Dec_29_007

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Russia says it chased US warship in row over territorial waters

Russia has said it caught and chased off an American warship which was violating its territorial waters in the Sea… ...

No clothes, no money, no possessions. Ethiopian refugees flee ethnic persecution

We stood on the Sudanese side of the Tekeze River and watched them as they clambered down the canyon wall. ...

Risking it all for a better life: Canary Islands see a dramatic rise in number of migrants arriving by sea

Unsteady on their feet but alive, migrants shuffle onto the dock at the port in Arguineguin, Gran Canaria. ...

US election 2020: ‘America is back’, says Biden as he unveils team

The US president-elect vows to discard "old thinking" as his transition gathers pace. ...

Coronavirus: French lockdown to ease after 'second peak passed'

Shops and cinemas will reopen and families will get to spend Christmas together, President Macron says. ...

Ethiopia's Tigray crisis: UN warns of war crimes as deadline looms

The UN condemns "aggressive rhetoric" that could risk lives in the conflict-torn Tigray region. ...

Key lines from Biden's unveiling of Cabinet selections

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White House signs off on Biden getting President's Daily Brief

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'I'm exaggerating a bit': Rudy Giuliani's voter fraud admission

CNN's John Berman and SE Cupp discuss Rudy Giuliani admitting to "exaggerating a bit" while reviewing the Trump campaign's claims… ...

Pakistan Prime Minister Approves Chemical Castration Of Rapists: Report

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday approved in principle a law on chemical castration of rapists and fast tracking… ...

"We're Drowning": Covid Cases Flood Hospitals In America's Heartland

The vital signs of the 30-year-old COVID-19 victim were crashing, and Kearny County Hospital in rural Lakin, Kansas, just wasn't… ...

Charles Darwin's Notebooks Reported "Stolen" From Cambridge University

Two of Charles Darwin's notebooks containing his pioneering ideas on evolution and his famous "Tree of Life" sketch are missing,… ...

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Trump gibt seine Blockadehaltung auf

Nach drei Wochen Verzögerung erlaubt er dem Team des künftigen… ...

Der Pop-Star der extremen Rechten in den Niederlanden verkündet einen halben Rückzug

Thierry Baudet, der Chef des Forums für Demokratie, will bei… ...

In Frankreich schockieren erneut die Bilder eines Polizeieinsatzes – doch solche Aufnahmen könnten bald unter Strafe gestellt werden

Seit Tagen debattiert Frankreich über ein neues Sicherheitsgesetz, das das… ...

Police to charge protest leaders with lese majeste

Police have summoned seven leaders of anti-government protests to face… ...

Local vaccine production due in mid-2021

Local Covid-19 vaccine production should start in the middle of… ...

Arkhom urges external loan sources

The Public Debt Management Office (PDMO) has been asked to… ...

A Coronavirus Vaccine Game Plan, With Help From South Korea

Officials and scientists fought misinformation with data and clear communication… ...

Amnesia Grips a Bosnian Spa That Served as a Rape Camp

A forest health resort promotes its therapeutic waters and fine… ...

Russian Vaccine Maker Sputnik V Reports Positive Results on Incomplete Trial

The results were based on an unspecified small group of… ...

Biden stellt neues Team vor: «Amerika ist zurück und bereit, die Welt anführen»

Bei der Vorstellung seiner Kandidatinnen und Kandidaten für Schlüsselposten in… ...

Repression auf Kuba: «Wenn nicht bald etwas passiert, dann sterben sie»

In Havanna ist eine Gruppe von Oppositionellen in den Hungerstreik… ...

Verhärtete Fronten in Thailand: Knallgelbe Gefahr

Die protestierende Jugend stellt die Staatsmacht mit Gummi-Enten bloss. Doch… ...

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Space
Health
Tech

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 ...

Home away from home planet

Image: Thomas Pesquet works in the European Columbus laboratory in space ...

New Copernicus satellite to monitor sea-level rise launched

The Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite has been launched into orbit around Earth. Using the latest radar altimetry technology, this new satellite is set to provide a new overview of… ...

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… ...

Amazon sorry for Sidewalk 'confusion'

The new network, which uses other people's broadband, is not launching in the UK. ...

How to 'disappear' on Happiness Avenue in Beijing

A group of volunteers trying to avoid surveillance cameras took more than two hours to walk 1km. ...

Elon Musk becomes world's second richest person

The tech billionaire overtakes Bill Gates after Tesla shares soar on S&P acceptance ...