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By Carl Zimmer About a year ago, genetic sequences from more than 200 virus samples from early cases of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, disappeared from an online scientific database. Now, by rooting through files stored on Google Cloud, a…
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BRUSSELS - In response to serious oil and hazardous chemical spills triggered by the fire that broke out on a ship carrying hazardous substances in May, the European Union (EUP) has directed €200,000 (over Rs 48 million) in humanitarian…
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By Julian Guyer SOUTHAMPTON -New Zealand enjoyed the greatest triumph in their cricket history as they beat India by eight wickets in the inaugural World Test Championship final at Southampton on Wednesday (23). Two years after their…
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By Joern Petring HONG KONG  - Hong Kong pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily will shut down this week after a string of run-ins with Chinese authorities, it announced on Wednesday (23). The newspaper, which was founded 26 years ago and has…
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By Elian Peltier BRUSSELS - Residents of the European Union should be fully vaccinated against the coronavirus as quickly as possible this summer, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control warned on Wednesday (23), as concerns…
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By Simon Marks and Abdi Latif Dahir ADDIS ABABA - Dozens of people were killed after an airstrike hit a busy market in northern Ethiopia on Tuesday (22), according to three doctors and a UN official, as fighting renewed in the restive…
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COLOMBO – Sri Lanka police began increasing patrol duties and road barriers on Wednesday (23) in areas where authorities have imposed travel restrictions. Police said the barricades and ramped-up police presence will continue till Friday…
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GENEVA - The World Health Organization (WHO) said Wednesday (23) it had uncovered problems at a Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine production site that Moscow insisted had been resolved. WHO approval has been sought for the Sputnik V jab created…
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COLOMBO – With the highly transmissible delta variant now confirmed in Sri Lanka, health authorities are taking measures to accelerate the country’s vaccine rollout, though research in the UK is pointing to some concerning cases of…
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By Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes and Michael Laforgia WASHINGTON — Four Saudis who participated in the 2018 killing of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi received paramilitary training in the United States the previous year…
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