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Stories for November 26th 2020
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Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 08:29 UTC
WHO launches new physical activity guidelines to overcome sedentary behavior
Up to 5 million deaths per year could be averted if the global population was more active. At a time when many people are homebound due to COVID-19, new WHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behavior, emphasize that everyone, of all ages and abilities, can be physically active and that every type of movement counts.
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Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 08:25 UTC
At least 41 people killed in a crash of a bus and a truck in Sao Paulo
At least 41 people were killed and 10 injured on Wednesday when a bus and a truck crashed in southeastern Brazil, police said. The bus, which was carrying employees on their way to work at a textile factory, collided with the truck just before 7 am on a motorway outside the town of Taguai, in Sao Paulo state, police said.
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Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 08:21 UTC
France demands online technology giants to pay a “new digital tax” on 2020 profits
France will require online technology giants to pay a new “digital tax” on their 2020 earnings, the finance ministry said on Wednesday, despite Washington's warning that it could retaliate with new tariffs on French imports.
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Thursday, November 26th 2020 - 08:20 UTC
Orion Campaign in Colombia seized more than 90 tons of cocaine
The 29-country anti-drug trafficking Orion Campaign seized more than 90 tons of cocaine over about six weeks earlier this year, Colombian President Ivan Duque said on Wednesday.
