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Links 21/07/2024: Health, Politics, and Kamala Harris in Focus
Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 22, 2024
Melinda Gates, Kamala Harris to discuss 'global COVID-19 response'
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Leftovers
Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
CBC ☛ 2024-07-19 [Older] Fake nurse pleads guilty to assaulting patients by IV injection
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-12 [Older] Japan's drinks companies look to tap into foreign markets
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-13 [Older] US: Famous sex therapist 'Dr. Ruth' dead at 96
Manchester Evening News ☛ Why Spice has 'crept back' to Manchester
The city was dubbed 'Spicechester' such was the prevalence of people being left in 'zombie-like' states as a result of the synthetic cannabinoid and former 'legal high', back in 2017.
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Things got so bad there were 58 drug-related call-outs to the city centre on one weekend alone. Things have improved markedly since then. Emerging from the crisis, a drug monitoring, testing, and alert system has won plaudits and been replicated up and down the country.
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-15 [Older] China cooking oil scandal exposes food safety problem
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-16 [Older] Blastocystis: Gut parasites that keep you healthy
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-16 [Older] Cooling cities with country air
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-15 [Older] Childhood vaccinations stall globally, WHO warns
CBC ☛ 2024-07-12 [Older] Poilievre wants to shut down Montreal's supervised drug-inhalation site and others that 'endanger the public'
CBC ☛ 2024-07-18 [Older] 500 Olympic-sized pools of partially treated sewage hit Toronto's waterways after storm
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-17 [Older] Paraguay finds 4 tons of cocaine in Belgium sugar shipment
The Journal ☛ Israeli military to vaccinate soldiers against polio after high levels found in Gaza sewage
↺ HTTPS: Israeli military to vaccinate soldiers against polio after high levels found in Gaza sewage
Polio can cause paralysis and in extreme cases death.
Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Merit Makes Right: Microsoft Lays Off DEI Team, Leader Calls Policies 'No Longer Business Critical'
Apparently, diversity, equity and inclusion are not mission-critical for a major business to operate smoothly.
And that’s not according to a conservative think tank or anything of that ilk.
TechStory Media ☛ NetherRealm Studios Faces Layoffs, Closing Mobile Division and Mortal Kombat Onslaught
Adding to the unfortunate trend plaguing the gaming industry in 2024, NetherRealm Studios, the renowned developer behind Mortal Kombat and Injustice franchises, has been hit with layoffs. According to former employees and industry reports, the brunt of the cuts appears to have fallen on the studio’s entire mobile team.
Defence/Aggression
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-12 [Older] Court: Mainz wrong to sack El Ghazi over Gaza comments
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-15 [Older] Germany arrests suspected Hezbollah member
Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-07-17 [Older] On Stochastic Terrorism and Speech as Violence
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-13 [Older] North Korea decries 'illegal' joint NATO declaration
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-13 [Older] Jihadis in northern Mozambique use rape as a weapon of war
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-16 [Older] European Commission to partly boycott Hungary's presidency
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-13 [Older] Afghan women taking the initiative against the Taliban
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-13 [Older] A new arms race in Europe? US long-range weapons in Germany
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-13 [Older] China's joint maneuvers with Belarus: Is the SCO behind it?
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-13 [Older] Ecuador court sentences suspects in candidate murder
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-13 [Older] Germany: Police search rural Bavaria after dead body found
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-14 [Older] Where does Germany stand on gun control?
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-14 [Older] North Korea: Kim's sister outraged by leaflets from South
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-14 [Older] Trump rally: FBI searching for motive behind shooting
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-14 [Older] Israel says Hamas brigade commander killed in Gaza strike
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-14 [Older] Kenya: Police face pressure over mutilated bodies in Nairobi
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-16 [Older] How 'dangerous' is a new NATO office in Jordan?
Environment
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-16 [Older] Heat in the city: Can cold air corridors help?
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-07-12 [Older] Caribbean Seeks Help in Fighting Climate Change After Hurricane Beryl Devastates Small Islands
Vox ☛ 2024-07-12 [Older] Why Hurricane Beryl was more than Houston could handle
Vox ☛ 2024-07-11 [Older] The US is failing renters during extreme heat waves
Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-07-17 [Older] Europe: Scorching heatwave bakes Greece, Balkan region
Energy/Transportation
The Age AU ☛ 2024-07-19 [Older] Australia news LIVE: CFMEU fallout continues; Energy ministers to discuss cost of living, supply
International Business Times ☛ 2024-07-18 [Older] Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene Diversifies Portfolio with Investments in AI, Apparel, and Energy Stocks
US News And World Report ☛ 2024-07-18 [Older] California First State to Get Federal Funds for Hydrogen Energy Hub to Help Replace Fossil Fuels
Bridge Michigan ☛ 2024-07-16 [Older] Michigan’s electric energy future could be wasting away in a junk drawer
↺ HTTPS: 2024-07-16 [Older] Michigan’s electric energy future could be wasting away in a junk drawer