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Month: March 2020

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You Can Now Get Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Delivered To Your Doorstep

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Krispy Kreme Krispy Kreme Is Launching National Doughnut Delivery That’s Convenient AF By Lara Walsh Feb 24, 2020 Krispy Kreme is making it so much easier to embrace hibernation season with a doughnut in hand. Two years after the doughnut confectionary began testing out the concept of sending hot glazed goodness straight to its customers’ doors, it’s now rolling out the initiative nationwide. That’s right: Krispy Kreme is launching national doughnut delivery, so excuse me while I cancel all plans to leave my house for the next couple of weeks.…

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African countries are at severe risk if outbreaks aren’t detected early and contained, says Africa CDC head

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Johannesburg (CNN)Public health experts have consistently warned that the novel coronavirus outbreak presents a unique public health threat to the African continent. Nkengasong, a former senior official of the US CDC, and his colleagues have been working on a diagnostics and containment strategy to combat the disease. Nkengasong spoke to CNN about the risk posed by coronavirus to African countries. This interview has been lightly edited for clarity. CNN: Nigeria faced a stiff test and it seems, at this stage, that they passed. What is the danger facing Africa now…

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Amanda Bynes Says Looking Herself Up Online Is ‘Terrifying’ & Accuses Paparazzi Of Editing Images To Appear ‘Unflattering’ – Perez Hilton

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Amanda Bynes and the paparazzi are NOT friends. As we have In the images (see them Paparazzi A post shared by Amanda Bynes (@amandabynesreal) on Feb 27, 2020 at 4:10pm PST Just an hour later, she uploaded a second video to her feed along with the caption: “Decided to post, don’t watch if squeamish about love” Sitting on a bed, she explained to her phone: “I just talked to Paul, and he does the cutest baby voice. He’s back in Monterey, which I probably shouldn’t be divulging to the internet,…

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Michael Russell to step down from Holyrood

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“Argyll & Bute is a massive area to cover – with 23 inhabited islands and a large swathe of the mainland – and I am getting to the stage of thinking that someone younger would be better able to fulfil all the demands of the constituency. “It is, I think, much better I say that now than wait for someone else to do so.” The Kent-born campaigner for Scottish independence Related Topics Scottish Parliament Argyll and Bute SNP (Scottish National Party) Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-51696368

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Susan Fowler: When the time came to blow the whistle on Uber, I was ready

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The former Uber engineer has written a memoir about exposing the companys systemic sexism she hopes it will help other women in the industry Before Susan Fowler was a whistleblower she was a violinist, and before she was a violinist she fed fruit flies to spiders that were milked for their venom at a small Arizona business known as Spider Pharm. In February 2017, Fowler was thrown into the public eye after she published a damning blogpost exposing the toxic sexism she experienced working as a software engineer at Uber.…

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Thousands in Moscow protest constitutional changes seen as Putin power grab

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A protester holding a poster reading “Tired of” during a rally in memory of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov in St. Petersburg on Saturday. (AP) Other marchers held signs commemorating Boris Nemtsov, a charismatic opposition leader who was murdered five years ago while walking on a bridge near the Kremlin. WHO IS VLADIMIR PUTIN, THE RUSSIAN PRESIDENT AND EX-KGB OFFICER? An officer in the security forces of Chechnya’s Kremlin-backed leader was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing the shots that killed Nemtsov. Four other men were sentenced 11 to…

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The 8 Most Chilling Scenes From You On Netflix That Will Completely Change How You Look At Social Media

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Kelly Peacock Updated January 25, 2019 By You It’s easy to post something convincing on social media. It’s also pretty easy to stalk someone online. I mean, you could lie about where you are and what you’re doing, but if someone stalks enough, they can figure out the truth themselves. ‘You’ on Netflix puts social media and relationships under a whole new light. It shows the unsettling reality of a stalker/murderer and their victims, all the while proving the difference between obsessing over someone and really, genuinely loving them. 1.…

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‘America v socialism’: conservatives rage against the left and plot new red scare

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At the Trump faithfuls annual get-together, there was fresh fearmongering about Democrats in general and Bernie Sanders in particular It came from abroad and infected America. It can spread from person to person and is potentially fatal. When symptoms emerge, it may already be too late. Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The virus is not going to sink the American economy, he said at the National Harbor near Washington. What is, or could, sink the American economy is the socialism coming from our friends on the other side of the…

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Manchester City sink Aston Villa to win third successive Carabao Cup

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Manchester City beat Aston Villa 2-1 in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley, the fourth time in five years they have achieved the feat Manchester City had no time for the romance of Aston Villas Carabao Cup final story. Pep Guardiola and his players deal only in the hard currency of domestic trophies and they extended their grip on it via a performance of near suffocating control. It was important to add the qualification. Goals from Sergio Agero and Rodri had put City in charge and, although Mbwana Samatta halved…

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