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Year: 2021

Black mothers in the UK are four times more likely to die in childbirth than their White counterparts. Little is being done to find out why

When pharmacist Ifeoma Onwuka, known to her friends as Laura, went into hospital to have her daughter, she and her husband hoped the delivery would go smoothly, and that they would soon be able to take their new arrival home  to meet her siblings. Onwuka’s labor was induced at James Paget University Hospital in Great

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China’s Huawei backtracks after filing for patent to identify Uyghur faces

Chinese technology company Huawei is backtracking on a patent application it filed for a facial recognition system intended to identify Uyghurs from other Chinese ethnicities. Filed in July 2018 by Huawei and the government-affiliated Chinese Academy of Sciences, the patent application said the “identification of pedestrian attributes is very important” in facial recognition technology. “The

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Científico de la NASA se declara culpable de mentir sobre su participación en programa de reclutamiento del Gobierno chino

(CNN) — Un científico de alto rango de la NASA se declaró culpable el miércoles en un tribunal federal de Nueva York de mentir sobre su participación en un programa establecido por el Gobierno chino que, según Estados Unidos, buscaba reclutar a personas con acceso a propiedad intelectual. Meyya Meyyappan, de 66 años, de Pacifica,

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Human Rights Watch acusa a Jair Bolsonaro de sabotear los esfuerzos para frenar la propagación del covid-19

(CNN) — El presidente de Brasil, Jair Bolsonaro, ha «intentado sabotear los esfuerzos para frenar la propagación del covid-19 en Brasil y ha aplicado otras políticas que socavan los derechos humanos», según un informe de la organización Human Rights Watch. En su Informe Mundial 2021 publicado el miércoles, Human Rights Watch dice que Bolsonaro minimizó

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Corte Suprema de EE.UU. concede solicitud del Gobierno de Trump para limitar el acceso a fármaco para abortos

(CNN) — El martes, la Corte Suprema concedió la solicitud del Gobierno de Trump para que se restablezcan restricciones de larga data para pacientes que buscan obtener un fármaco utilizado para abortar en la primera etapa del embarazo. Los tres jueces liberales discreparon, en un posible adelanto de lo que será un nuevo capítulo en

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No winners of Powerball and Mega Millions drawings push both jackpots to more than $600 million each

No ticket matched all six numbers in Wednesday’s Powerball lottery drawing, pushing its weekend jackpot to an estimated $640 million. Tuesday’s Mega Millions also failed to find a top prize winner, which will have an estimated $750 million jackpot on Friday. Although no one took home the big prize, the Powerball drawing was still fruitful

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NASA scientist pleads guilty to lying about involvement in Chinese government recruitment program

A senior NASA scientist pleaded guilty Wednesday in a New York federal court to lying about his involvement with a program established by the Chinese government which the US says sought to recruit those with access to intellectual property. Meyya Meyyappan, 66, of Pacifica, California, was charged with one count of making false statements, according

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Congresistas se enfurecen por detectores de metales en el Capitolio y algunos republicanos se enfrentan a gritos con la policía

(CNN) — La decisión de exigir a los miembros del Congreso que pasen por detectores de metales tras el asedio mortal de la semana pasada alimentó aun más las tensiones en el Capitolio, y desencadenó en algunos enfrentamientos a gritos entre republicanos y la policía del Capitolio. Integrantes de ambos partidos manifestaron su frustración el

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La vacuna china de Sinovac contra el covid-19 es mucho menos efectiva de lo que se afirmó inicialmente en Brasil, lo que genera preocupaciones

(CNN) — Una vacuna china líder contra el covid-19 desarrollada por Sinovac Biotech tuvo solo un 50,38% de efectividad en ensayos de última etapa en Brasil. Eso es un porcentaje significativamente más bajo que lo que mostraron los resultados anteriores, según un comunicado publicado el martes por el gobierno de Sao Paulo. Si bien el

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Biden calls on Senate to pursue impeachment along with the nation’s ‘other urgent business’

President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday urged the Senate to conduct the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump while simultaneously working on other critical issues, indicating a desire to settle the proceedings against Trump that are likely to remain unresolved when Biden takes office. While he said in a statement Wednesday that the House’s vote “to

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Leeser signals downtown arena isn’t a priority, but won’t intervene on Duranguito historic district

EL PASO, Texas — El Paso’s new Mayor Oscar Leeser signaled Wednesday night the first major policy shift of his administration from that of his predecessor Dee Margo. Leeser waded into the fray over the Duranguito neighborhood’s inclusion in a proposed downtown historic district, which could impact plans for the arena project championed by Margo.

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