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'Six explosions in Eritrean capital' - US State Department report

Six explosions were reported in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, late on Saturday, according to the US State Department. ...

Paris protests against police brutality turn violent with buildings set on fire

Protesters in Paris have clashed with police as thousands of people demonstrated across France against a proposed new law that… ...

Israeli embassies on high alert as Iran blames it for nuclear scientist's killing and vows revenge

Iran's supreme leader has called for the "definitive punishment" of those behind the assassination of one of the country's prominent… ...

Sydney records hottest November night on record

The Australian city recorded a minimum overnight temperature of 25.4C. ...

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: PM claims capture of regional capital Mekelle

Abiy Ahmed says the army has taken full control of Mekelle from the Tigray People's Liberation Front. ...

France: Tear gas fired as protesters rally against police security bill

Protesters throw fireworks and set up barricades while police use tear gas in tense clashes in Paris. ...

In Japan, more people died from suicide last month than from Covid in all of 2020

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Iran suffers more humiliation with killing of nuclear chief. But no one in the region wants war

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Iran's foreign minister called the death 'cowardice -- with serious indications of Israeli role'

A top Iranian nuclear scientist, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh-Mahavadi, was killed outside the capital Tehran, Iran's state media IRIB and semi-official news… ...

Severe Fire Danger For Australia As Temperatures Smash Records

Parts of Australia, including Sydney, sweltered through the hottest November night on record with temperatures likely to stay high on… ...

Pope Francis Installs New Cardinals, Including First African-American

Pope Francis on Saturday installed 13 new cardinals, including the first African-American to hold the high rank, further expanding the… ...

UK Secures Additional 2 Million Doses Of Moderna Covid Vaccine

Britain has secured an additional two million doses of Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine candidate, the government said in a statement… ...

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Die Schrecken des Thunder-Bay-Gefängnisses überschatten Kanadas Umgang mit der indigenen Bevölkerung

Überfüllte Zellen, überlange Einzelhaft und ausufernde Gewalt: Die Zustände in… ...

Boko-Haram-Kämpfer töten mehr als 40 Landarbeiter in Nigeria

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In Frankreich protestieren mehr als Hunderttausend gegen ein umstrittenes Sicherheitsgesetz

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Thailand logs 11 new Covid imports Sunday

The government recorded eleven new imported cases of the novel… ...

Malaysia’s embattled leader urges allies to stand together

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin called on members of the… ...

Iran assassination could undercut Biden's diplomatic options

WASHINGTON: The assassination of a top Iranian nuclear scientist, which… ...

Brazen Killings Expose Iran’s Vulnerabilities as It Struggles to Respond

After suffering a string of audacious attacks, Tehran faces an… ...

Pedophile Scandal Can’t Crack the Closed Circles of Literary France

The scandal surrounding the writer Gabriel Matzneff was not limited… ...

Guns, Drugs and Viral Content: Welcome to Cartel TikTok

Mexico is set to shatter another murder record, but that… ...

Einjähriger Unterbruch: Bau von Gas-Pipeline Nord Stream 2 geht weiter

Nach Druck aus den USA ist das Projekt weitgehend zum… ...

Proteste in Bangkok: Auf der Spur des Geldes

Die thailändische Protestbewegung fordert Rechenschaft über das Vermögen des Königshauses.… ...

133’000 Demonstranten: Massiver Protest in Frankreich gegen umstrittenes Sicherheitsgesetz

Nach Fällen brutaler Polizeigewalt sind landesweit über Hunderttausend Menschen auf… ...

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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 ...

Turning Moon dust into oxygen

British engineers are fine-tuning a process that will be used to extract oxygen from lunar dust, leaving behind metal powders that could be 3D printed into construction materials for a… ...

Earth from Space: Kiruna

Video: 00:03:27 In this week's edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Kiruna, the northernmost town in Sweden.See also Kiruna, Sweden to download the… ...

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… ...

Your data and how it is used to gain your vote

How much is really known about the data bought by political parties, and how it is used? ...

Balenciaga to unveil new collection in video game

The fashion house is following rivals in finding innovative ways to showcase their lines. ...

Algorithms: Public sector urged to be open about role in decision-making

Officials must understand limits of computer models and risks of bias, government advisory body says. ...