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Man receives pig kidney in medical milestone
Published on 21/03/2024
» Surgeons in Boston have transplanted a kidney from a genetically engineered pig into an ailing 62-year-old man, the first procedure of its kind. If successful, the breakthrough offers hope to hundreds of thousands of people whose kidneys have failed.
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Property tycoon ‘embezzled $12bn’ in Vietnam’s biggest fraud case
Published on 03/03/2024
» For several years, Truong My Lan held meetings on the 39th floor of the sleek Times Square tower in the heart of Vietnam’s commercial hub, Ho Chi Minh City. There, in a room that acted as her command centre, she allegedly wove a $12 billion tapestry of fraud and corruption, according to the police reports that form the basis of a court case against her.
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Norway’s king improving in Malaysian hospital
Published on 28/02/2024
» OSLO - King Harald of Norway appeared to be feeling better on Wednesday after being admitted to hospital in Malaysia with an infection earlier this week, the crown prince said.
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Former Malaysia PM Mahathir hospitalised again
Reuters, Published on 13/02/2024
» KUALA LUMPUR - Former Malaysia Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, 98, has been admitted to hospital again, his office said, confirming media reports after the ex-premier of more than two decades missed a court hearing on Tuesday.
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US school shooter’s mother guilty of manslaughter
Published on 07/02/2024
» A US jury has convicted the mother of a teenager who fatally shot four classmates at a high school near Detroit of manslaughter, after prosecutors argued she bore responsibility because she and her husband gave their son a gun and ignored warning signs of violence.
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Chinese media rush to new ally Nauru
Published on 17/01/2024
» BEIJING - A reporter from the state news agency Xinhua landed on Nauru on Wednesday, two days after the remote Pacific island nation ditched Taiwan for China.
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Iran adds prison time for Nobel winner
New York Times, Published on 16/01/2024
» The Iranian regime sentenced Narges Mohammadi, the jailed human rights activist who received the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, to 15 more months in prison, her family said Monday.
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Death toll from Japan's quake on New Year's Day reaches 100
Kyodo News, Published on 06/01/2024
» The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula and surrounding areas in central Japan on New Year's Day topped 100, according to authorities.
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Colombian cannabis industry withering
Published on 22/12/2023
» SUBACHOQUE, Colombia - More than 17 acres of land owned by a Colombian-Canadian company near Bogota were once meant to grow 25 varieties of cannabis, but over the past year weeds have overtaken greenhouses and 200 of its 218 employees have been fired.
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The dangerous rise of 'medicalised' genital mutilation in Kenya
AFP, Published on 12/12/2023
» KISII (KENYA) - As Edinah Nyasuguta Omwenga fought for her life after developing complications during childbirth, she overheard doctors in the Kenyan hospital describe her condition as a textbook example of the damaging -- even deadly -- effects of genital mutilation.
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