Day: August 9, 2021

Students Across US Take On COVID Disinformation

    A student organization is trying to combat misinformation about COVID-19 and pandemic on American campuses through social media. COVID Campus Coalition’s mission is to dispel “misconceptions surrounding COVID vaccines by providing students with weekly digestible scientific summaries through a plethora of virtual and in-person platforms,” according to its website.

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Boeing Says Starliner August Test Launch Still Possible

  The aerospace company Boeing said Monday it could still test launch its Starliner crew capsule this month. The company had canceled a scheduled launch of the craft last week. Boeing issued a statement Monday saying it was working on the problem that caused a prelaunch check to indicate an

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Myanmar Political Prisoners Stage Protest in Mandalay’s Obo Prison

Political prisoners in Myanmar’s second-largest city Mandalay staged a rare protest marking the anniversary of an Aug. 8, 1988 uprising against military rule, singing and shouting slogans in a demonstration that ended with reports of beatings and gunshots heard behind the walls, sources said. The prisoners are among the more

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