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Daily Skimm: Rain on the windows of your car

Skimm'd while reading about Black women changing the beauty industry February 26, 2021 Read in Browser Skimm'd while reading about Black women changing the beauty industry Quote of the Day "We apologize for the inconvenience" – A University of Michigan spokeswoman after three venomous spiders caused the library to close down. That's scarier than any midterm exam will ever be. Qatar The Story Thousands of migrants have reportedly died while preparing for the World Cup . Explain. The soccer tournament is one of the most popular sporting events in the world (think: over 3.5 billion people watched in 2018). And next year,

Daily Skimm: It’s been Agatha all along

Skimm'd while signing up for SkimmU February 25, 2021 Read in Browser Skimm'd while signing up for SkimmU Quote of the Day "Don't just sit in a corner and mope" – An 81-year-old TikTok fitness star , who's telling everyone to work it during lockdown. As the saying goes, listen to your elders. Ghana The Story Ghana just became the first country to get access to COVAX. What's that? Last year, the World Health Organization helped launch COVAX – an initiative that's aiming to bring over 2 billion coronavirus doses of vaccines to poorer, developing nations by the end of this year. And to discourage rich countri