2021

UK: A simple nasal spray of tiny antibodies produced by llamas could provide a new frontline treatment against the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, according to a study. Researchers at the Rosalind Franklin Institute in the UK…
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US: FBI Director Christopher Wray has warned that the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan could inspire a new wave of extremism in the US, The Hill reported. Wray testified before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs…
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AUSTRALIA: Australian prime minister Scott Morrison thanked the Deaf Society and Deaf Services for all the work they do to help empower with non-verbal communication those who are hearing impaired. The International Day of Sign…
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Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) candidate Olaf Scholz (L) Christian Democratic Union (CDU) candidate Armin Laschet (R) with Annalena Baerbock (Greens) before their televised debate on September 12 in Berlin. GERMANY: On…
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US: US President Joe Biden opened a COVID-19 summit of world leaders Wednesday with a promise to donate a “historic” extra 500 million vaccines to countries struggling to push back against the pandemic. “This is an…
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US: Unvaccinated Heads of State attending the UN General Assembly this week have to settle for a piece of pizza on a sidewalk instead of fine dining at New York’s restaurants. That is how Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro dined…
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AFGHANISTAN: One of the founders of the Taliban and the chief enforcer of its harsh interpretation of Islamic law when they last ruled Afghanistan said the hard-line movement will once again carry out executions and amputations of…
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SWITZERLAND:Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has gained wide support for a second term as head of the World Health Organisation, formally nominated by at least 17 European Union members and backed by countries in other regions, diplomats…
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A Buddhist monk chants as local residents offer prayer during a ceremony to celebrate Pchum Ben or Ancestors’ Day at Kob Srov Pagoda on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Cambodians began the celebration of the traditional 15-day…
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Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday said that the Government has no right to sell the Kerawalapitiya Yugadanavi Power Station to an American based company in a secret manner. The related agreement has been signed by the…
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