UK PM listened to his scientists about Covid-19, but they were slow to sound the alarm

Leave a Comment / Lifestyle / By adepoju

LONDON: It was early spring when British scientists laid out the bald truth to their government. It was “highly likely,“ they said, that there was now “sustained transmission” of COVID-19 in the United Kingdom. If unconstrained and if the virus behaved as in China, up to four-fifths of Britons could be infected and one in …

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Statement of the Twenty-Fourth IHR Emergency Committee

Leave a Comment / Health Articles / By Rosaline Horlar

The Twenty-fourth meeting of the Emergency Committee under the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) on the international spread of poliovirus was convened by the Director General on 26 March 2020 with committee members only attending via teleconference, supported by the WHO Secretariat. In order to ease the burden on affected State Parties in the exceptional …

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Inside Story: How Obasa Was Forced To Reinstate Suspended Lawmakers

Leave a Comment / Technology / By abeldecoteau80

Mudashiru Obasa Mudashiru Obasa Google At the resumption of plenary on Thursday at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, announced the reinstatement of two suspended lawmakers, Moshood Oshun and Raheem Kazeem. The two lawmakers were suspended alongside Deputy Majority Leader, Olumuyiwa Jimoh; and Chief Whip, Rotimi Abiru, who were demoted on …

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Police rescind requirement for interstate travel permit

Leave a Comment / Lifestyle / By Thamin Abdul

KUALA LUMPUR: The special police permit requirement for interstate travel on the commencement of the partial lockdown on Wednesday was revoked late on Tuesday – just five hours after the order was issued by police. The reversal of the order was announced by Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador at about 11pm after …

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Spinoza’s Ethics of Strength of the Emotions in W Somerset Maughm’s Of Human Bondage

Leave a Comment / Lifestyle / By Abdul-Qadir

[ad_1] The writer probes on the complex world of W. Somerset Maughm’s protagonist in the novel Of Human Bondage, using the propositions the Jewish Portuguese philosopher Baruch Spinoza postulated in his book Ethics in 1674. Some of Spinoza’s propositions are as follows( Morgan, 2006, pp 108-120): The following propositions of Spinoza enlighten the changing character …

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How to Win Consistently at Trading Forex

Leave a Comment / Business / By Abdul-Qadir

[ad_1] Trading Forex is a fantastic career or hobby, but unless you are winning consistently then it can be a short lived career or an expensive hobby. The elation of a win is often followed by several losses if you don’t have a serious approach to your money management strategy and control of your emotions. …

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Compulsive Skin Picking: Habit Reversal Training

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[ad_1] Often people are seen picking at scabs, blemishes or dry skin. However, there is another form of picking that adopts a more sinister obsessive nature — one that results in not being able to resist the urge or need to pick at certain parts of the skin. This condition is medically known as Dermatillomania …

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