Read more about the article Mahatma Gandhi Great Grandson Dies Of COVID After Celebrating Birthday
Mahatma Gandhi's great grandson and Durban activist Satish Dhupelia. (@satish.dhupelia/Newsflash)
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Mahatma Gandhi Great Grandson Dies Of COVID After Celebrating Birthday

The great-grandson of iconic Indian civil rights campaigner Mahatma Gandhi has died days after celebrating his 66th birthday of COVID-19 complications. Photographer Satish Dhupelia, 66, who lived in Durban in South Africa, died as a result of complications related to the virus, according to his sister. She posted a message…

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December 16, 2020
Read more about the article Young Hairdresser Takes Her Own Life After Covid Measures Force Her To Close Down Her Newly Opened Salon
24-year old hairdresser Alysson Jadin who died. (@alalicorne/Newsflash)
Women's rights

Young Hairdresser Takes Her Own Life After Covid Measures Force Her To Close Down Her Newly Opened Salon

Financial crisis brought on by the Coronavirus has pushed a young woman to the very edge, causing her to end her own life. Twenty-four-year-old Alysson Jadin from the city of Liege, Belgium, took her own life on Monday, 16th November. The young hairdresser was allegedly devastated that she had to…

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November 23, 2020
Read more about the article Army Helps Out With Mass COVID Testing In Liverpool Today
Liverpool soldiers work through the night to get the citys testing centres ready. (Liverpool City Council/Newsflash)
Health

Army Helps Out With Mass COVID Testing In Liverpool Today

This is the moment British soldiers set up COVID-19 testing booths in Liverpool last night in preparation for the mass testing starting today (Friday 6 November). Using the hashtag ‘Let’s Get Tested’, Liverpool City Council posted the clip on social media with the message: “Soldiers have worked through the night…

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November 11, 2020
Read more about the article French Shop Owners Strip To Protest COVID Lockdown
Traders pose naked to protest against confinement. (Newsflash)
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French Shop Owners Strip To Protest COVID Lockdown

French shopkeepers have posed topless to protest the government “stripping them naked” during the latest COVID-19 lockdown. Hairdresser Helene Wasselin came up with the idea after the local mayors’ plans to allow ‘non-essential’ businesses to carry on was shot down by the regional government. Wasselin, who owns a hair salon…

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November 10, 2020
Read more about the article Artist Sends Half Painting To Man Wanting COVID Discount
Turkish painter Alican Leblebici cuts his painting "MMXI" in half for a collector who wants to buy it for half the price. (@alicanleblebici/Newsflash)
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Artist Sends Half Painting To Man Wanting COVID Discount

A buyer who claimed he wanted to continue supporting struggling artists during the pandemic but expected a 50-percent COVID discount was horrified when he was sent only half the painting for the reduced fee. The unnamed collector was interested in a portrait by artist Ali Leblebici called ‘MMXI’, and he…

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October 13, 2020