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'It saves lives': Indian families search for blood plasma donors to help treat coronavirus

For four days Kanupriya and her family spent agonising hours trying to find a plasma donor for her critically ill father. ...

PM tells world to unite against COVID-19 and stop 'grisly' comparisons of death rates

Boris Johnson has urged the world to unite against coronavirus, suggesting it had made nations seem "selfish" and apparently warning against the comparison of countries'… ...

Great-grandmother forcibly arrested as women take to streets in Belarus protests

Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of Belarus' capital to demand authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko step down - with a great-grandmother who has… ...

Amy Coney Barrett: Trump nominates conservative favourite for Supreme Court

The nomination of a conservative judge paves the way for a bitter Senate fight as an election looms. ...

Azerbaijan and Armenia clash over disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region

Civilian deaths are reported as the two sides blame each other for hostilities over Nagorno-Karabakh. ...

California wildfires: The inmates training to be firefighters

Brandon Smith is a former inmate firefighter and now helps former prisoners find jobs in the fire service. ...

Democrats launch their case against Barrett

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A closer look at Amy Coney Barrett's family and religion

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, a federal appellate judge and Notre Dame law professor, is a proven conservative with a compelling personal story who has long… ...

China is doubling down on its territorial claims and that's causing conflict across Asia

Since taking power in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping has helped cement China's position as a global superpower -- and pushed forward an aggressive foreign… ...

Ex-Audi Boss To Stand Trial For "Dieselgate"

Former Audi boss Rupert Stadler on Wednesday becomes the first to stand trial in Germany over the "dieselgate" emissions scandal, five years after parent company… ...

16 Dead From Carbon Monoxide Poisoning In Chinese Coal Mine

Sixteen workers died and one is in a critical condition after being trapped underground in a coal mine in southwest China on Sunday, reported state… ...

Final Whale Saved From Grim Australia Mass Stranding

A lone whale was rescued from among hundreds of carcasses Sunday, taking to 110 the number of creatures that survived a mass stranding in southern… ...

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Iran: Die Menschenrechtsanwältin Nasrin Sotoudeh beendet ihren Hungerstreik

Der Gesundheitszustand der prominenten Gefangenen hatte sich in den letzten Tagen so sehr verschlechtert, dass sie in ein Spital eingeliefert werden musste. Menschenrechtler fordern ihre… ...

Libanon versinkt in einem geopolitischen Teufelskreis

In Libanon ist die Bildung einer neuen Regierung gescheitert. Das bankrotte Land braucht eigentlich dringend Reformen und Milliarden an Hilfsgeldern. Stattdessen drohen nun weitere Gewalt… ...

Washington nimmt nun auch den chinesischen Chip-Hersteller SMIC direkt ins Visier

Amerikanische Firmen dürfen nach einer Verschärfung der Exportkontrollen künftig wohl nur noch sehr eingeschränkt mit SMIC zusammenarbeiten. Derweil stehen auch im Fall Tiktok wichtige Entscheidungen an. ...

Coronavirus keeps Chinese visitors away from HK during Golden Week

The shine is gone from the annual Golden Week holiday that begins on Oct 1, and Hong Kong's hotels, restaurants, shopping malls and attractions can… ...

Belarus opposition holds 'people's inauguration' protest

MINSK: Belarus police on Sunday arrested several people before an opposition march in support of protest figure Svetlana Tikhanovskaya days after the country's leader was… ...

Virus curfew to be lifted in Australia as global deaths near 1m

An overnight curfew in Australia's second-largest city will be lifted this week, officials said Sunday, even as the global coronavirus toll inched towards one million… ...

Pandemic Will ‘Take Our Women 10 Years Back’ in the Workplace

Improvements in gender equality in the workplace may be another casualty of the coronavirus, as women find their place in the work force more at… ...

This Carousel Has Had Quite a Ride. Will Anyone in Japan Save It?

The 113-year-old merry-go-round, which arrived in Tokyo after stints in Germany and Coney Island, is now in storage, its fate uncertain in a country that… ...

‘Schitt’s Creek’ Star, and His Fans, Are Taking Indigenous Studies

Dan Levy suggested in an Instagram post that his fans study Canadian Indigenous history along with him. About 64,000 people signed up. ...

Der Libanon versinkt im politischen Chaos: «In die Hölle fahren, wohin sonst?»

Im Krisenland Libanon scheitert die Regierungsbildung. Der designierte Premier Mustafa Adib hat sich zurückgezogen. ...

Wolfgang Clement: Ehemaliger SPD-Politiker und Wirtschaftsminister ist tot

Der SPD-Politiker war auch nordrhein-westfälischer Ministerpräsident und ist im Alter von 80 Jahren in der Nacht zu Sonntag in Bonn gestorben. ...

Coronavirus weltweit: +++ Tausende demonstrieren in Israel trotz Lockdown +++ Polizisten bei Corona-Demo in London verletzt

Die Zahlen in Frankreich bleiben hoch. Britische Detailhändler fürchten Panikkäufe und rationieren unter anderem WC-Papier. Internationale News im Ticker. ...

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Some severe COVID-19 cases linked to genetic mutations or antibodies that attack the body

Two new studies offer an explanation for why COVID-19 cases can be so variable. A subset of patients has mutations in key immunity genes; other… ...

Comet discovered to have its own northern lights

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko has its own far-ultraviolet aurora, data reveal. It is the first time such electromagnetic emissions in the far-ultraviolet have been documented on a… ...

Ancient volcanoes once boosted ocean carbon, but humans are now far outpacing them

A new study of an ancient period that is considered the closest natural analog to the era of modern human carbon emissions has found that… ...

Chikungunya – Chad

On 28 August 2020, the National IHR Focal Point of Chad notified WHO of an outbreak of chikungunya in Abéché, eastern Chad. ...

Ebola virus disease – Democratic Republic of the Congo

Three months after the declaration of the eleventh Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in Equateur Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, the number of confirmed… ...

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 – Sudan

On 9 August 2020, the Federal Ministry of Health, Sudan notified WHO of the detection of a ...

Information for all visitors to ESA sites

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

Copernicus sea-level satellite arrives safely in California

The launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite – designed to measure the height of the ocean – is getting tantalisingly close. The satellite… ...

20 years of ice-cold research: extremophile tips for healthy living

This year marks two decades since the first ESA doctor set foot in Antarctica, running research at one of the most extreme places on Earth… ...

NHS Covid-19: App issue fixed for people who test positive

Many users in England who booked a test outside of the app had been unable to share a positive test result. ...

Molly Russell social media material 'too difficult to look at'

The 14-year-old killed herself in 2017 after viewing graphic images on social media. ...

Contact-tracing app: First version worked on more phones

The first version of the NHS England and Wales app was trialled on the Isle of Wight. ...

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