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   A New Theory Asks: Could a Mask Be a Crude `Vaccine'?   
   The New York Times, 08 Sep 2020 17:26Z   
   As the world awaits the arrival of a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine,   
   a team of researchers has come forward with a provocative new theory: that   
   masks ...   
      
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   Trickle Of Green Hydrogen Turns Into Flood Of Good News For Renewables   
   CleanTechnica, 08 Sep 2020 22:26Z   
   Growth in the green hydrogen sector is opening up new energy markets for   
   wind and solar developers to exploit with large scale projects.   
      
   Thwaites: 'Doomsday Glacier' vulnerability seen in new maps   
   Yahoo News, 09 Sep 2020 0:25Z   
   Scientists may just have identified Thwaites Glacier's Achilles heel. This   
   Antarctic colossus is melting at a rapid rate, dumping bns of tonnes of   
   ice in the ...   
      
   Crowds cram in for Trump rally in North Carolina, with few masks despite   
   rule - as it happened   
   The Guardian, 09 Sep 2020 01:25Z   
   The state has a mask mandate and a local GOP official urged the president to   
   wear one ahead of today's visit.   
      
   [$Bn Campaign!]   
   The 2020 Trump Campaign Is Reportedly a Financial Mess   
   New York Magazine, 08 Sep 2020   
   It comes as no surprise that a campaign which held a rally that was most   
   likely the source of a large uptick of COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma and lost   
   mns due ...   
      
   US Seeks to Defend Trump in Rape Accuser's Defamation Suit   
   Bloomberg, 09 Sep 2020 01:23Z   
   The US Justice Dept is seeking to take over the defense of President   
   Donald Trump in a defamation suit brought by advice columnist E. Jean Carroll,   
   ...   
      
   Teenagers file Australian-first class action to stop planned coal mine   
   extension   
   ABC News, 08 Sep 2020 20:31Z   
   A class action launched on behalf of young people everywhere seeks an   
   injunction to stop the Australian Government approving an extension to   
   Whitehaven's Vickery coal mine, arguing it will harm young people by   
   exacerbating climate change.   
      
   India's well on its way to overtake the US's coronavirus numbers -- or is it?   
   ABC News, 08 Sep 2020 20:32Z   
   India this week surged past Brazil to become the country with the   
   second-most confirmed coronavirus cases in the world and is racing to catch   
   up with the United States. But do these total case numbers even really matter?   
      
   GM CEO Mary Barra: Our $2 bn deal with Nikola 'validates' our electric   
   vehicle technology   
   Yahoo Tech, 08 Sep 2020 16:44Z   
   GM Chairman and CEO Marry Barra says a new deal with electric vehicle   
   startup Nikola is a big one for the company.   
      
   Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft grounded, face FAA review; reports   
   Business Insider, 08 Sep 2020 01:40Z   
   Eight Boeing 787 Dreamliners were grounded after a potentially unsafe   
   combination of 2 issues stemming from production errors was discovered.   
      
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   BREAKING: Victoria has recorded 76 new covid19 cases and 11 deaths in   
   the past 24 hrs.   
   [Later reports indicate 1/2 of the new cases were among healthcare workers].   
      
   130 people in isolation after third Sydney student tests positive for   
   coronavirus   
   ABC Morning Briefing, 08 Sep 2020 21:29Z   
   Around 100 students and 30 teaching staff from a Catholic girls' school in   
   Sydney's east are in isolation, because they're close contacts of a boarding   
   student who has COVID-19.   
      
   Pathology company linked to Liberal donor granted new multimn-dollar   
   contract   
   ABC News, 08 Sep 2020 21:27Z   
   A private pathology company linked to a regular Tasmanian Liberals donor   
   gets a major pay rise on its public hospital contract, prompting calls for   
   the process to be scrutinised.   
      
   'It's all very idealistic': Melbourne hospitality owners say Government's   
   alfresco dining plan won't help   
   ABC News, 08 Sep 2020 21:30Z   
   A creative plan touted by Victoria's Premier as a way to help Melbourne's   
   struggling hospitality businesses boost out of lockdown is met with   
   scepticism, as mounting debt forces some pubs to shut their doors for good.   
      
   Fed up with 'woeful' contact tracing, Melbourne GPs have found a local solution   
   ABC News, 08 Sep 2020 21:31Z   
   Frustrated with Victoria's contact tracing system, a group of local doctors   
   in Altona North are getting together to manage the positive coronavirus   
   cases in their community.   
      
   Evelyn is 93 and can't walk or feed herself, but has been on the   
   homecare waitlist for 16 months   
   ABC/7.30, 08 Sep 2020 19:36Z   
   Few elderly people want to go into a nursing home but there are   
   100,000 on the homecare waitlist, and those who do get funding are   
   charged 1000s in fees.   
   [In other aged care news, complaints have started to mount over the   
   huge fees being charged by home-care companies. Under the govt rules   
   elderly people that need a carer to stay in their own homes may be   
   allocated a package but the money doesn't go directly to them, but to a   
   management company. Healthcare companies can charge whatever   
   management fees they see as appropriate and rates reportedly vary   
   between 25% and 75% of the allocated package with 50% being common].   
      
   AMP scandals threaten to break up the company as profit focus backfires   
   ABC News, 08 Sep 2020 19:37Z   
   AMP shareholders are the latest group associated with the troubled company   
   under fire, for not pushing hard enough to clean up its corporate culture.   
      
   BREAKING: Oxford University has paused its vaccine trial after a   
   severe reaction was seen in a test subject.   
      
   ASX to drop, Nasdaq plunges 10pc in 3 days in $US1 tr tech sell-off   
   ABC News, 08 Sep 2020 21:25Z   
   Australian shares are headed for a big drop, as the United States'   
   big-name tech stocks like Apple, Facebook and Microsoft were sold-off   
   for the third trading day in a row.   
      
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