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London theatre group to tell pandemic stories of black frontline staff | Theatre 0
- BUSINESS
- July 5, 2020
A series of short plays will tell the story of the Covid-19 crisis from the perspective of black frontline workers, to ensure their contribution to British life is not erased after lockdown, according to the work’s creator. Michael Buffong, the artistic director of Talawa theatre company in Croydon, said more than a dozen black frontline
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Over 30 protesters arrested in Moscow for supporting LGBT activist – rights group | World news 0
- BUSINESS
- June 27, 2020
Russian police on Saturday detained more than 30 people, most of them women, who were staging separate one-person protests in central Moscow against charges of spreading pornography levelled against a prominent LGBT activist, a monitoring group said. One activist was also detained in St Petersburg, according to OVD-Info, which monitors law enforcement issues in Russia.
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How a group of homeless and vulnerable tour guides reinvented themselves during the pandemic 0
- BUSINESS
- June 17, 2020
Unseen Tours is a London-based social enterprise founded in 2010. It offers homeless and vulnerably housed Londoners the opportunity to train as tour guides in the city. This provides a new livelihood, but also allows these marginalised Londoners to share their knowledge and be seen – when so often the homeless are an invisible part
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Las Vegas mayor who offered to reopen city as coronavirus ‘control group’ faces recall effort 0
- BUSINESS
- May 9, 2020
The mayor of Las Vegas who revealed that she offered to reopen the city as a “control group” during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in a jaw-dropping interview on CNN is facing a recall effort. Professional poker player Doug Polk is leading the effort to recall Mayor Carolyn Goodman. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports that Mr
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Oil lobby group asks for environmental laws to be suspended due to coronavirus 0
- BUSINESS
- April 17, 2020
A leaked letter from Canada’s largest oil and gas lobby to the country’s government has revealed more than 30 requests to suspend environmental regulations, laws and policies due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) made the requests over 13 pages to members of prime minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet, in a letter reported
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No 10 faces calls to lift secrecy around Sage coronavirus advisory group | UK news 0
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- April 14, 2020
No 10 is facing growing calls to end the secrecy around the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage), which provides the prime minister with evidence about the coronavirus response and how the UK’s lockdown is working. The group of scientists, which is meeting this week to review lockdown measures, does not disclose its membership beyond
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