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Why Myanmar’s war matters, even if the world is not watching
New York Times, Published on 20/04/2024
» SEOUL — An escalating civil war threatens to break apart a country of roughly 55 million people that sits between China and India. That has international consequences, but the conflict has not commanded wide attention.
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.
Pregnancy and Covid: What women need to know
New York Times, Published on 16/03/2023
» Pregnant women are particularly vulnerable to Covid-19, and new government data show that maternal mortality rose sharply in 2021, the second year of the pandemic. Here is what women need to know to keep themselves safe.
Nonbinary airline passengers ask: What’s gender got to do with it?
New York Times, Published on 25/06/2022
» In late May, chef Silver Cousler flew to Miami from Asheville, North Carolina, to have a “last hurrah” party before getting married and a new restaurant opening. While booking the flight, Cousler, who identifies as nonbinary and uses the pronoun “they,” felt like they had “a split-personality disorder” when the Delta Air Lines website required them to choose either “male” or “female.”
US health officials question AstraZeneca trial results
New York Times, Published on 23/03/2021
» ์NEW YORK: US federal health officials said early Tuesday that results from a US trial of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine may have relied on "outdated information" that "may have provided an incomplete view of the efficacy data", casting doubt on an announcement Monday that had been seen as good news for the British-Swedish company, as well as the global vaccination drive.
If poor countries go unvaccinated, rich ones will pay -study
New York Times, Published on 25/01/2021
» In monopolising the supply of vaccines against Covid-19, wealthy nations are threatening more than a humanitarian catastrophe: The resulting economic devastation will hit affluent countries nearly as hard as those in the developing world.
China trying to obscure origin of Covid pandemic, say researchers
New York Times, Published on 07/12/2020
» NEW YORK: The mild-mannered German scientist Alexander Kekulé never anticipated becoming a Chinese propaganda star, but the director of the Institute for Biosecurity Research in Halle has been all over the state-run media in China in recent days.
Surging traffic is slowing down internet
New York Times, Published on 26/03/2020
» WASHINGTON: In late January, as China locked down some provinces to contain the spread of the coronavirus, average internet speeds in the country slowed as people who were stuck inside went online more and clogged the networks. In Hubei province, the epicentre of infections, mobile broadband speeds fell by more than half.
TripAdvisor flags hotels where sexual assault occurred
New York Times, Published on 10/11/2017
» Responding to what one travel expert categorised as “a wake-up call,” TripAdvisor has begun placing symbols next to hotels and resorts that have been identified as locations of sexual assault and other major concerns.
Winds of change rock age-old Myanmar lake
New York Times, Published on 29/05/2017
» LONTON, Myanmar -- Cresting a mountain pass on a freshly bulldozed road, Indawgyi Lake and its valley appear below, pastoral and calm.