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Biden says US must "hold China accountable to follow the rules"

President Biden spoke at length today about what the US must do in order to hold China accountable regarding imports, exports, and human rights issues.

"Earlier this month, and apparently got the Chinese attention, that's not why I did it, I met with our allies and how we're going to hold China accountable in the region; Australia, India,…

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Toegevoegd door Born2kill op 25 Maart 2021 op 20.32 — Geen reacties

The terrifying hour as employees and shoppers hid when a gunman went on a shooting spree at a Colorado grocery store

A gunman, wearing an armored or tactical vest, had just shot an elderly man outside the King Soopers on Monday afternoon in Boulder, Colorado. Inside the supermarket, staff watched in disbelief as the gunman stood over the man and fired again and again.

The gunman turned around and entered the store. More shots rang out. Employees and some…

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Toegevoegd door Born2kill op 24 Maart 2021 op 14.29 — Geen reacties

Suez Canal blocked by traffic jam after massive container ship runs aground

A large container ship remains stuck in Egypt's Suez Canal, blocking other vessels from moving in both directions and sparking a traffic jam in one of the most important waterways in the world.

The Ever Given, which is sailing under the flag of Panama, is lodged at the 151-kilometer (94-mile) mark of the canal after entering the the crucial East-West trade route on Tuesday morning. The container ship ran aground when it was approximately 6 nautical miles from the southern end of the…

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Toegevoegd door Born2kill op 24 Maart 2021 op 13.51 — Geen reacties

Inside the Reddit army that’s crushing Wall Street

He should have been concentrating on the student he was tutoring in physics — a job he did during his free time while enrolled in a post-baccalaureate pre-med program — but Omar’s eyes kept darting back to the Robinhood app open on his phone.

 Omar had invested $6,000 in Beyond Meat options; in the days before that tutoring session he’d seen the value of that investment rocket up to almost $15,000. What he was witnessing now, though, felt like torture.

By lunchtime, the stock…

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Toegevoegd door Born2kill op 29 Januari 2021 op 22.47 — Geen reacties

40-year-old rhino iguana dubbed oldest member of species in captivity

Australia Zoo shared this news on their official Twitter account on January 19.

A rhinoceros iguana living at the Australia Zoo named Rhino has made history by being dubbed the oldest living member of its species in captivity. Rhino's outstanding achievement was acknowledged by the Guinness World Record organisation, which also awarded the animal this special honor. doubles the age of the previous greatest lifespan on record for rhino iguanas of just under 23 years old, ”reads a bit…

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Toegevoegd door Born2kill op 20 Januari 2021 op 3.32 — Geen reacties

40-year-old rhino iguana dubbed oldest member of species in captivity

Australia Zoo shared this news on their official Twitter account on January 19.

A rhinoceros iguana living at the Australia Zoo named Rhino has made history by being dubbed the oldest living member of its species in captivity. Rhino's outstanding achievement was acknowledged by the Guinness World Record organisation, which also awarded the animal this special honor. doubles the age of the previous greatest lifespan on record for rhino iguanas of just under 23 years old, ”reads a bit…

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Toegevoegd door Born2kill op 20 Januari 2021 op 3.31 — Geen reacties

UK regulator approves Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine

The United Kingdom on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve the coronavirus vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and drugmaker AstraZeneca.

The government said in its announcement that the green light "follows rigorous clinical trials and a thorough analysis of the data by experts" at the regulator, the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, "which has concluded that the vaccine has met its strict standards of safety, quality and…

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Toegevoegd door Born2kill op 30 December 2020 op 20.31 — Geen reacties

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