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Scientists may have discovered lost chunk of mystery planetoid Theia buried inside the Moon

Scientists may have discovered lost chunk of mystery planetoid Theia buried inside the Moon According to one theory of how our moon formed, roughly 4.5 billion years ago a Mars-sized object collided with a newly-formed Earth. However, we could never confirm its existence. Until now... In what is known as the giant-impact hypothesis, a planetoid of some description from elsewhere in the solar system is believed to have fused with the Earth, potentially helping to create the conditions to support life. However, during this massive collision, so the theory goes, a large chunk known as Theia is believed to have broken off and formed the Moon. Now for the first time, scientists think they have found traces of Theia inside the Moon, hiding almost in plain ...

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Who will blink first? Russia in better position to win crude price standoff with Saudi Arabia

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Who will blink first? Russia in better position to win crude price standoff with Saudi Arabia Riyadh’s actions in the oil market could be a grave miscalculation and will definitely backfire, but they will not make Moscow dance to its tune, analysts have told RT. Crude oil prices suffered the biggest one-day fall since 1991 on Monday after top oil producers failed to agree on new output cuts and Saudi Arabia decided to boost production and offer discounts. Such an upheaval inflicts pain not only on Russia and Saudi Arabia, but also on all the members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). However, Riyadh is clearly going to lose this price war, says Eike Hamer, political commentator and publisher of the Wirtschaft Aktuell news...

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Money for wars but not vaccines? Bernie panel ladles harsh truths as Americans face paying out-of-pocket for coronavirus treatment

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Money for wars but not vaccines? Bernie panel ladles harsh truths as Americans face paying out-of-pocket for coronavirus treatment A panelist who took part in a coronavirus roundtable hosted by presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders scoffed at the idea that free vaccines to combat the illness would be untenable, noting that there’s always cash to fund US wars. The Vermont senator assembled a group of medical professionals in Detroit on Tuesday to discuss how the United States could best deal with the ongoing health crisis. During the question and answer session, one audience member highlighted how Sanders has promised to provide free vaccines against the illness, and asked how the self-described democratic-socialist plans to pay for it. Sanders chuckled,...

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Polish govt cancels all mass events due to coronavirus

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Polish govt cancels all mass events due to coronavirus The government in Warsaw has decided to cancel all mass events due to the coronavirus outbreak, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Tuesday. “At this morning’s meeting we took a decision to call off all mass events,” Morawiecki reporters. The central European country of 38 million people has reported 17 cases of coronavirus. Polish President Andrzej Duda has said he will not organize large campaign meetings in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus, raising questions over how the outbreak will affect the election due in May, Reuters reports. The presidential election will decide whether the ruling Law and Justice (PiS) party can fully implement its agenda, including a further overhaul of the judiciary that has put it ...

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GOLD may be the BIG WINNER in oil price war

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GOLD may be the BIG WINNER in oil price war Gold – regarded as the traditional safe haven – could be “one of the beneficiaries” of the global stock market panic caused by the Russian-Saudi standoff over oil and the coronavirus outbreak. That’s according to Research Director at NXTanalytic Alessandro Bruno, who told RT that “Russia could probably sustain the crisis for longer than Saudi Arabia.” He explained that this is due to Moscow’s financial policies of the past few years and, in particular, Russia’s accumulation of gold. “Let’s not forget, Russia and China have been accumulating a lot of gold,” Bruno said, adding that “One of the beneficiaries of this crisis will probably be gold.” Also on rt.com Russia keeps s...

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WATCH Bologna prison BURN as wave of inmate riots hit quarantined Italy

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WATCH Bologna prison BURN as wave of inmate riots hit quarantined Italy Infuriated by coronavirus safety measures put forward by the authorities, numerous prisoners took over a penitentiary in Bologna, setting it ablaze. The takeover comes as riots have engulfed other prisons across the country. Footage provided by Ruptly shows plumes of black smoke swirling in the night sky over Dozza prison, where 800 prisoners are serving their terms. On Monday night, inmates set a fire inside the compound, rebelling against an emergency government decree restricting family visits to correctional facilities. ‘We don’t need no water’: Italy’s #Dozza prison on fire as protests continue over #coronavirus measures#COVID2019 pic.twitter.com/Wz0crhTTj2— RT (...

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Russian stock markets catch up to global equity losses after oil price crash

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Russian stock markets catch up to global equity losses after oil price crash Russia’s main index on the Moscow Exchange plunged seven percent after the long weekend holiday on Tuesday. The RTS dollar index is down around 13 percent at 1,100 points. Russian stock exchanges were closed Monday for a public holiday and are now catching up with global markets, which posted their steepest falls since the 2008 financial crisis to start the week after oil prices crashed over the weekend. Also on rt.com Putin says Russia should be ready for any scenario as oil market suffers steep decline The Russian currency rebounded slightly after collapsing nearly eight percent versus the US dollar on Monday, currently trading abo...

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Libya’s eastern commander Haftar committed to signing ceasefire – France

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Libya’s eastern commander Haftar committed to signing ceasefire – France Libya’s eastern military commander Khalifa Haftar has told France’s president he will sign a ceasefire and stick to it if militias backed by the internationally recognized government respect it, Reuters reported, citing a French presidency official. “Marshal Haftar assured [us] that he was committed to signing the ceasefire but this commitment would cease if the militias do not respect it,” the official said late on Monday after Haftar met President Emmanuel Macron in Paris. Despite a peace conference held in Berlin in January, violence has increased in Libya. The Libyan National Army led by Haftar and forces aligned with the internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA) in Tripoli have bee...

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All temporary hospitals in coronavirus epicenter Wuhan now shut down – Chinese state media

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All temporary hospitals in coronavirus epicenter Wuhan now shut down – Chinese state media China has closed all of the temporary hospitals built in Wuhan – the epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic – to house patients who caught the deadly virus, state media has reported. Photographs published by CCTV show medical personnel who worked at one of the facilities celebrating and waving Chinese flags following the closure of their hospital. The temporary hospital of Jianghan in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, which was converted from Wuhan International Conference and Exhibition Center, closed on Monday afternoon. #CombatCoronavirus #UnityIsStrength pic.twitter.com/OqaAH314rx— CCTV (@CCTV) March 10, 2020 https://platform.twit...

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Personal physician of embattled ex-PM Nawaz Sharif attacked in London

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Personal physician of embattled ex-PM Nawaz Sharif attacked in London Masked assailants attacked Dr. Adnan Khan with a metal rod in central London just days after Islamabad ramped up effort to extradite the former PM who flew to the UK for medical treatment. Khan, who serves as a personal physician of ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, was assaulted as he was going for a walk in Park Lane, local media report. The attackers punched the doctor and badly injured his head, face, and chest using a metal bar. He received multiple threats by phone prior to the attack, the ex-PM’s family spokesperson told reporters.Sharif himself was ousted over corruption allegations in 2017 and was serving a seven-year prison term before a Pakistani court granted him indefinit...

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