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The Mafia is handing out food to Italy’s needy in a bid to impose control over people’s lives

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The Mafia is handing out food to Italy’s needy and offering interest-free loans to impose control over people’s lives and capitalise on the country’s coronavirus crisis. Anti-mafia author Roberto Saviano, who wrote the script for Italian crime drama Gomorrah, told journalists yesterday that at the most basic level, the mob is handing out groceries to … Read more

Drug gangs in Brazil’s lawless City of God favela impose coronavirus curfews to residents

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Drug traffickers and militias in Brazil have taken the law into their own hands by imposing strict curfews on residents as the coronavirus continues to spread across the globe. With the virus now having affected more than 2,000 people in the country, gangs in Rio de Janeiro’s lawless Cidade de Deus (City of God) are … Read more

Bavaria becomes first German state to impose 14-day ban on going outdoors as country’s cases soar

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Bavaria has become the first German state to ban going outside in a bid to the spread of coronavirus.  The German state will impose general restrictions on going outdoors for two weeks, state premier Markus Soeder said today. It also emerged the whole country may face a national lockdown if they fail to obey instructions … Read more

FDA to impose stricter limits on fluoride in bottled water – but some say it’s STILL too high

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FDA to impose stricter limits on fluoride in bottled water – but some health officials say it’s STILL too high putting us at risk of bone disease and neurological problems The FDA has proposed lowering the allowable level of fluoride in bottled water to 0.7 milligrams per liter It’s slightly lower than the currently allowed 0.8 … Read more