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New crew reaches space station in record time
AFP, Published on 14/10/2020
» ALMATY, Kazakhstan: A three-person crew successfully reached the International Space Station on Wednesday aboard a Russian rocket after the fastest ever journey from Earth of just over three hours.
Second Covid-19 trial paused within 24 hours over safety concerns
AFP, Published on 14/10/2020
» WASHINGTON: Two late-stage Covid-19 medical trials have been paused in the space of 24 hours over potential safety concerns, the latest setbacks to scientists in the long fight against the pandemic.
Johnson & Johnson pauses Covid vaccine trial as participant becomes ill
AFP, Published on 13/10/2020
» WASHINGTON - Johnson & Johnson said Monday it had temporarily halted its Covid-19 vaccine trial because one of its participants had become sick.
UN bodies including UNICEF, WHO probe DR Congo sex abuse reports
AFP, Published on 01/10/2020
» GENEVA: UNICEF on Wednesday became the third UN agency to launch an internal inquiry into sexual abuse of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), promising "serious consequences" for any culprits.
Slaughtering the planet -- on a farm
News, Published on 21/09/2020
» Animal agriculture is eclipsing fossil fuels as a driver of climate change, a panel was told.
Egypt joins countries trying plasma treatment to fight pandemic
AFP, Published on 08/09/2020
» CAIRO: Mohamed Fathi, an Egyptian man who has recovered from Covid-19, winced as he watched tubes running down his arm to donate blood plasma, but insisted: "if I can help just one person, that's a very good thing".
WHO launches pandemic response probe
AFP, Published on 09/07/2020
» GENEVA - The World Health Organization, which faced fierce US criticism over its handling of the coronavirus crisis, launched an independent panel on Thursday to review its response to the pandemic.
DR Congo declares end to Ebola epidemic in east
AFP, Published on 25/06/2020
» KINSHASA - DR Congo on Thursday officially declared an end to an Ebola epidemic that broke out in the east of the troubled country two years ago and went on to claim over 2,000 lives.
A quarter-billion children getting no education: UN
AFP, Published on 23/06/2020
» PARIS: Nearly 260 million children had no access to schooling in 2018, a United Nations agency said in a report Tuesday that blamed poverty and discrimination for educational inequalities that are being exacerbated by the coronavirus outbreak.
Saudi faces perilous hajj call as virus spikes
AFP, Published on 16/06/2020
» RIYADH: Saudi Arabia is expected to scale back or call off this year's hajj pilgrimage for the first time in its modern history, observers say, a perilous decision as coronavirus cases spike.