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   Scores Feared Dead In India Dam Break Near Himalayan Glacier   
   NPR, 07 Feb 2021 17:33Z   
   At least 140 people are missing after a hydroelectric dam near the glacier   
   was swept away in a deluge of water, rock and debris. "It came very fast.   
   There was no ...   
      
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   Myanmar coup: Tens of 1000s join largest protests since 2007   
   BBC News, 07 Feb 2021 13:00Z   
   Myanmar has seen its largest protests in more than a decade, as tens of   
   thousands of people rallied against the military coup and demanded the   
   release of ...   
      
   Where Did Covid Come From? Investigator Foreshadows Fresh Clues   
   Bloomberg, 07 Feb 2021 04:23Z   
   Scientists probing the origins of the coronavirus are wrapping up a lengthy   
   investigation in China and have found "important clues" about a Wuhan   
   seafood ...   
      
   Zookeeper, monkey, ostrich and cassowary dead after tigers escape   
   ABC News, 06 Feb 2021 20:58Z   
   Authorities are searching for one of the critically endangered tigers that   
   escaped Sinka Zoo on Borneo island after days of torrential rain caused a   
   landslide and opened a tunnel allowing 2 of the animals to exit.   
      
   At 100 years old, John is the last surviving member of Australia's first   
   Antarctic station team   
   ABC Radio Brisbane, 06 Feb 2021 21:57Z   
   Nearly 70 years ago John Russell boarded a ship to Antarctica to build   
   Australia's first permanent base on the frozen continent.   
      
   Profit reporting season will reveal how much companies banked from the COVID   
   lockdowns   
   ABC News, 06 Feb 2021 21:56Z   
   This week some of the biggest companies on Australia's stock exchange will   
   release their profit results, while the Auditor-General investigates whether   
   companies receiving JobKeeper payments had paid executive bonuses and   
   dividends, Gareth Hutchens writes.   
      
   Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine may be less effective against South African variant   
   ABC News, 06 Feb 2021 21:55Z   
   The AstraZeneca vaccine appears to offer only limited protection against   
   mild disease caused by the South African variant of COVID-19, based on early   
   data from a trial.   
      
   Climate change "may have played a key role" in coronavirus pandemic, study says   
   CBS News, 05 Feb 2021   
   The study looked at changes in the forests of Southeast Asia - "a global   
   hotspot" for bat species.   
      
   Physicists Have Developed A 'Quantum' Hologram Using Entanglement   
   IFLScience, 05 Feb 2021   
   Researchers have used a quantum mechanical property to overcome some of the   
   limitations of conventional holograms. The new approach, detailed in Nature ...   
      
   How Steel Might Finally Kick Its Coal Habit   
   WIRED, 06 Feb 2021 13:00Z   
   Coal's grip on the global electricity sector is loosening as more utilities   
   and ...   
      
   The pandemic could continue for 7 years under current vaccination rate   
   New York Post, 06 Feb 2021 0:56Z   
   It'll be a long, 7 years before the COVID-19 pandemic is over worldwide,   
   if vaccine distribution continues at its current rate, a calculation from   
   Bloomberg ...   
      
   'I'm willing to do anything': Would-be fruit picker rejected from jobs as   
   industry faces 26,000 worker shortage   
   ABC Southern Qld, 5 Feb 2021 at 11:00pm   
   An unemployed man who says he'd be "willing to live out of his car" to get a   
   fruit-picking job is calling for the industry to be more open-minded as it   
   seeks to solve its ongoing labour shortage.   
      
   Paul lost his wallet in Antarctica in the 60s. It was just returned to him   
   ABC News, 06 Feb 2021 04:04Z   
   The 91-year-old former Navy meteorologist, who was sent to Antarctica 5   
   decades ago, says his wallet was missing for so long at the bottom of the   
   world he forgot all about it.   
      
   Floodwaters rising in Carnarvon after Gascoyne River bursts banks   
   ABC Pilbara, 06 Feb 2021 04:03Z   
   WA's battles with the elements continue as emergency services work to   
   fortify levees protecting midwest hub Carnarvon after intense rain across   
   large parts of the state.   
      
   NASA approves $93 mn mission to study the Moon ahead of Artemis   
   Engadget, 05 Feb 2021 18:30Z   
   NASA has awarded Firefly Aerospace a $93.3 mn contract to carry out a   
   mission to conduct experiments and test new technologies on the Moon.   
      
   Walgreens, CVS beef up protections against threat of 'bot' attacks on   
   vaccine program   
   Yahoo Finance, 05 Feb 2021 16:29Z   
   US retailers and pharmacies like Walgreens and CVS Health are preparing   
   for a fresh round of "bot" attacks by scalpers hoping to snap up Covid-19   
   vaccine ...   
      
   Yankee Stadium Transformed Into Mega Vaccination Site For Bronx Residents   
   CBS New York, 05 Feb 2021 17:29Z   
      
   Buy coal-fired power plants, shut them down and reap cost-plus profits   
   Financial Times, 05 Feb 2021 10:26Z   
   Utilities love the Biden administration's green energy plan.   
      
   Biden says Trump should no longer get intelligence briefings because   
   of 'erratic behavior'   
   USA TODAY, 06 Feb 2021 0:26Z   
   Washington. President Joe Biden said Fri that former President Donald   
   Trump should no longer receive classified intelligence briefings because of   
   his ...   
      
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