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1,100 economists urge Trump not to embrace new protectionist activities

9th - Higher Ed
Eleven hundred economists signed a letter urging U.S. President Donald Trump not to go down the path of the protectionist Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930. And one winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, Robert Engle, explains why he...
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Should patents on COVID-19 vaccines be suspended?

9th - Higher Ed
Doctors Without Borders is urging rich countries to take steps to allow more coronavirus vaccines to be produced around the world, including in developing nations, without fear of reprisal. Intellectual property rights prevent countries...
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Scientists from US, France, and Canada awarded Nobel Prize in physics

Higher Ed
Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for their work with lasers.
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ICRC aid trucks leave for Darfur plus Jesse Jackson comment

Higher Ed
1. Wide of Antonov 124 IRCR chartered plane parked on tarmac at Khartoum International Airport

2. Various of plane being unlo
aded
3. Wide of Red Cross land cruiser driving out the back
of plane...
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US academics say travel ban harming research

Higher Ed
Universities across the U.S. say President Donald Trump's ban on travellers from seven Muslim countries is disrupting research projects and academic exchanges in such fields as medicine and engineering.For example, collaboration between...
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Highlights of opposition on House floor against rescue plan

Higher Ed
1. Interior of US House of Representatives

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ted Poe, Texas representative (Republi
can):
"Small businesses, mom and pop grocery stores, don't get this break when they make bad...
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Nobel Prize winner comments on award

Higher Ed
The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been jointly awarded to Jean Pierre Sauvage, Sir J Fraser Stoddard and Bernard L. Feringa for the design and synthesis of molecular machines.The laureates share the 8 million kronor (930-thousand...
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WRAP Congress debates bailout deal ADDS update on debate

Higher Ed
1. Wide of acting speaker, New York congressman Michael McNulty entering congress

2. McNulty hammers g
avel
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Barney Frank, Financial Services Committee chairman (Democrat -...
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Travel Ban Hurting Research, Academic Exchange

Higher Ed
Universities across the U.S. say President Donald Trump's ban on travelers from seven Muslim countries is disrupting research projects and academic exchanges in such fields as medicine and engineering.For example, collaboration between...