Feb 28 (Reuters) – Opponents of military rule in Myanmar planned protests on Sunday a day after the security forces launched their biggest crackdown, arresting hundreds of people and shooting and wounding at least one. State television announced that Myanmar’s U.N. envoy had been fired for betraying the country, after […]
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WRAPUP 1-Myanmar envoy appeals to UN to stop coup; more protests planned
Feb 27 (Reuters) – Myanmar’s U.N. envoy urged the United Nations to use “any means necessary” to stop a military coup there, making a surprise appeal on behalf of the ousted government as police cracked down on anti-junta protesters. The Southeast Asian country has been in crisis since the army […]
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‘John got the final word’: Accuser of abusive gymnastics coach reacts to his suicide after charges
When former gymnast Sarah Klein first learned that the former Olympics coach John Geddert had been charged with human trafficking and sexual assault, she felt relieved. Klein, who trained under Geddert for more than a decade, says the coach “physically, verbally, emotionally and psychologically abused me” starting around 1988, when […]
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4 Things for Building a Healthy Company Culture
One of the worst experiences of my early working life was working for an agency where the corporate culture was so toxic that its attrition rate skyrocketed – the micromanaged employees left the company at the slightest opportunity. I was even willing to swallow a wage cut to get a […]
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6 Growth Hacking Strategies For Startups in 2021
At a time when competition is rampant, it can be difficult to market and grow a startup. The marketing landscape is so turbulent, with the constant influx of new entrants, it looks like a new startup is being born every few minutes. Finding growth hacking strategies that suit your startup […]
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Data on pregnancy and the Covid vaccine is sparse. These women are changing that.
When Caitlynn Ott of Silver Bow County, Montana, found out she was pregnant with her third child, her excitement was tinged with anxiety. Ott, 32, knew that pregnancy raises a woman’s risk of getting severely ill if she catches the coronavirus. But she did not know whether it was safe […]
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UN sanctions top Houthi police official in Yemen’s capital
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council imposed sanctions Thursday on a top police security official in Yemen’s capital, which is controlled by Houthi rebels, citing his prominent role in intimidations, systematic arrests, detentions, torture, sexual violence “and rape against politically active women.” A resolution adopted by a vote […]
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Clubhouse grows to 8 million downloads for people starved for audio conversations
According to App Annie, a mobile intelligence and analytics company, Clubhouse has made more than 8 million downloads worldwide since its inception. The audio social chat app is invitation only and available for iOS. However, in the last few months, growth has exploded as users invite their friends to join. […]
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Viewpoint: Self-defence not the answer to Nigeria’s kidnap crisis
Supporters of the “Coalition of Northern Groups” (CNG) rally to urge authorities to rescue hundreds of abducted schoolboys, in northwestern state of Katsina, Nigeria on December 17, 2020 In our series of letters from African writers Nigerian journalist and novelist Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani reflects on a recent call for Nigerians […]
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Here are the states with the best — and worst — vaccination track records
Dr. Karen Landers, an assistant state health officer in Alabama, said it was clear her state needed to turn around its Covid-19 vaccination program on the day in early January when its telephone hotline got a few more calls than expected. “It crashed,” Landers said. The state had set up […]