Archive for February 2020
6 Music Festival acts on the "chaotic" highs and lows of being a musician in 2020.
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6 Music Festival: 'When bands smash guitars it breaks my heart'
Not everyone is happy that the Oxford English Dictionary now includes several unique Nigerian words.
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War of words as Nigerian English gets Oxford recognition
The patron saint of Wales was a teetotal vegetarian who was born in a storm
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St David: Ten things about the Patron Saint of Wales
Mainland China reported 573 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Feb. 29, up from 427 the previous day...
Mainland China reports 573 new coronavirus cases on Feb. 29
Leaders in Europe, the Middle East and the Americas rolled out bans on big gatherings, and stricter...
Gatherings banned, travel restricted as coronavirus cases grow worldwide
Slovak opposition party Ordinary People (OLANO) took the lead in the EU country's parliamentary election,...
Slovak opposition party OLANO takes lead in election: partial results
By BY ALLAN KREDA from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/399PJ...
The Islanders Are Saying Goodbye to Brooklyn
The Setos' ancestral home straddles Estonia's border with Russia and has become difficult to cross.
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Setomaa: The Estonia-Russia border tearing apart an ancient people
Each week, we publish a gallery of readers' pictures on a set theme. This week it is "railways"
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Your pictures on the theme of 'railways'
By BY JONATHAN MARTIN AND ALEXANDER BURNS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2I7NC...
Biden Wins in South Carolina, Adding New Life to His Candidacy
By BY NICK CORASANITI from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2I5QP...
Joe Biden wins South Carolina primary with overwhelming support.
By BY LISA LERER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/388KT...
After 12 hours, the polls in South Carolina have closed.
By BY MICHAEL HARDY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32ER8...
A crowd waits for Warren in Houston: ‘I just love her energy.’
By BY DANIEL JACKSON from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/32FTa...
Looking to Super Tuesday, Buttigieg campaigns in Nashville.
By BY KNVUL SHEIKH from NYT Health https://ift.tt/3ascS...
F.D.A. Expands Coronavirus Testing in the United States
It comes as a major boost to the former vice-president's flagging presidential campaign.
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South Carolina primary: Joe Biden projected to win
Director Mohammad Rasoulof is banned from leaving Iran and filmed There Is No Evil in secret.
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Berlin International Film Festival: Iranian film about executions wins top prize
A sense of cautious optimism is rising, but Afghanistan's political future is yet to be decided.
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Afghan conflict: What will Taliban do after signing US deal?
Mainland China reported 573 new confirmed coronavirus cases on Feb. 29, up from 427 on the previous...
Mainland China reports 573 new coronavirus cases on Feb. 29
It comes as a major boost to the former vice-president's flagging presidential campaign.
from BBC News...
South Carolina primary: Joe Biden projected to win
A woman is taking legal action against an NHS gender clinic which treated her as a teenager.
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NHS gender clinic 'should have challenged me more' over transition
Fox News Breaking News Alert
Biden wins South Carolina Democratic primary, Fox News projects, in crucial...
Fox News Breaking News Alert
By BY ELISABETH ROSENTHAL from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2Tcng...
We Don’t Really Know How Many People Have Coronavirus
By BY STEPHANIE SAUL AND KIM BARKER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2TcmY...
Tom Steyer showered South Carolina in political spending. Will it pay off?
By BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/32zWy...
Johnny Antonelli, Star Pitcher for the Giants, Dies at 89
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How Bad Could It Get? Companies Gauge the Coronavirus Impact
The Polish-French director is wanted in the US for the statutory rape of a 13-year-old in the 1970s.
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Walkout as Polanksi wins 'best director' at Césars
People around the world tell us what it's like being born on 29 February.
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Leap Year: What it's like being born on 29 February?
Milda Romanova's home is an old rail station, and at 88 she still loves all things trains.
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Latvia railway: Why I love living in an old train station
Canadian National Railway Co has started calling back many of the 450 workers it laid off earlier this...
Canadian National Railway starts calling back employees laid off during rail blockade
The United States has decided to postpone a meeting with leaders of Southeast Asian countries it had...
Exclusive: U.S. postpones summit with ASEAN leaders amid coronavirus fears - sources
Industrial conglomerate Honeywell International Inc said on Friday it was seeing a surge in demand for...
Honeywell sees surge in demand for face masks in North America, China
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), the biotechnology industry's largest trade association,...
Biotechnology trade group taps former Biogen CEO as its coronavirus czar
Congo's military intelligence chief died on Friday after suffering a heart attack, his wife said, following...