| Rex Chapman tweets parody of Trump singing ‘Bohemian Rhapsody' on Election Day Eve Posted: 02 Nov 2020 04:22 PM PST  Rex Chapman — a former NBA sharpshooter turned social media all-star — thinks a doctored video of the president singing Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the latter. "Goodbye Trump" he captioned a masterfully mixed collection of speeches from the president assembled by Chaouch Zakaria, a.k.a. The musical mix, which runs just over two-minutes long, splices video of the president speaking with clips of Russian president Vladimir Putin playing piano on the state-run network RT.
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| #EndSars protests: How Anthony Unuode gave his life for a better Nigeria Posted: 02 Nov 2020 04:09 PM PST  Nigerians pay tribute to EndSars protester Anthony Unuode after he was killed in the capital.
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| Ethiopia: Gunmen kill at least 32 people in Oromia state Posted: 02 Nov 2020 02:23 PM PST  Dozens of civilians are rounded up and killed, houses burned and livestock stolen, officials say.
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| UN expert airs human rights concerns ahead of Myanmar vote Posted: 02 Nov 2020 02:00 PM PST |
| AP PHOTOS: In Mexico, a quieter Day of the Dead under COVID Posted: 02 Nov 2020 01:51 PM PST  Mexico's usually ebullient and colorful Day of the Dead celebration was quieter and lonelier than usual, with many cemeteries closed to visits because of fears of spreading the coronavirus. Mexican families often visit graveyards to decorate their relatives' tombs with flowers and sing, talk and snack during the Nov. 1-2 observance.
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| What The Outcome Of The Biden-Trump Race Could Mean For Oil Prices Posted: 02 Nov 2020 01:01 PM PST  American voters will be closely watching the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election after polls close Tuesday, with GOP President Donald Trump and Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden vying for the Oval Office -- and so will the oil industry. Oil Price Analysis: Brent may drop to $30 barrel as OPEC+ remains silent on further cuts and political factors, such as the implications of a likely Biden win, Bjarne Schieldrop, chief commodities analyst at SEB, said in a note. On Monday, Brent crude was trading 3.29% higher to $39.27 per barrel.US Election Impact: "Just around the corner the U.S. election is looming and Biden has odds of 65% vs. Trump at 35% of winning," Schiedlrop said. Biden supports the Iran nuclear deal, which he helped orchestrate as vice president under former U.S. President Barack Obama."A Biden win implies a revival of this deal, with return of Iranian supplies to the market likely in 2022," the analyst said."Saudi Arabia, Russia and OPEC+ will, with this prospect ahead, want to return back to normal by the start of 2022 at the latest i.e. they will in no way want to dig their production-cut hole any deeper than it currently is. Stand back shale is the message to the market." USO Price Action: The United States Oil Fund LP ETF (NYSE: USO) was trading 4.04% higher at $26.27 at last check Monday. Related Link: Oil Prices Rebound, Analyst Says Market Faces Tsunami Of SurplusSee more from Benzinga * Click here for options trades from Benzinga * In Unstable Oil Market, Analyst Says Stick To Status Quo, Hold Out For COVID-19 Vaccines(C) 2020 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
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| Biden backers make final plea for delivery of mail ballots Posted: 02 Nov 2020 12:46 PM PST  Down to the wire with the threat of court battles looming, supporters of former Vice President Joe Biden scrambled Monday to rally swing-state voters to drop off ballots, visit precincts in person and ensure their votes are counted. As months of President Donald Trump undercutting the legitimacy of mail-in votes gave way to promises he would challenge them in court, both sides made a final push to ensure their supporters turned out, even with the lingering threat of lawsuits aimed at invalidating ballots. With about 700,000 of some 3.1 million requested mail ballots in Pennsylvania still outstanding, some voters like 57-year-old Daniel Pigott took the warning to heart.
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| Judge rejects GOP effort to throw out 127,000 Houston votes Posted: 02 Nov 2020 12:35 PM PST  A federal judge on Monday rejected another last-ditch Republican effort to invalidate nearly 127,000 votes in Houston because the ballots were cast at drive-thru polling centers established during the pandemic. The lawsuit was brought by conservative Texas activists who have railed against expanded voting access in Harris County, where a record 1.4 million early votes have already been cast. The county is the nation's third largest and a crucial battleground in Texas, where President Donald Trump and Republicans are bracing for the closest election in decades on Tuesday.
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| Nigel Farage rebrands Brexit Party to challenge U.K.'s COVID-19 lockdown Posted: 02 Nov 2020 12:19 PM PST  "The debate over how to respond to COVID is becoming even more toxic than that over Brexit," Farage said.
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| Widely shared photo of Biden without mask was taken in 2019 Posted: 02 Nov 2020 12:09 PM PST  President Donald Trump's supporters have seized on a photo circulating on Twitter since late Sunday that shows Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden not wearing a mask while he talks to a campaign staffer on a plane. Why wasn't Biden, who has made a point to put on a facial covering throughout the campaign, wearing a mask? The image was shared on Twitter by Trump's former acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell, where it was liked and shared from his account more than 50,000 times.
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| 2 dead, 15 wounded in Vienna terror attack, authorities say Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:51 AM PST  Gunmen opened fire on people enjoying a last night out at Vienna's cafes and restaurants before a coronavirus lockdown Monday in what authorities said was a terrorist attack that left at least two dead — including one of the assailants — and 15 wounded. "We are victims of a despicable terror attack in the federal capital that is still ongoing," Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz said hours after the gunfire erupted. The motive was under investigation, but Kurz said the possibility it was an anti-Semitic attack cannot be ruled out, given that the shooting began outside Vienna's main synagogue.
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| EXPLAINER: States to watch on election night Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:16 AM PST  President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden each has a path to win the White House. The former vice president is competitive in all the battleground states Trump carried in 2016, and has put a handful of traditional Republican states, including Georgia and Arizona, in play. Trump can win by defending a wide swath of territory he won in 2016, but his hopes for reelection are heavily dependent on the swing states of Florida and Pennsylvania.
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| 'Raw exposed nerves': Anxious nation awaits Election Day Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:06 AM PST  As the traditional Election Day closes in, Americans are exhausted from constant crises, on edge because of volatile political divisions and anxious about what will happen next. Weeks ago, a group of men were arrested for allegedly plotting to kidnap Michigan's Democratic governor.
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| Polling places are latest front in battle over face masks Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:04 AM PST  On Election Day, voters across the country will face varying rules about mask-wearing when they cast a ballot as officials try to balance public safety precautions amid a global pandemic with the constitutional right to vote. Most states, even ones with broad mask mandates, are stopping short of forcing voters to use a face covering. Instead, they're opting for recommendations to wear them while providing options for voters who refuse.
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| 'Raw exposed nerves': Anxious nation awaits Election Day Posted: 02 Nov 2020 11:01 AM PST  As the traditional Election Day closes in, Americans are exhausted from constant crises, on edge because of volatile political divisions and anxious about what will happen next. Instead, voters arriving in record numbers to cast early ballots say basic democratic foundations feel suddenly brittle: Will their vote count? Here in Macomb County and across the country, some say the stress has made them physically ill.
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| Tanzania elections: Chadema's Freeman Mbowe arresed Posted: 02 Nov 2020 09:53 AM PST  Police detain the Chadema chairman after his party calls for protests to reject election results.
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| Merkel cautious on US vote comment, says she values science Posted: 02 Nov 2020 09:25 AM PST  German Chancellor Angela Merkel declined Monday to comment directly on the U.S. election, but said that she values the advice of scientists — hours after President Donald Trump took another shot at the top U.S. infectious disease expert. Trump responded to supporters' chants to "fire Fauci" during a rally in Florida early Monday by saying: "Don't tell anybody but let me wait until a little bit after the election." Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading member of the White House coronavirus task force, has clashed with Trump over his administration's handling of the pandemic, which has so far killed more than 231,000 people in the United States.
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| Hospitals competing for nurses as US coronavirus cases surge Posted: 02 Nov 2020 09:23 AM PST  As the coronavirus pandemic surges across the nation and infections and hospitalizations rise, medical administrators are scrambling to find enough nursing help — especially in rural areas and at small hospitals. Hospitals are scaling back services to ensure enough staff to handle critically ill patients. Adding to the strain, experienced nurses are "burned out with this whole (pandemic)" and some are quitting, said Kevin Fitzpatrick, an emergency room nurse at Hurley Medical Center in Flint, Michigan, where several left just in the past month to work in hospice or home care or at outpatient clinics.
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| Trump promises court fight over Pennsylvania absentee votes Posted: 02 Nov 2020 09:20 AM PST  President Donald Trump and his reelection campaign are signaling they will pursue an aggressive legal strategy to try to prevent Pennsylvania from counting mailed ballots that are received in the three days after the election. The matter could find its way to the Supreme Court, especially if those ballots could tip the outcome in the battleground state. The three-day extension was ordered by Pennsylvania's top court.
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| Tanzania country profile Posted: 02 Nov 2020 09:18 AM PST  Provides an overview of Tanzania, including key facts and events as well as news
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| South African firm and Johnson & Johnson strike vaccine deal Posted: 02 Nov 2020 09:03 AM PST |
| Tanzania President John Magufuli: The man who declared victory over coronavirus Posted: 02 Nov 2020 08:48 AM PST  President John Magufuli's idiosyncratic handling of Covid-19 has put Tanzania in the global spotlight.
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| Crushed by the virus, 2 mall operators file for bankruptcy Posted: 02 Nov 2020 08:43 AM PST  Two mall operators filed for bankruptcy protection Monday, hurt by the coronavirus pandemic that has forced their tenants to permanently close stores or not pay rent. Mall tenants, which operators rely on for rent payments, are also stressed. The two bankruptcies come just before the crucial holiday shopping season.
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| New case of detained British-Iranian dual citizen adjourned Posted: 02 Nov 2020 07:31 AM PST |
| Douglas Ross: Scots are not wrong about Boris Johnson and Nicola Sturgeon is a better communcator Posted: 02 Nov 2020 07:20 AM PST  The Scottish Tory leader has launched an extraordinary attack on Boris Johnson by stating that Scots are not "absolutely wrong" in their low opinion of him and Nicola Sturgeon is a better communicator. Douglas Ross said "most objective people" would say the First Minister, who holds a briefing every weekday, has communicated better with the public during the pandemic than Mr Johnson, The Prime Minister has recorded dismal approval ratings in a series of opinion polls, while Ms Sturgeon's figures and support for independence have surged in recent months. Pressed whether Mr Johnson harms case for the Union, Mr Ross said: "You can't say that the people of Scotland are absolutely wrong in their ratings for their various leaders" His incendiary intervention came only hours after he gave a keynote speech stating Scots have turned to independence after becoming "alienated" by the UK Government's "winner takes all" approach to Brexit. The Scottish Tory leader accused the Government of considering only the views of Brexit supporters and ignoring Remain voters north of the Border who still feel "aggrieved" at the 2016 referendum result.
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| Merkel urges Germans to heed curbs for virus 'turnaround' Posted: 02 Nov 2020 07:13 AM PST  Chancellor Angela Merkel pleaded with Germans on Monday to comply with new restrictions to achieve a "turnaround" in the fight against the pandemic, and held out hope that families would be able to spend Christmas together.
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| Iran postpones new trial of Zaghari-Ratcliffe: UK Posted: 02 Nov 2020 06:45 AM PST  Iran on Monday adjourned a new trial of British-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, according to her husband and the UK government, which condemned what it said was her "appalling" treatment by Tehran.
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| Robert Fisk, veteran foreign correspondent, dies at 74 Posted: 02 Nov 2020 06:36 AM PST  Veteran British journalist Robert Fisk, one of the best-known Middle East correspondents who spent his career reporting from the troubled region and won accolades for challenging mainstream narratives has died after a short illness, his employer said Monday. Fisk, whose reporting often sparked controversy, died Sunday at a hospital in Dublin, shortly after he was taken there after falling ill at his home in the Irish capital. The London Independent, where he had worked since 1989, described him as the most celebrated journalist of his era.
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| Merkel suggests people self-isolate before seeing elderly relatives for 'Christmas under corona' Posted: 02 Nov 2020 06:09 AM PST  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has suggested that people should self-isolate for a few days before meeting elderly relatives to have "Christmas under corona conditions". On the first day of Germany's month-long partial lockdown, Ms Merkel said that a "bearable" Christmas would be possible if everyone pulled together. "It will be a Christmas under corona conditions but it should not be a lonely Christmas," Ms Merkel said, adding that by going into "pre-quarantine for a few days" younger people would reduce the risk for elderly relations. The Chancellor's appeal for people to reduce their level of contacts came as German medics warned there are not enough nurses to care for severely ill patients if Covid-19 cases continue to rise. While Germany has the highest number of intensive care beds in Europe, at 28,800 beds pre-pandemic with 12,800 reserve beds recently added, there is a shortfall of qualified nurses to care for the patients in them if more people are hospitalised, the intensive care register spokesperson told Welt am Sonntag.
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| Vatican breaks silence, explains pope's civil union comments Posted: 02 Nov 2020 05:51 AM PST  The Vatican says Pope Francis' comments on gay civil unions were taken out of context in a documentary that spliced together parts of an old interview, but still confirmed Francis' belief that gay couples should enjoy legal protections. The Vatican secretariat of state issued guidance to ambassadors to explain the uproar that Francis' comments created following the Oct. 21 premiere of the film "Francesco," at the Rome Film Festival. The Vatican nuncio to Mexico, Archbishop Franco Coppola, posted the unsigned guidance on his Facebook page Sunday.
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| I'm a physicist, I listen to the science, Germany's Merkel says Posted: 02 Nov 2020 05:46 AM PST |
| Win or Lose, Trump and Biden's Parties Will Plunge Into Uncertainty Posted: 02 Nov 2020 05:42 AM PST  PLANO, Texas -- Fighting for his political survival from the second floor of his campaign bus last week, Sen. John Cornyn warned a small crowd of supporters that his party's long-held dominance in this historically ruby-red state was at risk.But while the three-term Texas Republican demonized Democrats at length, he didn't spend much time talking up the obvious alternative: President Donald Trump, the leader of his party, the man at the top of his ticket Tuesday.Asked whether Trump, the man who redefined Republicanism, was an asset to Cornyn's reelection effort, the senator was suddenly short on words."Absolutely," he said, stone-faced.Cornyn's gentle distancing from Trump foreshadows a far less genteel battle to come. This year's election seems likely to plunge both Republicans and Democrats into a period of disarray no matter who wins the White House. With moderates and progressives poised to battle each other on the left, and an array of forces looking to chart a post-Trump future on the right (be it in 2021 or in four years), both parties appear destined for an ideological wilderness in the months ahead as each tries to sort out its identities and priorities.The questions facing partisans on both sides are sweeping, and remain largely unresolved despite more than a year of a tumultuous presidential campaign. After Democrats cast their eyes backward several generations for a more moderate nominee, does a rising liberal wing represent their future? And what becomes of a Republican Party that has been redefined by the president's populist approach, and politicians like Cornyn who have been in the long shadow of Trump for four years?Traditionally, presidential elections provide clarity on how a party sees its political future. When Barack Obama won the White House in 2008, he reinvigorated a progressive public image of his increasingly diverse party. Eight years earlier, George W. Bush remade Republicanism with a message of "compassionate conservatism."Today, with both presidential candidates content to make the race a referendum on Trump, questions about him have overshadowed the debates raging within both parties over how to govern a country in the midst of a national crisis."Both sides have been content to make this election about a personality," said Brad Todd, a Republican strategist and an author of a book about the conservative populist coalition that fueled Trump's victory in 2016. "Therefore, we've not had a lot of light shown on the ideological realignment that's occurred in the country."The jockeying has already begun. If Biden wins, progressive Democrats are preparing to break their election-season truce, laying plans to push for liberals in key government posts, including Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts as Treasury secretary. If Biden loses, progressives will argue that he failed to embrace a liberal enough platform.Ambitious Republicans, like former United Nations ambassador Nikki R. Haley, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas, have begun appearing in Iowa, stops that they say are on behalf of their party's embattled Senate candidate there but that have distinctly 2024 overtones."The party is headed toward a reckoning, whatever happens in November, because you still have large segments of the party establishment that are not at all reconciled with the president's victory in 2016," said Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., who is frequently mentioned as a possible 2024 contender. "These people are still very powerful in the Republican Party, and I think we'll have a real fight for the future."The emerging dynamics are particularly stark across in Texas and other states in the Sun Belt, a fast-growing region that embodies the demographic trends that will eventually reshape the nation.For Republicans like Cornyn, the battle lines are already being drawn. Four years ago, Trump mounted a hostile takeover of the Republican Party, winning the support of the party's base with a message that shredded mainstream conservative ideology on issues like fiscal responsibility, foreign policy and trade.A contingent of the party's old guard is eager to cast the president as an aberration, a detour into nationalism, populism and conspiracy theories with no serious policy underpinning.Former Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., said he expected Trump to lose and that he hoped the defeat would refocus the party from "anger and resentment" to developing an inclusive message that could win in an increasingly diverse country."Nothing focuses the mind like a big election loss," said Flake, who was one of many Republicans to retire in 2018 and who has endorsed Biden for president. "The bigger the better when it comes to the president."He added, "Trumpism is a demographic cul-de-sac."Flake would like the party to resurrect its 2012 "autopsy," an assessment commissioned by the Republican National Committee to explore why the party had lost its bid for the White House that year. The report urged the party to better embrace voters of color and women.A co-chair of the project, Ari Fleischer, said there was no returning to the days of that message. Trump, he said, had accomplished the goal of the report, expanding the party -- just in a different way.Rather than engage women or voters of color, the president expanded Republican margins with white, working-class voters, said Fleischer, a former press secretary for Bush who has come to embrace Trump after leaving his ballot blank in 2016.Sara Fagen, who was the White House political director for Bush, agreed: "Trumpism is cemented in," she said. "The base of the party has changed; their priorities are different than where the Romneys and Bushes would have taken the country."Hawley argued that Republicans should embrace the populist energy of their voters by pursuing the breakup of big technology companies, voicing skepticism of free trade and making colleges more accountable for their high tuition costs."If the party is going to have a future, it's got to become the party of working people," he said.Texas may provide a preview of these debates. As Democrats continue to make gains in the state and as the coronavirus rages there, moderate Republicans have tried to steer the state closer to the center while conservatives have tried to push Texas further right.Hard-line Republican legislators, lawyers and activists have sued Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, formally censured him and protested mandates like a statewide mask order. Over the summer, the party elected a new chairman, Allen B. West, a former Florida congressman and firebrand conservative."The governor has continued to issue executive orders that are anything but conservative," said Jared Woodfill, a conservative activist and Houston lawyer who has sued Abbott. "His base has left him completely."Democrats face their own divides over whether to use the moment of national crisis to push for far-reaching structural changes on issues like health care, economic inequality and climate change.Like Republicans in 2012, Democrats assembled their own task force to try to unify their party after the crowded party primary this year. The group came up with recommendations that were largely broader than what Biden championed in his primary bid but that stopped short of embracing key progressive policies like "Medicare for All," the Green New Deal and a fracking ban.Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., a co-chair of the House Progressive Caucus and an ally of Sen. Bernie Sanders, said those plans were the "floor, not the ceiling" of what the liberal wing of the party plans to demand should Biden win. A White House victory, she argued, would give Biden a mandate to push for more sweeping overhauls.In Texas, a rising number of young, liberal politicians believe they can finally turn the conservative state blue by embracing a progressive platform.Two years ago, Julie Oliver lost a House race in Texas' 25th Congressional District, based in suburban Austin, by 9 percentage points -- a far closer margin than the 20 points that Rep. Roger Williams, a Republican, won by in 2016. This year, the race may be even tighter."The things we are talking about two years ago that seemed radical don't seem so radical today," said Oliver, who was endorsed by Biden last month. "Universal health care doesn't seem radical. Universal basic income doesn't seem so radical. These are popular ideas."Others in the state worry that their colleagues are forgetting the lessons of recent history. In 2008, Democrats won control of Congress and the White House. But after passing the Affordable Care Act and pushing a climate bill through the House, they lost seats during the midterm elections and their majority in the House."We got to remember, midterms are coming," said Rep. Henry Cuellar, a moderate Democrat from south Texas. "If liberals had a mandate, then Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren would have won the primary. The mandate of the American public was to have somebody more to the center."Yet in an increasingly polarized country, that center may be shifting.As he waited for Cornyn to address the crowd in Plano, Mark Wurst said he had come to embrace the Trump brand of conservatism.A lifelong Republican, Wurst, 74, volunteered at the George W. Bush Presidential Library for years. He was skeptical of Trump initially but was impressed with his actions on immigration and trade -- policies that diverged drastically from Bush's approach."I didn't know at the time how much I really disagreed with Bush on some things," Wurst said. "Look at what Mr. Trump has gotten done. I don't like his tone, but sometimes you have to look at results."This article originally appeared in The New York Times.(C) 2020 The New York Times Company
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| Light at end of coronavirus tunnel some way off - Merkel Posted: 02 Nov 2020 05:31 AM PST |
| Why graduates of elite universities dominate the Time 100 – and what it means for the rest of us Posted: 02 Nov 2020 05:25 AM PST  When Time magazine released its annual Time 100 list of the most influential people around the world in September, The Cornell Daily Sun – an independent newspaper run by students at Cornell University – wasted no time in trumpeting the fact that three of the school's alumni had made the list.The three "Cornellians" were billionaire tech investor and philanthropist Robert F. Smith, Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen and Anthony Fauci, the top infectious disease expert in the U.S., who has become a household name since the COVID-19 pandemic began.Although it may be notable that three graduates from one of America's top universities has made the Time 100, in some ways it is hardly surprising.As researchers who specialize in higher education and gifted students, we have analyzed the educational backgrounds of the people who made the Time 100 since the list began in 1999 through 2019. We wanted to see if elite-school graduates were underrepresented or overrepresented among the Time 100. We also conducted a new analysis on the 2020 list and present those findings for the first time here.We found that although only about 2% to 5% of all U.S. undergraduates went to elite universities, the alumni of those schools have been dominating the Time 100. Specifically, they have comprised anywhere from about 30% to 50% of the Time 100 from 1999 through 2020. Questions of fairnessLooked at differently, the proportion of elite-university graduates on the Time 100 list has been anywhere from at least 6 to 10 times the proportion of such graduates throughout the nation.Since their presence on the list is so disproportionate, our findings raise questions about whether the pathway to societal influence runs through elite schools more often than it does all others. Or is there just something special about the people who get into elite schools that makes them more likely to rise to prominent positions in society? And does it really matter whether you attend an elite school or not?These questions are particularly important given concerns about elite universities being out of reach for students who come from families that are not well off. Definition of eliteTo examine these issues, we had to come up with a definition of an elite school.Though there are many ways one might categorize an institution as "elite" – such as ranking high on any one of numerous school rankings – for this study we used a method that took into account highly selective schools both within the U.S. and outside its borders.We included some foreign schools because there are prominent people who make the Time 100 all across the globe, such as former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the late Kofi Annan, a former U.N. Secretary-General.Our definition captured the eight Ivy League schools, plus many of the top national universities and liberal arts colleges that consistently rank high in the U.S. News rankings for both undergraduate and graduate education based on their average scores on college entrance exams, such as the SAT or ACT. Our definition also included many of the top international universities, such as Cambridge University, that consistently rank high in global rankings. Individual backgroundsBeyond whether Time 100 honorees went to elite schools or not, we thought it was worthwhile to look at their individual backgrounds. In doing so, we found that some people on the list grew up wealthy and went to an elite school, and some did not.For instance, Hewlettt-Packard CEO Meg Whitman, who attended both Princeton and Harvard universities, is an example of someone from the Time 100 list who grew up well-to-do and went to an elite school.Conversely, some grew up well-to-do but did not attend elite schools, such as prior Time 100 member and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who attended Trinity College in Washington, D.C.Then there are some who grew up poor and made it into elite schools, such as American businessman and investor Larry Ellison, who attended but dropped out of the University of Chicago; Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who attended both Princeton and Yale universities; and novelist Tomi Adeyemi, who went to Harvard.In addition, some Time 100 honorees grew up relatively poor and did not go to elite schools. They include billionaires Howard Schultz – perhaps best known for his tenure as CEO of Starbucks – and Oprah Winfrey. Schultz attended Northern Michigan University, and Winfrey went to Tennessee State University, although she did not earn her degree until after she started her career as a talk show host.Then there are some who grew up poor and didn't go to college at all, such as the actor and director Tyler Perry.Each of these people has a story about the path they took to achieve their accomplishments – stories that can help shine the light on what are the typical paths to success in modern society. A new trendIn 2020, the percentage of Time 100 honorees who went to elite schools dropped to about 29%, the lowest percentage to date. In 2016 this percentage stood at 34%, and in 2018 it was 33%, which were earlier deviations from most other years. One commonality across the three years with the lowest percentage of elite school graduates – 2016, 2018 and 2020 – is that the "scientists/thinkers" category was not included in the respective lists by the editors, and that category typically has the highest percentage of graduates from elite schools.Of course, it's hard to know whether this relatively low percentage in 2020 is just a one-year deviation or a trend that will continue. One reason is that the selection of the list depends upon the current editors and unknown factors for that year.It also depends on the gender of those who make the Time 100 list. For example, after 1999, the magazine's editors have consistently selected larger and larger proportions of females for the list. In 1999 the male-to-female ratio was 5 to 1, but it has almost reached parity in recent years. In 2019, women and men had similar proportions of elite school attendance. In 2020, for the first time, more women were selected for the Time 100 than men – we found that the male-to-female ratio was 0.8. However, the proportion of men on the 2020 list with elite school attendance – about 41% – was much higher than for women – about 19%.It also pays to look at the category of accomplishment. Our 2019 analysis shows that higher proportions of scientists/thinkers – anywhere from about 60% to 80% – went to elite schools. The same is true for leaders/revolutionaries – about 40% to 70% went to elite schools. It also holds for builders/titans – about 30% to 70% went to elite schools.[Deep knowledge, daily. Sign up for The Conversation's newsletter.]On the other hand, fewer heroes/icons – about 1% to 40% – and artists/entertainers – from 0% to 30% – went to elite schools. This pattern also held for the Time 100 list in 2020. All these factors raise the question of why the proportion of people in the Time 100 attending elite schools has remained relatively high across time. Given that researchers have shown that students with lower-income backgrounds are much less likely to attend highly selective schools – and also that low-income, high-achieving students are less likely to apply to top schools – the Time 100 list raises the issue of not only whether America's top colleges are accessible enough to the poor, but whether or not these disadvantaged but talented kids are being given sufficient opportunity to shape the society in which they live.This article is republished from The Conversation, a nonprofit news site dedicated to sharing ideas from academic experts. It was written by: Jonathan Wai, University of Arkansas and Matthew C. Makel, Duke University.Read more: * Living with the train wreck: how research can harness the power of visual storytelling * Industry cadetships: a good but small step to tap the talents of women in STEMThe authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.
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| How tech firms have tried to stop disinformation and voter intimidation – and come up short Posted: 02 Nov 2020 05:24 AM PST  Neither disinformation nor voter intimidation is anything new. But tools developed by leading tech companies including Twitter, Facebook and Google now allow these tactics to scale up dramatically.As a scholar of cybersecurity and election security, I have argued that these firms must do more to rein in disinformation, digital repression and voter suppression on their platforms, including by treating these issues as a matter of corporate social responsibility. Earlier this fall, Twitter announced new measures to tackle disinformation, including false claims about the risks of voting by mail. Facebook has likewise vowed to crack down on disinformation and voter intimidation on its platform, including by removing posts that encourage people to monitor polling places. Google has dropped the Proud Boys domain that Iran allegedly used to send messages to some 25,000 registered Democrats that threatened them if they did not change parties and vote for Trump. But such self-regulation, while helpful, can go only so far. The time has come for the U.S. to learn from the experiences of other nations and hold tech firms accountable for ensuring that their platforms are not misused to undermine the country's democratic foundations. Voter intimidationOn Oct. 20, registered Democrats in Florida, a crucial swing state, and Alaska began receiving emails purportedly from the far-right group Proud Boys. The messages were filled with threats up to and including violent reprisals if the receiver did not vote for President Trump and change their party affiliation to Republican. Less than 24 hours later, on Oct. 21, U.S. Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe and FBI Director Christopher Wray gave a briefing in which they publicly attributed this attempt at voter intimidation to Iran. This verdict was later corroborated by Google, which has also claimed that more than 90% of these messages were blocked by spam filters. The rapid timing of the attribution was reportedly the result of the foreign nature of the threat and the fact that it was coming so close to Election Day. But it is important to note that this is just the latest example of such voter intimidation. Other recent incidents include a robo-call scheme targeting largely African American cities such as Detroit and Cleveland. It remains unclear how many of these messages actually reached voters and how in turn these threats changed voter behavior. There is some evidence that such tactics can backfire and lead to higher turnout rates in the targeted population. Disinformation on social mediaEffective disinformation campaigns typically have three components: * A state-sponsored news outlet to originate the fabrication * Alternative media sources willing to spread the disinformation without adequately checking the underlying facts * Witting or unwitting "agents of influence": that is, people to advance the story in other outlets The advent of cyberspace has put the disinformation process into overdrive, both speeding the viral spread of stories across national boundaries and platforms with ease and causing a proliferation in the types of traditional and social media willing to run with fake stories.To date, the major social media firms have taken a largely piecemeal and fractured approach to managing this complex issue. Twitter announced a ban on political ads during the 2020 U.S. election season, in part over concerns about enabling the spread of misinformation. Facebook opted for a more limited ban on new political ads one week before the election. The U.S. has no equivalent of the French law barring any influencing speech on the day before an election. Effects and constraintsThe impacts of these efforts have been muted, in part due to the prevalence of social bots that spread low-credibility information virally across these platforms. No comprehensive data exists on the total amount of disinformation or how it is affecting users. Some recent studies do shed light, though. For example, one 2019 study found that a very small number of Twitter users accounted for the vast majority of exposure to disinformation. Tech platforms are constrained from doing more by several forces. These include fear of perceived political bias and a strong belief among many, including Mark Zuckerberg, in a robust interpretation of free speech. A related concern of the platform companies is that the more they're perceived as media gatekeepers, the more likely they will be to face new regulation. The platform companies are also limited by the technologies and procedures they use to combat disinformation and voter intimidation. For example, Facebook staff reportedly had to manually intervene to limit the spread of a New York Post article about Hunter Biden's laptop computer that could be part of a disinformation campaign. This highlights how the platform companies are playing catch-up in countering disinformation and need to devote more resources to the effort. Regulatory optionsThere is a growing bipartisan consensus that more must be done to rein in social media excesses and to better manage the dual issues of voter intimidation and disinformation. In recent weeks, we have already seen the U.S. Department of Justice open a new antitrust case against Google, which, although it is unrelated to disinformation, can be understood as part of a larger campaign to regulate these behemoths. [Deep knowledge, daily. Sign up for The Conversation's newsletter.]Another tool at the U.S. government's disposal is revising, or even revoking, Section 230 of the 1990s-era Communications Decency Act. This law was designed to protect tech firms as they developed from liability for the content that users post to their sites. Many, including former Vice President Joe Biden, argue that it has outlived its usefulness.Another option to consider is learning from the EU's approach. In 2018, the European Commission was successful in getting tech firms to adopt the "Code of Practice on Disinformation," which committed these companies to boost "transparency around political and issue-based advertising." However, these measures to fight disinformation, and the related EU's Rapid Alert System, have so far not been able to stem the tide of these threats.Instead, there are growing calls to pass a host of reforms to ensure that the platforms publicize accurate information, protect sources of accurate information through enhanced cybersecurity requirements and monitor disinformation more effectively. Tech firms in particular could be doing more to make it easier to report disinformation, contact users who have interacted with such content with a warning and take down false information about voting, as Facebook and Twitter have begun to do. Such steps are just a beginning. Everyone has a role in making democracy harder to hack, but the tech platforms that have done so much to contribute to this problem have an outsized duty to address it.This article is republished from The Conversation, a nonprofit news site dedicated to sharing ideas from academic experts. It was written by: Scott Shackelford, Indiana University.Read more: * On Twitter, bots spread conspiracy theories and QAnon talking points * Disinformation campaigns are murky blends of truth, lies and sincere beliefs – lessons from the pandemicScott Shackelford is a principal investigator on grants from the Hewlett Foundation, Indiana Economic Development Corporation, and the Microsoft Corporation supporting both the Ostrom Workshop Program on Cybersecurity and Internet Governance and the Indiana University Cybersecurity Clinic.
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| Western nations decry Belarus crackdown at UN rights review Posted: 02 Nov 2020 05:20 AM PST  Western nations decried arbitrary arrests and other forms of repression in Belarus during a review of its record at the U.N.'s top human rights body on Monday, with the U.S. ambassador calling on authorities there to halt a "brutal crackdown." The comments on Belarus came during a process known as the Universal Periodic Review at the Human Rights Council, in which every country in the world has its rights record scrutinized every four or five years. The review happened to fall a day after thousands of protesters in the Belarusian capital, Minsk, swarmed the streets to demand the resignation of longtime President Alexander Lukashenko — the 13th straight Sunday marked by demonstrations against his rule.
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| Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe avoids jail after court hearing in Iran where she faced new charges Posted: 02 Nov 2020 05:18 AM PST  Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has not been sent back to prison in Iran, as her family had feared last week, following a court hearing on Monday where she faced fresh charges of "spreading propaganda". Tulip Siddiq, the British-Iranian dual citizen's MP, wrote on Twitter: "Spoke to Nazanin's husband Richard just now. She was taken to court, but trial was adjourned before she could put forward a defence." She added: "No date for next hearing, but also no prison & she is back home with her parents." Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who has been detained in Iran on dubious spying charges since 2016, had been warned to pack a bag for prison when she was ordered to return to the court on Monday. According to Iranian media reports, the additional charge faced by Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe is "spreading propaganda," an accusation that the British Government says is unwarranted. Ms Siddiq added that the UK Government did not attend the court hearing. "The mental torture continues. My constituent's safety is my top priority – these mind games must be stopped," she said. Ms Zaghari-Ratcliffe is now back under house arrest at her parents' home in Tehran, with no date for the next court hearing, according to the Labour MP for Hampstead and Kilburn.
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| Africa internet: Where and how are governments blocking it? Posted: 02 Nov 2020 04:42 AM PST  More countries across the continent are blocking or restricting access to social media and websites.
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| Brexit 'godfather' Farage says Trump will win U.S. election Posted: 02 Nov 2020 03:57 AM PST |
| Election 2020 Today: Trump, Biden make final pleas to voters Posted: 02 Nov 2020 03:22 AM PST  ON THE TRAIL: President Donald Trump and Democratic challenger Joe Biden have one last chance to make their case to voters in critical battleground states on Monday, the final full day of a campaign that has laid bare their dramatically different visions for tackling the nation's pressing problems and for the office of the presidency itself. The Republican president's final day has him sprinting through five rallies, from North Carolina to Wisconsin. Biden, meanwhile, is devoting most of his time to Pennsylvania, where a win would leave Trump with an exceedingly narrow path to 270 Electoral College votes.
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| WRAPUP 5-Europe's COVID-19 curbs prompt pushback amid bleak countdown to Christmas Posted: 02 Nov 2020 03:10 AM PST |
| Snowden and his wife seek to be Russian-US dual nationals Posted: 02 Nov 2020 03:03 AM PST  Former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden said Monday that he and his wife intend to apply for Russian citizenship without renouncing their U.S. citizenship. Snowden, a former contractor with the U.S. National Security Agency, has been living in Russia since 2013 to escape prosecution in the U.S. after leaking classified documents detailing government surveillance programs. Snowden's wife Lindsay Mills, an American who has been living with him in Russia, announced last week that the couple are expecting a child.
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| Libya's warring sides meet, discuss implementing cease-fire Posted: 02 Nov 2020 02:47 AM PST  Military leaders from Libya's warring sides met on Monday in the oasis town of Ghadames, the United Nations said, for the first face-to-face talks inside Libya since last year's months-long attack on the capital by forces loyal to the country's east-based military commander. The discussions are also the fifth round of U.N.-brokered talks, less than two weeks after the two sides inked a permanent cease-fire in Geneva on Oct. 23, a move the U.N. billed as historic after years of fighting that has split the North African country in two. The U.N. mission in Libya said the meetings would last through Wednesday and discuss implementing and monitoring the Geneva cease-fire, along with details on how to verify possible violations.
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| Pinduoduo’s AI strawberry competition offers glimpse of “one-click planting” Posted: 02 Nov 2020 02:45 AM PST  Pinduoduo's Smart Agri Competition Strawberries under cultivation in a Smart Agri Competition greenhouse in Yunnan, China. Pinduoduo's Smart Agri Competition Monitoring equipment installed in the Smart Agri Competition greenhouse to keep track of plant growth. Pinduoduo's Smart Agri Competition Greenhouses at the site of the Smart Agri Competition in Kunming, Yunnan.YUNNAN, China, Nov. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Artificial intelligence (AI) is proving to be a match for humans at growing strawberries in Pinduoduo's Smart Agriculture Competition, underscoring the potential that technology has in remaking the labor-intensive agricultural industry.With less than a month to go before the strawberry-growing competition ends, the AI teams have tied the traditional farming teams in terms of sugar content levels, while leading by 175% on average in terms of production by weight. The interim data is from the first phase of the competition and does not represent the final tally. By digitalizing and standardizing the strawberry planting process, it is envisioned that a "smart plug-in" can be developed so that even novices can grow strawberries like an expert through "one-click planting" in the future. Reducing the dependence on skilled farmers could help ensure food security as the farming labor force shrinks, according to He Dongjian, a top agricultural expert. "It is an irreversible trend of fewer and fewer people engaged in agriculture," said He, a professor at Northwest Agriculture and Forestry University and director of the Key Laboratory of Agricultural Internet of Things at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. "In 10 years, there will be unmanned farmlands." Indeed, while the traditional growers were watering and fertilizing their plots at the Smart Agriculture Competition, the AI teams needed only to adjust their algorithmic models and feedback parameters for the ventilation and fertilizing systems to respond automatically.To be sure, any technological solution would have to make economic sense for the small farm-holders that characterize China's agriculture industry.That is why the Smart Agriculture Competition winner will be determined by the economic value created and the reliability, scalability, and technical merit of the agritech solutions deployed. The winner will also receive research funding, implementation support at a Duo Duo Farm in Yunnan, and academic and commercial support from Pinduoduo. Pinduoduo organized the competition jointly with the China Agricultural University to gather the top minds in AI and agronomy to develop planting methods to raise productivity and yield. Under the technical guidance of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, this is the first cross-disciplinary smart agriculture competition in China organized by a technology company and university. Through this competition, the organizers hope to encourage more young farmers and scholars to develop localized solutions that will further lower costs and digitize agriculture. The competition has inspired at least one of the AI teams to seek to commercialize their research. And the response has been encouraging, underscoring the potential market demand for smart agriculture solutions to boost productivity and yield. Company: Pinduoduo Inc. (Nasdaq:PDD) Contact Person: Pinduoduo Corporate Affairs Email: internationalmedia@pinduoduo.com Website: stories.pinduoduo-global.com Source: stories.pinduoduo-global.comPhotos accompanying this announcement are available at:https://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/5677e820-2a5f-4614-a97f-c68865f1ef7dhttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/0c37aa88-5d11-46fd-9818-c2233669727ahttps://www.globenewswire.com/NewsRoom/AttachmentNg/f7179bae-6bd1-4d5a-bdf4-d40436adc141
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| 2020 Watch: Will loser of the election accept the result? Posted: 02 Nov 2020 02:34 AM PST  The ghosts of 2016 are keeping Democrats on edge, but they are hopeful that voters will make President Donald Trump the first incumbent to lose reelection since George H.W. Bush in 1992. Democrat Joe Biden is running significantly ahead of where Hillary Clinton was in most polls the day before the election. The problem for Republicans is that Trump must win Florida — and several more battleground states — if he's going to have any chance to keep his job.
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| Worldwide Medical Writing Industry to 2027 - New Regulations in Medical Devices Presents Opportunities Posted: 02 Nov 2020 02:08 AM PST  Dublin, Nov. 02, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Medical Writing Market Forecast to 2027 - COVID-19 Impact and Global Analysis by Type; Application; End User; and Geography" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Medical writing is a form of communication of clinical as well as scientific information and data to a broad range of audiences; the said content is communicated in different formats. Medical writers combine their expertise in science and their research skills with an understanding of how to present information and pitch it right for the intended audience. It is an integral part in the development drugs and is employed in contract research organizations (CROs), pharmaceutical companies, and communications agencies. Medical writing is employed by pharmaceutical companies to get their products registered with international regulatory authorities. It involves preparing various medical documents for regulatory submissions, including protocols and final reports for clinical trials, and clinical expert reports. It may also include the preparation of manuscripts for publication in medical journals. The scientific information in these documents needs to be presented to suit the level of understanding of the target audience, including patients, general public, physicians, or regulators. Based on type, the global medical writing market is segmented into clinical writing, regulatory writing, scientific writing, and others. The clinical writing segment led the market with the largest share in 2018. Clinical writing imparts essential, accurate, and specific information about patient conditions, diagnostics procedures, treatments, and prognoses. It differs from other kinds of medical writing as it is concerns with patient care. It also has legal implications and can be used as evidence in malpractice or negligence lawsuits. It is written briefly in a cryptic form, while in the cases of charting, it rarely comprises proper or complete sentence structures. The primary purpose of clinical writing is to facilitate communication between the members of the healthcare team, including unit clerks, laboratory technicians, therapists, care aides, nurses, and doctors. The global medical writing market is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific (APAC), South America, and the Middle East and Africa (MEA). North America held the largest share of the global medical writing market in 2018, followed by Europe and Asia Pacific. The US, Canada, and Mexico are the prime contributors to the North America medical writing market. Medical writing in the US, especially the ones that are for FDA approval, requires a deep understanding of the requirements laid down by regulatory authorities. The documents for FDA submission need to be accurate and concise. The Canadian Minister of Small Business and Exports Promotion recently announced the investment in Everest Clinical Research through the Women Entrepreneurship Fund (WEF). North America is the major stakeholder in the CRO market, followed by Europe, owing to factors such as the rapid growth of the pharmaceutical market, availability of advanced technologies, and high-quality standards of the pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals industries. The recent COVID-19 pandemic started in Wuhan (China) in December 2019 and has spread around the globe at a rapid pace. China, Italy, Iran, Spain, the Republic of Korea, France, Germany, and the US are among the most-affected nations. According to WHO, there are ~4,425,485 affirmed cases and 302,059 death cases worldwide. COVID-19 has affected economies and undertakings due to lockdowns, travel bans, and business shutdowns. The global consumer goods industry is one of the major businesses enduring genuine agitating impacts; for example, creation composes breaks, breaks in storing up because of lockdown and office shutdowns because of this emit. Cactus Communications, Certara, Covance, Freyr Solutions, Inclin Inc., Parexel International Corporation., Quanticate, Siro Clinpharm Private Limited, Synchrogenix, and Triology Writing and Consultancy GMBH are among the major players in the global medical writing market. The global medical writing market size has been derived in accordance with to both primary and secondary sources. To begin the research process, exhaustive secondary research has been conducted using internal and external sources to obtain qualitative and quantitative information related to the market. Also, multiple primary interviews have been conducted with industry participants and commentators to validate the data, as well as to gain more analytical insights into the topic. The participants who typically take part in such a process include industry expert such as VPs, business development managers, market intelligence managers, and national sales managers along with external consultants such as valuation experts, research analysts, and key opinion leaders specializing in the medical writing market. Reasons to Buy: * Highlights key business priorities to assist companies realign their business strategies. * Features key findings and crucial progressive industry trends in the global medical writing market, thereby allowing players to develop effective long-term strategies. * Develops/modifies business expansion plans by using substantial growth offering from developed and emerging markets. * Scrutinizes in-depth market trends as well as key market drivers and restraints. * Enhances the decision-making process by understanding the strategies that underpin commercial interest with respect to products, segmentation, and industry verticals.Key Topics Covered: 1\. Introduction 1.1 Study Scope 1.2 Report Guidance 1.3 Market Segmentation 2\. Key Takeaways 3\. Research Methodology 3.1 Scope of the Study 3.2 Data Collection: 3.3 Primary Interviews: 3.4 Hypothesis formulation: 3.5 Macro-economic factor analysis: 3.6 Developing base number: 3.7 Data Triangulation: 3.8 Country level data: 4\. Medical Writing Market Landscape 4.1 Market Overview 4.2 PEST Analysis 4.2.1 North America 4.2.2 Europe 4.2.3 APAC 4.2.4 MEA 4.2.5 SAM 4.3 Expert Opinion 5\. Medical Writing Market -Market Dynamics 5.1 Market Drivers 5.1.1 An upsurge in the demand for regulatory framework in pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industry 5.1.2 Robust growth in CRO outsourcing 5.2 Market Restraints 5.2.1 Insufficiency in skilled workforce of medical writers 5.3 Market Opportunities 5.3.1 New regulations in medical devices 5.4 Future Trends 5.4.1 Implementation of tools and artificial intelligence in medical writing 5.5 Impact Analysis of Drivers and Restraints 6\. Medical Writing- Global Market Analysis 6.1 Medical Writing Market Overview 6.2 Medical writing Market -Revenue and Forecast to 2027 (US$ Mn) 6.3 Market Positioning - Global Market Players 7\. Medical Writing Market Analysis - By Type 7.1 Overview 7.2 Medical Writing Market Share, by Type, 2019 and 2027 (%) 7.3 Clinical Writing 7.3.1 Overview 7.3.2 Clinical Writing: Medical Writing Market- Revenue and Forecast to 2027 (US$ Million) 7.3.3 Regulatory Writing 7.3.3.1 Overview 7.3.3.2 Regulatory Writing-: Medical Writing Market- Revenue and Forecast to 2027 (US$ Million) 7.3.4 Scientific Writing 7.3.4.1 Overview 7.3.4.2 Scientific Writing: Medical Writing Market- Revenue and Forecast to 2027 (US$ Million) 7.3.5 Others 7.3.5.1 Overview 7.3.5.2 Others: Medical Writing Market- Revenue and Forecast to 2027 (US$ Million) 8\. Medical Writing Market Analysis - By Application 8.1 Overview 8.2 Medical Writing Market Share, by Application, 2019 and 2027 (%) 8.3 Medical Journalism 8.3.1 Overview 8.3.2 Medical Journalism: Medical Writing Market- Revenue and Forecast to 2027 (US$ Million) 8.4 Medical Education 8.4.1 Overview 8.4.2 Medical Education: Medical Writing Market- Revenue and Forecast to 2027 (US$ Million) 8.5 Medico Marketing 8.5.1 Overview 8.5.2 Medico Marketing: Medical Writing Market- Revenue and Forecast to 2027 (US$ Million) 8.6 Others 8.6.1 Overview 8.6.2 Others: Medical Writing Market- Revenue and Forecast to 2027 (US$ Million) 9\. Medical Writing Market Analysis - By End User 9.1 Overview 9.2 Medical Writing Market, By End User (2019 and 2027) 9.3 Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Companies 9.3.1 Overview 9.3.2 Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Companies: Medical Writing Market - Revenue, and Forecast to 2027 (US$ Million) 9.4 Contract Research Organizations (CROs) 9.4.1 Overview 9.4.2 Contract Research Organizations (CROs): Medical Writing Market - Revenue, and Forecast to 2027 (US$ Million) 9.5 Others 9.5.1 Overview 9.5.2 Others: Medical Writing Market - Revenue, and Forecast to 2027 (US$ Million) 10\. Medical Writing Market- Geographic Analysis 10.1 North America: Medical Writing Market 10.2 Europe: Medical Writing Market 10.3 Asia Pacific: Medical Writing Market 10.4 Middle East and Africa: Medical Writing Market 10.5 South and Central America: Medical Writing Market 11\. Overview- Impact of Coronavirus Outbreak 12\. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Global Medical Writing Market 12.1 North America: Impact Assessment of COVID-19 Pandemic 12.2 Europe: Impact assessment of COVID-19 Pandemic 12.3 Asia-Pacific: Impact assessment of COVID-19 Pandemic 12.4 Rest of the World: Impact Assessment of COVID-19 Pandemic 13\. Industry Landscape 13.1 Overview 13.2 Recent Growth Strategies in the Medical Writing Market 14\. Medical Writing Market -Company Profiles 14.1 Cactus Communications 14.1.1 Key Facts 14.1.2 Business Description 14.1.3 Services and Offerings 14.1.4 Financial Overview 14.1.5 SWOT Analysis 14.1.6 Key Developments 14.2 Certara 14.2.1 Key Facts 14.2.2 Business Description 14.2.3 Services 14.2.4 Financial Overview 14.2.5 SWOT Analysis 14.3 Covance 14.3.1 Key Facts 14.3.2 Business Description 14.3.3 Services 14.3.4 Financial Overview 14.3.5 SWOT Analysis 14.4 Freyr Solutions 14.4.1 Key Facts 14.4.2 Business Description 14.4.3 Services 14.4.4 Financial Overview 14.4.5 SWOT Analysis 14.4.6 Key Developments 14.5 InClin Inc 14.5.1 Key Facts 14.5.2 Business Description 14.5.3 Services 14.5.4 Financial Overview 14.5.5 SWOT Analysis 14.6 Parexel International Corporation 14.6.1 Key Facts 14.6.2 Business Description 14.6.3 Services 14.6.4 Financial Overview 14.6.5 SWOT Analysis 14.6.6 Key Developments 14.7 Quanticate 14.7.1 Key Facts 14.7.2 Business Description 14.7.3 Services 14.7.4 Financial Overview 14.7.5 SWOT Analysis 14.7.6 Key Developments 14.8 SIRO Clinpharm Private Limited 14.8.1 Key Facts 14.8.2 Business Description 14.8.3 Services 14.8.4 Financial Overview 14.8.5 SWOT Analysis 14.9 Synchrogenix 14.9.1 Key Facts 14.9.2 Business Description 14.9.3 Services 14.9.4 Financial Overview 14.9.5 SWOT Analysis 14.10 Trilogy Writing and Consulting GmbH 14.10.1 Key Facts 14.10.2 Business Description 14.10.3 Services 14.10.4 Financial Overview 14.10.5 SWOT Analysis 15\. 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| Sterling falls as England heads to second national lockdown Posted: 02 Nov 2020 01:40 AM PST |
| French schools reopen in mourning after beheading of teacher Posted: 02 Nov 2020 01:23 AM PST |
| Boris Johnson’s U-Turn on Lockdown Buys Him Little Time Posted: 02 Nov 2020 12:33 AM PST |
| Police on curfew patrol as Spain fights nightlife infections Posted: 01 Nov 2020 11:57 PM PST  At 10:00 p.m. each night, Barcelona's professional crime fighters become wet blankets in uniforms. Police officers fan out across the coastal city in northeastern Spain to break up clandestine parties and to clear the streets of young adults drinking alcohol, enforcing a nationwide curfew the Spanish government ordered to slow down the spread of coronavirus. Associated Press journalists accompanied officers from the Mossos d'Esquadra, the police force for Spain's Catalonia region, on curfew patrol.
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