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Diego Maradona’s body contained a cocktail of prescription drugs but NO alcohol or illegal substance

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Diego Maradona had no traces of alcohol or illegal drugs in his blood and urine when he died, it has emerged. But he was suffering major heart, liver and kidney problems. And the blood and urine tests carried out after a post-mortem following the football star’s tragic death in November did show up a cocktail … Read more

Asteroid that lit up the skies in 2008 ‘once contained water’

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An asteroid that exploded in Earth’s atmosphere in 2008 was part of a much larger space rock that once contained water, a new study reveals.  The asteroid, called 2008 TC3, lit up the skies of Sudan in October 2008 and showered the ground with 600 meteorites, known collectively as Almahata Sitta.  After analysing a fragment of Almahata Sitta, US … Read more

Kanye West’s petition to appear on New Jersey ballot ‘contained more than 600 defective signatures’

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Kanye West’s petition to appear on New Jersey’s ballot as a presidential candidate contained more 600 defective signatures, many of which had very similar writing, according to a formal complaint filed with the state Wednesday. Election law attorney Scott Salmon, a registered Democrat, filed the objection with the state Division of Elections after reviewing the more than … Read more

More than 100 coronavirus outbreaks A WEEK are being ‘swiftly’ contained Matt Hancock reveals

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More than one hundred outbreaks of coronavirus are ‘swiftly and silently’ being dealt with every week across the UK, said the Health Secretary. Matt Hancock revealed how flare-ups in schools, businesses and pubs across the country are consistently being handled with ‘local actions’, just nine days after many businesses reopened.   He stated that increased testing, some … Read more

Social ‘bubbles’ of close contacts may be the best way to keep coronavirus contained

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Social bubbles – made up of friends and family – may be the best way to keep coronavirus contained when lockdown is lifted, study shows. Researchers from the University of Oxford created a series of models to discover the best measures governments could use in order to keep the infection rate flat.  Strict social distancing … Read more

Hubei officials say they have largely contained coronavirus outbreak

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The Chinese province of Hubei has largely contained the coronavirus outbreak, according to the local government. Officials today changed the risk level of the former epicentre Wuhan from ‘high’ to ‘medium’. A government spokesperson said ‘main battlefield’ Wuhan and the rest of Hubei had achieved ‘important periodical result’ in stemming the epidemic, but warned of … Read more