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Three days of national mourning in Argentina for footballer Diego Maradona

Argentina's president has said there will be three days of national mourning following the death of the country's most famous… ...

'Find some comfort in the hands of God': Lineker leads tributes to football legend Maradona

Tributes are pouring in for the legendary footballer Diego Maradona, who has died at the age of 60. ...

Ethiopia's army begins 'final offensive' against rebel forces in Tigray capital

Ethiopia's prime minister has said the army is moving in on the capital of the northern Tigray region after his… ...

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: PM declares assault on regional capital Mekelle

PM Abiy Ahmed says the military will try not to harm civilians and urges people to stay at home. ...

Diego Maradona: Huge crowds bid farewell as Argentina grieves

Police struggle to keep control as tens of thousands come to pay respects to the late football legend. ...

Turkey court jails hundreds for life for 2016 coup plot against Erdogan

Air force pilots, other officers and civilians are jailed for trying to oust President Erdogan. ...

AstraZeneca hopes the world can focus on its positive vaccine news. But experts fear a lack of transparency has clouded that

When the British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca announced on Monday that its experimental coronavirus vaccine is 70% effective on average, the world… ...

Daily Covid-19 deaths in US will soon double, expert says

Thanksgiving this year comes at a critical point in the country's battle against Covid-19. The pandemic is already ravaging many… ...

Expert: Thanksgiving could be 'mother' of superspreader events

CNN's Lucy Kafanov reports on the skyrocketing number of cases and deaths in the US as Americans prepare to celebrate… ...

Chinese Premier To Attend SCO Heads Of Government Meet Hosted By India

China on Thursday announced that Premier Li Keqiang will attend the 19th meeting of the council of the heads of… ...

AstraZeneca Likely To Run Fresh Global Covid Vaccine Trial, Says CEO

AstraZeneca Plc is likely to conduct an additional global trial to assess the efficacy of its Covid-19 vaccine, according to… ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin Opens COVID Drug Plant Amid Record Cases

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday inaugurated a pharmaceutical plant in Siberia that will manufacture drugs to treat COVID-19 as… ...

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Äthiopiens Regierung kann den Krieg mit Panzern gewinnen, nicht aber den Frieden

So wenig über den Krieg in der äthiopischen Tigray-Region in… ...

Gottesdienst und Shopping sind nicht das Gleiche

Die neue konservative Mehrheit im amerikanischen Supreme Court lässt ihre… ...

Deutschland will Rechtsextremismus und Rassismus per Gesetz besiegen

Der Kabinettsausschuss «zur Bekämpfung von Rechtsextremismus und Rassismus» einigte sich… ...

Thailand confirms return of Iranians held over 2012 bomb plot

Thailand confirmed on Thursday it had returned three Iranians jailed… ...

Malaysia leader wins budget vote

Malaysia Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin survived a key test of… ...

B40bn high-speed train contracts inked

The State Railway of Thailand on Thursday signed five more… ...

‘The Crown’ Stokes an Uproar Over Fact vs. Entertainment

Dramatic liberties in the latest season of the Netflix series,… ...

E.U. Border Agency Accused of Covering Up Migrant Pushback in Greece

Frontex is under fire for letting Greece illegally repel migrants… ...

Turkey Jails Hundreds for Life Over 2016 Coup Attempt

Those accused of being ringleaders were among the many sentenced… ...

Fragwürdiger Prozess in Saudiarabien: Mit aller Härte gegen eine Frauenrechtlerin

Aus nichtigen Gründen ist Loujain al-Hathloul seit zweieinhalb Jahren eingekerkert.… ...

Analyse Türkei: Erdogan zeigt, wie wandlungsfähig er ist

Der türkische Präsident Tayyip Erdogan will sich nach zahlreichen Provokationen… ...

Holocaust Gedenkstätte: Umstrittener Direktor

Der nationalreligiöse Ephraim Eitam soll Leiter des weltberühmten Museums Yad… ...

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Zebra finches amazing at unmasking the bird behind the song

Like humans who can instantly tell which friend or relative is calling by the timbre of the person's voice, zebra finches have a near-human capacity for language mapping. ...

Researchers examine which approaches are most effective at reducing COVID-19 spread

Researchers have found that physical distancing is universally effective at reducing the spread of COVID-19, while social bubbles and masks are more situation-dependent. The researchers developed a model to test… ...

Memories create 'fingerprints' that reveal how the brain is organized

While the broad architecture and organization of the human brain is universal, new research shows how the differences between how people reimagine common scenarios can be observed in brain activity… ...

Information for all visitors to ESA sites

Information for all visitors to ESA sites Coronavirus measures for hosted meetings and visitors ...

Iceberg A-68A: hit or miss?

Image: An enormous iceberg, called A-68A, has made headlines over the past weeks as it drifts towards South Georgia in the Southern Ocean. New images show the berg is rotating… ...

How can space improve urban planning?

Innovative solutions to urban planning will be explored at an online seminar to be held on Thursday 26 November. ...

Yellow fever – Nigeria

Reports of a cluster of deaths from an undiagnosed disease were notified on 1 November 2020 through Event Based Surveillance in two states, Delta and Enugu, located in southern Nigeria. ...

Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo

On 18 November 2020, the Minister of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared the end of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in Equateur Province. ...

Avian Influenza A(H5N1)- Lao People's Democratic Republic

The Ministry of Health in Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR) reported a human case of infection with an avian influenza A(H5N1) virus. The case is a one-year-old female who developed… ...

Rural broadband: Where has all the money gone?

Network and service providers ask why the government's £5bn for rural broadband has been slashed. ...

Black Friday: Why bots will beat you to in-demand gifts

Black Friday and Christmas shopping are here - but it may be harder than ever to snag what you want. ...

AWS: Amazon web outage breaks vacuums and doorbells

Smart-home owners are left without service as an AWS outage breaks device functionality. ...