Another Wuhan doctor dies from coronavirus

A female doctor at a Wuhan hospital that receives patients infected with the coronavirus died from the virus on Sunday (Feb 23), according to the hospital. Dr Xia Sisi, 29, a gastroenterology physician, became infected while working at the Union Jiangbei Hospital of Wuhan in central China's Hubei province.
Read more: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/another-wuhan-doctor-dies-from-coronavirus?source=Snapzu

Genetically Engineered Bacteria Protect Honey Bees Against Parasites

In a new study published in the journal Science, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin outline their novel approach to protecting honey bees at risk of colony collapse – genetically engineered bacteria.
Read more: https://www.technologynetworks.com/genomics/news/genetically-engineered-bacteria-protect-honey-bees-against-parasites-331209?source=Snapzu

Daredevil dies after crash-landing rocket

"Mad" Mike Hughes, 64, wanted to launch himself into space to prove that the Earth was flat.
Read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-51602655?source=Snapzu

Meet One of the Earliest Victims of Internet Bullying

Alex Lunney was a victim of cyberbullying before the word existed.
Read more: https://slate.com/technology/2020/02/alex-lunney-prodigy-boy-scout-lawsuit-section-230.html?source=Snapzu

'Inequitable': Pope indirectly criticises Trump's Israel-Palestine plan

Pope Francis on Sunday criticised "inequitable solutions" to the Palestine-Israel conflict, in his first remarks since the US President Donald Trump announced his controversial Middle East plan last month. Speaking at a conference of bishops from the Mediterranean in the southern Italian city of Bari, the pope appeared to give a thumbs down to Trump's plan, without naming it.
Read more: https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/pope-francis-indirectly-criticises-trumps-israel-palestine-plan-first-time?source=Snapzu

The multimillion-dollar Christian group attacking LGBTQ+ rights

A group of about two dozen people, mostly women, stood on the steps of the Connecticut capitol on a New England winter day with signs reading “Protect Women’s Sports” and “#FairPlay”. In front stood Christiana Holcomb, an attorney with Alliance Defending Freedom, the conservative Christian legal group representing three cis teen girls in a lawsuit filed this month demanding two transgender teen girls be barred from competing in the female high school sports division.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/20/alliance-defending-freedom-multimillion-dollar-conservative-christian-group-attacking-lgbtq-rights?source=Snapzu

Indian man is stalking Apple CEO Tim Cook and offering him flowers, Apple goes to court

In a bizarre turn of events, an Indian man named Rakesh Sharma has been accused of allegedly stalking Apple CEO Tim Cook and trespassing his property twice. On a chilly December night, Sharma showed up at Tim Cook’s residence with a bottle of champagne and flowers. What might appear as admiration soon turned into obsession when he showed up again at his property without permission.
Read more: https://www.indiatoday.in/technology/news/story/indian-man-is-stalking-apple-ceo-tim-cook-and-offering-him-flowers-apple-goes-to-court-1648797-2020-02-21?source=Snapzu