
The 89-year-old dancing in the streets of New York City after vaccination New Yorker Robert Holzman got his Covid vaccine as soon as he was able so he could get back to dancing. |
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| 2021-03-15 |
Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: Hospitals 'vandalised and looted' The health system in the conflict-hit Tigray region has "almost completely collapsed," says MSF. |
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| 2021-03-15 |
Covid-19 pandemic: Venice empty as Italy locks down Canals, pathways and squares in the iconic city are deserted as much of Italy closes. |
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| 2021-03-15 |
Yo-Yo Ma: World-famous cellist's impromptu vaccine centre concert Yo-Yo Ma performs in a waiting room after receiving his second dose of Covid-19 vaccine. |
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| 2021-03-15 |
Covid-19: Netherlands suspend use of AstraZeneca vaccine It is the latest nation to act over reports of blood clotting but the WHO says it is safe. |
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| 2021-03-15 |
Covid-19 pandemic: Trump urged to encourage supporters to get jabs It would be a "game-changer" if Donald Trump stepped in, Dr Anthony Fauci says. |
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| 2021-03-15 |
Psychedelic therapy could 'reset' depressed brain A powerful hallucinogen used in shamanic rituals is being trialled as a potential depression cure. |
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| 2021-03-15 |
We asked for your first Covid text messages. These are your stories The US didn’t shut down until late March, but Americans were talking about the virus before that. |
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| 2021-03-15 |
Tigray crisis: Why Sudan is a ‘second home’ to Ethiopian refugees More than 60,000 people have fled the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region to seek refuge in neighbouring Sudan. |
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| 2021-03-14 |
Covid-19: Dutch police break up anti-lockdown protest Police used water cannon and mounted officers to clear anti-government demonstrators in The Hague. |
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| 2021-03-14 |
Covid-19: Ireland suspends use of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine The minister for health says it is precautionary after reports of serious blood clotting events in Norway. |
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| 2021-03-14 |
Is fighting a pandemic like fighting a war? Two Vietnam War veterans on the similarities between the struggle against Covid and fighting a war. |
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| 2021-03-13 |
Covid: Jordan's health minister quits over hospital oxygen deaths The country's health minister has resigned after six Covid patients died due to an oxygen shortage. |
