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SUNS # 9393 Friday 23 July 2021
  
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Trade : Treat "patents & profits" as second priority due to Covid-19, says WHO DG (PRIV)
 (D. Ravi Kanth, Geneva)
 The World Health Organization (WHO) director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has told Big Pharma to treat "patents and profits" as a second priority due to the COVID-19 pandemic, adding that "unprecedented crisis demands unprecedented action".

El Salvador : Bitcoin mining proposal faces many hurdles (PRIV)
 (IPS, San Salvador)
 That a country like El Salvador, poor and with many social needs, would embark on an effort to attract so-called bitcoin mining, which demands a huge amount of energy and does not generate large numbers of jobs, is an extravagance that many find hard to digest.

Opinion : The fight for the "lost souls" (PRIV)
 (IPS, Mexico City)
 In June, the Department of Homeland Security made a critical announcement.

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