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My house is a shrine to my homes. There’s a triptych of sunsets next to my bedroom door, dusk forever falling over the small Michigan town where I grew up, the beach next to my college dorm and Place de la Concorde in Paris, where I spent a cliché but nonetheless happy semester. And that’s […]
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On this week’s episode of What the Heck, MMA Fighting’s Mike Heck speaks with Bellator middleweight Gegard Mousasi (9:47) to discuss his championship main event with Douglas Lima Thursday at Bellator 250, how he’s dealt with a chaotic 2020, what a victory over Lima does for his career, Israel Adesanya’s win over Paulo Costa and […]
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COVID-19 (coronavirus) patients who were administered a novel antibody had fewer symptoms and were less likely to require hospitalization or emergency medical care than those who did not receive the antibody, according to a new study published in the The New England Journal of Medicine. The multisite, Phase II clinical trial tested three different doses […]
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Any French involvement in holding up a multi-billion dollar natural gas deal over environmental concerns could damage the country’s trade ties with the United States, a Republican senator has warned in a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron. Reuters and other media outlets reported last month that the French government asked power group Engie ENGIE.PA […]
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Per the agreement, Xilinx shareholders will receive 1.7234 shares of AMD common stock for every Xilinx share they own at the time the transaction closes. Based on AMD’s trading price of $82.97 (the average price per share for the 10 consecutive trading days leading up to initial media reports about the transaction), Xilinx shareholders will […]
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Doctors at a hospital in England put on a special performance for a five-year-old cancer patient who loves ballet. Hospital staff at Worcester Royal Hospital picked up on Izzy’s love of ballet while she was in for treatment and spent time reading ballet stories. So, Dr. Baylon Kamalarajan and Emma Maunder dressed in colorful tutus […]
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UFC 254 was expected to be one of the biggest pay-per-view cards of the year, but the final tally for sales reportedly reached just 500,000 buys in the United States. Those figures come courtesy of the Sports Business-Journal, which reported that the show headlined by what would turn out to be Khabib Nurmagomedov’s final fight […]
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As COVID-19 infections escalate, Americans across the political divide demonstrate pronounced support for public health. According to a recently-commissioned survey by Research!America on behalf of a working group formed to address our nation’s commitment to science, a strong bipartisan majority of Americans place an urgent or high priority on improving our nation’s public health system […]
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Donald Trump’s campaign slogan in 2016 could have been ‘build the Wall Street’, but a scan across global markets throws up plenty of surprises, especially in the emerging economies that have been in Trump’s cross-hairs. While the numbers may have been exaggerated by this year’s COVID-19 crisis, most analysts agree that Trump’s tax cuts, combined […]
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CD Projekt Red announced this news on Twitter today, and fan reactions have been mixed. The response to the first two delays was overwhelmingly positive, but this time around, frustration seems to be the predominant emotion among prospective players. Regardless, for its part, the studio has a valid reason for this decision: it is struggling […]
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