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10 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
SpaceX will launch the ‘DOGE-1 Mission to the Moon’ in the first quarter of next year, with Elon Musk’s commercial rocket company accepting the meme-inspired cryptocurrency dogecoin as payment reut.rs/3uFmmds
Dogecoin lost more than a third of its price on Sunday, after Musk called it a ‘hustle’ during his guest-host spot on ‘Saturday Night Live’ reut.rs/3hhVTyK
Dogecoin was quoted as low as $0.416 on crypto exchange Binance, down 36% from levels around $0.65 before the show.

It retraced some of that move later on Sunday, and was last trading around $0.569
Musk opened his SNL monologue by saying he is ‘the first person with Asperger's to host SNL. At least the first to admit it.’

The billionaire made light of his tendency to speak in a monotone, adding, ‘I’m pretty good at running human in emulation mode’ reuters.com/technology/mus…

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Indian coronavirus infections and deaths hold close to record daily highs, but the Indian government has another worry: ‘black fungus’ reut.rs/3o486YZ @Manasmishra24 @kannaki 1/4
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Palestinian protesters threw rocks and Israeli police fired stun grenades and rubber bullets in clashes outside Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem on Monday as Israel marked the anniversary of its capture of parts of the city in the 1967 Arab-Israeli war reut.rs/2QZ2cMZ 1/5
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Riot police fired tear gas at protesters in Bogota, Colombia, during an eighth day of nationwide anti-government demonstrations reut.rs/3vIe7xh 1/5
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Meet Japan Pom Pom: Originally started with five people 26 years ago after Fumie Takino saw an overseas senior cheer squad in the news, the group now has 17 active members.

Members, all older than 55, must pass auditions reut.rs/2RtBQ5f 1/6 Image
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5 May
Rohan Aggarwal is 26 years old.

He doesn’t even complete his medical training until next year.

And yet he is the doctor who must decide who will live and who will die when patients come to him gasping for breath, their family members begging for mercy reut.rs/3unECrr
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