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   Last coal shipment leaves River Tyne   
   BBC News, 18 Feb 2021   
   What is thought to be the last shipment of coal from the North East of   
   England is set to leave the River Tyne. Extracted in County Durham, the   
   12,000-tonne load, bound for Belgium, raises questions for those who once   
   worked deep down the pits, and for the next generation looking to a cleaner   
   future.   
      
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   Virus Variants Deliver Fresh Blow to Europe's Open Borders   
   The New York Times, 21 Feb 2021 20:34Z   
   Brussels. As new variants of the coronavirus spread rapidly, major   
   countries are moving to reintroduce border controls, a practice that's   
   become Europe's ...   
      
   Scientists unearth a consequence of solar panels in the Sahara   
   Inverse, 21 Feb 2021 10:32Z   
   Turning the world's most forbidding deserts into giant solar farms   
   sounds perfect, right? Scientists say not quite.   
      
   Lead levels in two-year-olds hit 10-year high in SA smelter city   
   ABC North and West SA, 22 Feb 2021 05:07Z   
   Smelter owner Nyrstar had promised a multi-mn-dollar upgrade would   
   halve the smelter's lead emissions, but they increased in the second half of   
   last year.   
      
   Melbourne doctors under investigation after endorsing hydroxychloroquine   
   ABC News, 22 Feb 2021 06:06Z   
   The Therapeutic Goods Administration issues a "cease and desist" letter to a   
   group of Melbourne doctors who have been vocal in their support of an   
   unapproved COVID-19 treatment.   
      
   30,000 Macs Infected With Newly Detected Form Of Malware, Dubbed 'Silver   
   Sparrow'   
   Yahoo Finance, 21 Feb 2021 22:45Z   
   Some 30000 Mac computers have been infected with what until last week had   
   been undetected malware, Ars Technica has reported. The 30000 detections ...   
      
   Big GOP Donors Seek to Funnel Money to Anti-Trump Republicans to Prise Party   
   from His Grip   
   Newsweek, 22 Feb 2021 04:43Z   
   Republicans are looking to inject large donations into the campaigns of   
   candidates and politicians who have stood against Donald Trump as they seek   
   to pry the ...   
      
   Government to escalate Facebook feud by pulling advertising spend   
   ABC News, 21 Feb 2021 at 11:28pm   
   The govt seeks to punish Facebook for "seeking to exert power or   
   influence over our democratic systems", pulling ad spending which is   
   potentially worth mns of dollars.   
      
   [Cost of NG:]   
   Texans 'slugged $US1,000 a day for electricity' during deadly deep freeze   
   ABC News, 21 Feb 2021 at 11:53pm   
   Elected officials in TX say the state should help pay some of the   
   eye-watering electricity bills sent to residents after the devastating and   
   deadly winter storm that caused widespread blackouts.   
      
   [Good news!! 4 new deadly spiders discovered in Australia!]   
   Blind luck: Nullarbor cavers bring 4 new trapdoor spider species into the   
   light   
   ABC Radio Perth, 22 Feb 2021 01:00Z   
   Scientists name limestone cave-dwelling spiders after Thai cave-rescue   
   heroes following rare discoveries deep underground and some painstaking   
   scientific detective work.   
      
   Missing Sydney businesswoman has less than $6,000 in her bank accounts,   
   court hears   
   ABC News, 22 Feb 2021 01:59Z   
   Melissa Caddick, who went missing in Nov shortly after the corporate   
   watchdog ASIC raided her home, has just $5,600 in her bank accounts, a court   
   hears.   
      
   Long-Lost, Priceless Fossil Turns Out to Be a 30-Million-Year-Old Vampire Squid   
   ScienceAlert, 21 Feb 2021 23:47Z   
   Vampire squid have been lurking in the dark corners of the ocean for 30   
   mn years, a new analysis of a long-lost fossil finds.   
      
   'We've had a gutful': Traditional owners threaten to shut Kakadu as park   
   falls into disrepair   
   ABC/Four Corners, 21 Feb 2021 20:00Z   
   Kakadu is supposed to be a jewel in Australia's tourism crown, yet our   
   biggest national park is falling into disrepair amid accusations of   
   mismanagement and neglect.   
      
   Rainfall has dropped by 20 per cent since 1970 in this part of WA. So what   
   are the locals doing about it?   
   ABC Weather, 21 Feb 2021 19:59Z   
   The people of south-west Western Australia have no choice but to adapt to   
   one of the world's greatest declines in rainfall. This is what they're doing   
   about it.   
      
   Australia joins global vaccine blitz as UK, US ramp up jab targets   
   ABC News, 21 Feb 2021 20:43Z   
   Vaccine rollouts begin across the country as Australia joins the   
   international race to immunise against COVID-19.   
      
   WA sees 6y high in emergency sunburns   
   ABC News, 22 Feb 2021   
   WA has seen a 50% rise in emergency admissions for sunburn.  Normally   
   it sees about 200 cases a year where sunburn is so bad it required   
   significant emergency treatment. But in the past 12m more then 320   
   cases turned up, many of them badly burned children. Severe sunburn is   
   thought to be a major precursor of skin cancer. About 14k Australians   
   a year are diagnosed with melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin   
   cancer. Survival rates are high -- about 90% -- but with 1429 deaths   
   in 2018 it was the 10th most common cause of death.   
   [Member -- radiation cain kill nobody].   
      
   Intrepid cyclist listed as a 'missing person' after eight-day   
   Victorian trip without a phone signal   
   ABC Gippsland, 21 Feb 2021 21:47Z   
   After turning his phone on after 8 days of travelling without   
   reception, Layton Keddy was shocked to see his face plastered all over   
   social media and listed by Victoria Police as a missing person.   
      
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