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From his office window, Brig. Gen. Joshua Olson can see a daily football match organized by the Afghan children who are temporarily calling his air base home. "This is now my family -- at least until they get off our airpatch,"…
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It looked like a zombie apocalypse. About to make the final U.S. takeoffs out of Afghanistan, U.S. military pilots and air crew saw a sky lit up with fireworks and sporadic gunfire and an airfield littered with the battered shells of…
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Researchers found that surgical masks impede the spread of COVID-19 and that just a few, low-cost interventions increase mask-wearing compliance. A large, randomized trial led by researchers at Stanford Medicine and Yale University has…
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A third dose of the Moderna vaccine - given six months after the initial two doses - significantly boosts immunity, according to data the company submitted to the Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday. The data comes from 344…
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Not everyone agrees that COVID-19 booster shots are necessary for all vaccinated persons, and that discord may slow down plans to roll out extra doses of the mRNA vaccines later this month and change who is eligible for them.…
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Sri Lanka Retailers Association (SLRA), is requesting the government to stop the ‘double standers’ that are being imposed by the health authorities when it comes to the opening of supermarkets as against other shops. “While over…
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Structural transformation towards economic activities that require higher technologies, higher skills, and better managerial technologies is an imperative for Sri Lanka, Prof. Ha-Joon Chang-Director of Centre of Development Studies,…
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Overseas operations by local Power Generation players mainly positioned in Bangladesh and Uganda and some African countries are turning out to be very productive for local companies, says ‘GREEN ENERGY; (RENEWABLE ENERGY) report…
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The Board of Investment (BOI) of Sri Lanka recently signed an agreement with Rakshaa (Pvt) Ltd, for the expansion of their existing operations, which will now include high-quality ladies fashion garments and sportswear. Rakshaa…
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