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   Iceberg bigger than New York City broke off Antarctica   
   CNN, 28 Feb 2021   
   A giant iceberg broke off the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica on Fri, not   
   far from a British scientific outpost. The 490 square miles (1270 square #   
      
   Is the Brunt Ice Shelf on the brink?   
   phys.org, 12 Feb 2021   
   In early 2019, all eyes were fixed on the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica,   
   where a massive iceberg, around the size of Greater London, appeared poised   
   to break off. ...   
      
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   Rooster kills owner with cockfight blade strapped to its leg   
   ABC News, 27 Feb 2021 20:10Z   
   Police in southern India briefly held the rooster before sending it to a   
   poultry farm after its owner bled to death from knife wounds to his groin.   
      
   Covid vaccine: More than 20 mn people in UK have now received first dose   
   The Independent, 28 Feb 2021 15:59Z   
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   New AI `Deep Nostalgia' brings old photos, including very old ones, to life   
   The Verge, 28 Feb 2021 20:57Z   
   An AI-powered service called Deep Nostalgia that animates still photos has   
   become the main character on Twitter this fine Sun, as people try to   
   create the ...   
      
   The City Where Cars Are Not Welcome   
   The New York Times, 28 Feb 2021 10:56Z   
   Heidelberg, Germany. Eckart Würzner, a mayor on a mission to make his city   
   emission free, is not terribly impressed by promises from General Motors, Ford   
   ...   
      
   [Breaking Up Is Easy To Do:]   
   Iceberg larger than NYC breaks off from Antarctica   
   New York Daily News, 27 Feb 2021 23:55Z   
   It's a cold world. A giant iceberg broke free from an Antarctic ice shelf   
   Fri and is now floating in the far south Atlantic Ocean.   
   At an estimated ...   
      
   The One Gut Microbe An MD Says Is Crucial For Longevity + 3 Foods It Loves   
   mindbodygreen.com, 26 Feb 2021   
   By now, we know that gut health is inextricably linked to the functioning of   
   many of your body's other processes-your immune system, mood, skin health,   
   you ...   
      
   Hong Kong detains nearly 50 pro-democracy activists for alleged breaches of   
   national security law   
   ABC News, 28 Feb 2021 12:47Z   
   Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures, including former politicians, are   
   detained in the largest mass charge against the semi-autonomous Chinese   
   territory's opposition camp since national security laws imposed by China   
   came into effect.   
      
   'We tried to warn people': Inside a Brazilian city's COVID-19 crisis   
   ABC News, 28 Feb 2021 18:46Z   
   Thought by many to be the first city in the world to overcome the pandemic,   
   Manaus has become a cautionary tale of what can happen when politics and   
   science fail, leaving the novel coronavirus to spread almost unmitigated.   
      
   Three ways to vaccinate the world and make sure everyone benefits, rich   
   and poor   
   ABC/The Conversation, 28 Feb 2021 19:45Z   
   Vaccine inequality isn't just a moral outrage -- it is also a sure-fire way   
   to perpetuate the pandemic's devastating health, social and economic impacts   
   on the whole world, writes Michael Toole.   
      
     Israel announces it will vaccinate Palestinian labourers   
     ABC News, 28 Feb 2021 20:44Z   
     Israel has launched one of the world's most successful vaccination programs,   
     inoculating over half of its population in just 2 months.   
      
   Russia launches Arctic weather satellite   
   Spaceflight Now, 28 Feb 2021 09:59Z   
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   Russia Sends Navalny to Notorious Penal Camp Feared by Inmates   
   Bloomberg, 28 Feb 2021 14:56Z   
   Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, who survived a chemical poisoning   
   last year that he called a Kremlin attempt to kill him, has begun serving   
   his ...   
      
   WHO investigation may have finally found coronavirus patient zero   
   BGR, 27 Feb 2021 21:00Z   
   The World Health Organization will soon publish the findings of its official   
   investigation into the origins of COVID-19. Investigators spoke with the man   
   currently ...   
      
   Virginia joins 15 other states in legalizing marijuana   
   POLITICO, 28 Feb 2021 01:59Z   
   The Virginia Legislature approved adult-use marijuana legalization Sat   
   in a historic vote marking the first state in the Old South to embrace full   
   legalization.   
      
   This family have been observing rain for 100 years, and they do not have any   
   good news   
   ABC Southern Qld, 27 Feb 2021 at 9:10pm   
   A Queensland family honoured for 100 years of service to the Bureau of   
   Meteorology as rain observers say the past 10 years have been the driest on   
   record.   
      
   No light at end of tunnel as popular caves remain closed following fire,   
   flood and pandemic   
   ABC Central West, 28 Feb 2021 0:43Z   
   Communities relying upon tourism say it is time to open all the Blue   
   Mountain caves after being closed for business for more than a year.   
      
   'Unfortunate but necessary': Ardern sends Auckland into COVID-19 lockdown   
   ABC News, 27 Feb 2021 09:03Z   
   New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Auckland will go into a   
   lockdown for 7 days after a community case of COVID-19 with an   
   unknown origin was recorded.   
   [Ardern said there had been a number of cases of high risk behaviour   
   and implored kiwis to "follow the rules"].   
      
   The curious case of India's plummeting infections curve: Can they vaccinate   
   enough people before variants hit?   
   ABC News, 27 Feb 2021 20:02Z   
   A sudden drop in cases has given India a golden opportunity to beat   
   coronavirus. But with its ambitious vaccination program falling behind and   
   new variants threatening to breach the borders, experts fear the window of   
   opportunity is rapidly closing.   
      
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