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Olympic chiefs announce that Russian and Belarusian athletes competing in this summer's Paris Games under a neutral flag will not be able to take part in the opening ceremony. SOUNDBITE
The WHO's chief says that all hypotheses on the Covid-19 pandemic's origins remain "on the table" and need "further study", having read the report from international experts' mission to Wuhan. SOUNDBITE
In the United States, it's generally understood that college kids like to party. And according to UPI, a new study in JAMA Pediatrics says nearly a third of all college students smoke cannabis. 62%--roughly twice as many--drink alcohol. However, the number of students who say they neither drink alcohol nor smoke weed has increased from just under 20% in the early 2000s to 28% today. What's more, the percentage of students who have an alcohol use disorder also has declined to 10% over the same period from just under 20%.
Buenos Aires, Aug 11 (EFE) .- The medicinal self-cultivation of cannabis is the great novelty in the regulation prepared by the Argentine Government, which opens the door to a comprehensive law that regulates all uses of the plant and fulfils the aspirations of organizations that have been fighting for legalization for years.SOUNDBITES AND FOOTAGE OF LUCAS GOFFRI, MARIHUANA GROWER.Translation:"We got together and joined to grow and smoke what we want without having to enter a dangerous circle.""This drug, they want to call it a drug, helps a lot of people, children and elderly."
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in a "school strike" demonstration in Davos, on the last day of the World Economic Forum where she said calls to the corporate elite meeting to immediately disinvest in fossil fuels have been ignored. IMAGES
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