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Breast cancer overtakes lung as most common cancer – WHO

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“Among women, breast cancer is the most commonly-diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death worldwide,” WHO said.

Study: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine appears safe, effective – The Washington Post

Roy, a professor of virology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said there should no longer be any doubts about the Russian vaccine. She said the high level of antibodies produced by Sputnik V suggest that it could also protect against some of the new COVID-19 variants that have been detected recently, but more studies are needed to verify that. Source: Study: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine appears safe, effective – The Washington Post

‘Vladimir the Poisoner’ A translation of Alexey Navalny’s speech in court on February 2 — Meduza

The main thing in this whole trial isn’t what happens to me. Locking me up isn’t difficult. What matters most is why this is happening. This is happening to intimidate large numbers of people. They’re imprisoning one person to frighten millions.

We’ve got 20 million people living below the poverty line. We have tens of millions of people living without the slightest prospects for the future. Life is bearable in Moscow, but travel 100 kilometers in any direction and everything’s a mess. Our whole country is living in this mess, without the slightest prospects, earning 20,000 rubles [$265] a month. And they’re all silent; they try to shut people up with these show trials. Lock up this one to scare millions more. One person takes to the streets and they lock up another five people to scare 15 million more.

I hope very much that people won’t look at this trial as a signal that they should be more afraid. This isn’t a demonstration of strength — it’s a show of weakness. You can’t lock up millions and hundreds of thousands of people. I hope very much that people will realize this. And they will. Because you can’t lock up the whole country.

Source: ‘Vladimir the Poisoner’ A translation of Alexey Navalny’s speech in court on February 2 — Meduza

2nd Day of February – Fatcowco – 1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe’s adventure book Robinson Crusoe.

1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe’s adventure book Robinson Crusoe.

Alexander Selkirk (1676 – 13 December 1721) was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway (1704–1709) after being marooned by his captain on an uninhabited island in the South Pacific Ocean.

Selkirk was an unruly youth, and joined buccaneering voyages to the South Pacific during the War of the Spanish Succession.

One such expedition was on Cinque Ports, captained by Thomas Stradling under the overall command of William Dampier.

1709 – Alexander Selkirk is rescued after being shipwrecked on a desert island, inspiring Daniel Defoe's adventure book Robinson Crusoe.

Stradling’s ship stopped to resupply at the uninhabited Juan Fernández Islands, and Selkirk judged correctly that the craft was unseaworthy and asked to be left there.

Source: 2nd Day of February – Fatcowco

Myanmar coup: Suu Kyi no longer West’s priority?

Myanmar’s people’s votes and freedoms under attack – they need the world’s support!

Aung San Suu #Kyi’s fall from grace as a rights icon has dampened Western enthusiasm for her as #Myanmar’s leader, but governments will still press for her release after Monday’s coup in order to return to democratic rule. Long celebrated as a pro-democracy activist, Suu Kyi won the Nobel Peace Prize while under house arrest in 1991. But as the country’s elected leader since 2015, she has faced an international outcry at her defence of allegations of against at Myanmar’s Rohingya population. FRANCE 24’s Philip Turle tells us more.

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55 long-term effects of COVID-19 found in new study | KUTV

A new study has identified dozens of long-term effects associated with the coronavirus. Caption: KUTV – Morgan Saxton reports Researchers found 55 long-term effects badly impacting different parts of the body. The five most common were fatigue (58%), a headache (44%), attention disorder (27%), hair loss (25%), and shortness of breath (24%).

Source: 55 long-term effects of COVID-19 found in new study | KUTV