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SOUTH AFRICA: Fraud Charges Against Teacher/Race Classification Activist Dropped
Fraud charges against a South African teacher/campaigner against race classification for identifying himself as ‘African’ in a job application has now been dropped.
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UK: Surge In Experimental Vaccine Trial Candidates Even As Vaccine Developers Shows No Interest
Tens of thousands of people have signed up to a campaign by a group called 1 Day Sooner to be an experimental vaccine candidate in a controlled trial of coronavirus vaccine.
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UK: First Covid-19 Vaccines Unlikely To End Pandemic
The first wave of COVID-19 vaccines is unlikely to end the pandemic according to the head of the Vaccine Taskforce, Kate Bingham.
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PayPal To Charge Account Holders £12 Fee For Not Using Account
PayPal is set to introduce an annual fee of £12 for users whose accounts have been inactive for a year or more.
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UK: Workers Union Calls For Amazon Boycott Over Covid-19 Non-Compliant Warehouses
UK campaign groups has urged consumers to boycott Amazon on one of its biggest sales days in the year – Amazon Prime Day over fears it could a “hive of infection” after eight people tested positive for Covid-19 at a warehouse in Coventry.
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FRANCE: Congolese Activist Protest Against Colonial Thefts Is In Court On Theft Charges
The verdict in the trial of a Congolese activist Mwazulu Diyabanza and four other associates is due on October 14.
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ITALY: Trial Of Non-Invasive Saliva Covid-19 Test For Children Launched
Local authorities in Italy has begun trialing a coronavirus saliva test for children. Launched in the Lazio region, the test uses a chewable swab (antigen) that is handed to school children like chewing gum from which saliva is obtain for testing.
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UK: Ex British Cycling Doctor Admits Destroying Laptop Containing Evidence Of Doping
Former British Cycling and Team Sky doctor Richard Freeman, who was charged with ordering 30 sachets of banned substance Testogel for an athlete in 2011, admitted to destroying a laptop with “a screwdriver or blunt instrument” before giving it to forensic experts conducting a doping investigation.
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Africa: PERC Gives Five Reasons Covid-19 Has Been Less Fatal Than Elsewhere
A recent continental study by Partnership for Evidence-based Response to Covid-19 (PERC) has praised many Africa countries for waging an effective campaign to combat the spread of coronavirus despite their reputation for having fragile state health systems.
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