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'Judo therapy': martial art with healing power
AFP, Published on 17/07/2020
» TOKYO - Judo is known for its killer throws and lightning-fast grappling moves but the sport has a lesser-known application popular in Japan: the ancient healing art of "judo therapy."
Hydroxychloroquine ineffective at preventing COVID-19: trial
AFP, Published on 04/06/2020
» WASHINGTON - Taking hydroxychloroquine shortly after being exposed to COVID-19 does not help prevent infection in a statistically meaningful way, scientists reported Wednesday following a clinical trial.
US, UK raise Hong Kong at UN as pressure mounts on China
AFP, Published on 29/05/2020
» UNITED NATIONS (UNITED STATES) - The United States and Britain on Friday defied China's anger by raising Hong Kong's autonomy at the UN Security Council as President Donald Trump prepared new measures against Beijing.
Pompeo says Trump to act against Chinese student spies
AFP, Published on 29/05/2020
» WASHINGTON: The United States will take action to prevent alleged espionage by Chinese students, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday, ahead of an expected announcement by President Donald Trump.
US declares Hong Kong no longer enjoying autonomy
AFP, Published on 27/05/2020
» WASHINGTON - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Wednesday that Hong Kong no longer enjoys the autonomy promised by Beijing, stripping the financial hub of its special status under US law.
Bad weather threatens SpaceX's first crewed mission
AFP, Published on 27/05/2020
» CENTRE SPATIAL KENNEDY (ETATS-UNIS) - Inclement weather threatened Wednesday to postpone SpaceX's launch into orbit of two NASA astronauts, a historic first for a privately-owned company and the first crewed mission to blast off from US soil in almost a decade.
US anti-confinement protesters demand economic freedom
AFP, Published on 21/04/2020
» HARRISBURG (UNITED STATES) - The incessant clang of car horns rang out in the US state of Pennsylvania Monday as hundreds of vehicles circled the Capitol building in a protest against confinement measures aimed at combatting the coronavirus.
Raincoats and donations: Indonesia's doctors battle virus surge
AFP, Published on 16/04/2020
» Reduced to sharing goggles and cheap raincoats, Indonesia's under-equipped doctors are battling a tide of coronavirus infections that is overwhelming its creaky health-care system -- and killing their colleagues.
Cases spike outside China, 5 dead in Italy: Virus update
Published on 24/02/2020
» China retracted an earlier quarantine easing order in Wuhan as the coronavirus spread further in Asia and the Middle East, raising concerns about the prospect of a global pandemic.
One year on, Brazil town remembers 270 killed in dam breach
AFP, Published on 26/01/2020
» BRUMADINHO (BRAZIL) - Residents of Brumadinho in southeastern Brazil paid homage on Saturday to the 270 people killed one year ago when a nearby dam burst, spewing millions of tons of mining waste over homes and farmland in one of the country's worst industrial accidents.