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BBC: How the Covid-19 pandemic hit the cut-flower chain

asianct - November 23, 20200

Flowers have the power to comfort us, lift our mood and brighten our home. They also represent a €15bn (£14bn/$18bn) global industry...

Food & Recipe

BBC: How coffee forever changed Britain

asianct - November 23, 20200

Coffeehouses helped spread modern democracy, spur the Enlightenment and birth periodical literature. So why did King Charles II’s cronies try to ban...

World

Reuters: Ethiopian government says troops take two towns from Tigray fighters

asianct - November 23, 20200

Government forces captured two towns from rebel forces in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, the government said on Friday, and Tigrayan fighters...

Illinois

[Illinois] Enrollment open for study comparing COVID-19 testing methods

asianct - November 23, 20200

Students, faculty members and staff at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign who are asked to quarantine after COVID-19 exposure or a...

Work-Life

Reuters: I miss the audience: a French performer’s life in COVID lockdown

asianct - November 23, 20200

On the stage at the Hebertot theatre in Paris, Trinidad Garcia is re-enacting a scene from her one-woman show, “For you...

Health

AP: India virus cases pass 9M; capital’s hospitals under strain

asianct - November 23, 20200

Intensive care wards in New Delhi’s hospitals are nearly at capacity, and the city’s main crematorium is packed, as the coronavirus...

World

BBC: Ethiopia’s Tigray crisis: Ceasefire calls as army claims progress

asianct - November 23, 20200

Aid agencies are calling for an immediate temporary ceasefire in northern Ethiopia to allow aid to reach civilians affected by fighting.

Health

AP: What does emergency use for a COVID-19 vaccine mean?

asianct - November 23, 20200

It’s when regulators allow shots to be given to certain people while studies of safety and effectiveness are ongoing.

Entertainment & Arts

AP: Dylan papers, including unpublished lyrics, sell for $495K

asianct - November 23, 20200

A long-lost trove of Bob Dylan documents including the singer-songwriter’s musings about anti-Semitism and unpublished song lyrics has sold at auction...

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