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   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.   
   [Unusual because will be argued under the common law not environmental].   
      
   Whitehaven Coal Ltd   
   ASX:WHC - 9 Sep, 3:33 pm AEST   
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   BREAKING (9 Sep): Oxford University has paused its vaccine trial after a   
   severe reaction was seen in a test subject.   
      
   BREAKING (9 Sep): Australia has cancelled the visas of 2 Chinese   
   scholars on national security grounds.  China is reported to be furious.   
      
   BREAKING (9 Sep): It's been revealed Rio Tinto hired a law firm to   
   prepare for blow-back before it dynamited a 46,000 yo cultural site to   
   mine for iron ore. The company's CEO Jean-Sebastien Jacques reportedly   
   had a "difficult" meeting with indigenous leaders over mining at the   
   site.  Investors are set to continue ramping up pressure the company   
   and its top management over the disaster at the next investors meeting.   
      
   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?   
      
   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 ...   
      
   Trio of medications showing early promise against coronavirus, UF Health   
   researchers find   
   WJXT News4JAX, 08 Sep 2020 19:34Z   
   The race to find effective treatments for COVID-19 isn't just about   
   developing new drugs. University of Florida Health scientists are studying a   
   trio of existing ...   
      
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   513,415 children in the US have tested positive for coronavirus since   
   pandemic started, report says   
   CBS News, 09 Sep 2020 02:33Z   
   New data out Tue shows that more than 500,000 children have tested   
   positive for the coronavirus since the pandemic started, according to the   
   American ...   
      
     Kids with COVID-19, flu equally prone to severe illness   
     CIDRAP, 08 Sep 2020 22:34Z   
     A single-center study of 315 pediatric COVID-19 patients and 1,402 children   
     with seasonal flu identified no difference in rates of hospitalization,   
     intensive care ...   
      
   AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine trial suspended: Live news   
   Al Jazeera English, 09 Sep 2020 05:47Z   
   Clinical trials of one of most promising candidate vaccines suspended after   
   patient develops unexplained illness.   
      
   White House tries to walk back Trump attack on Pentagon chiefs as beholden   
   to arms dealers   
   ABC News, 08 Sep 2020 20:29Z   
   President Donald Trump on Mon, while speaking in a White House news   
   conference, suggested the nation's top Pentagon officials are beholden to   
   weapons ...   
      
   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,   
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