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More than three million people globally have died of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, Johns Hopkins University said on Saturday.With 566,224 deaths, the US has the highest number of fatalities, followed by Brazil with 368,749 and Mexico with…
Authorities in Myanmar will release 23,184 prisoners from jails across the country on Saturday under a New Year amnesty, a Prisons Department spokesman said.But few, if any, democracy activists arrested since the February 1 coup are expected to be among…
China's Foreign Ministry this week issued the most forceful defense of its policies in Xinjiang to date, calling allegations of "genocide" in the region the "lie of the century."The statement -- made in response to ongoing calls for a possible…
Just days after the International Space Station's crew reached 10 people, three are ready to return to Earth.Russian cosmonauts Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and NASA astronaut Kate Rubins will end their 185-day mission on the space station Friday.Their departure…
A driver-less boat goes nuts, a pupper gets a horrific adoption ad and popcorn salad stuns the internet. These are the must-watch videos of the week.Berserk boat alertThe Coast Guard had to stop a small craft that was out of…
Love is in the air this spring in the eastern United States, where billions of cicadas will soon appear in the biggest emergence event since 2004.The insects are part of a group called Brood X — also known as the…
The hauntingly beautiful Crab Nebula, located 6,500 light-years away in the Taurus constellation, is releasing an incredible amount of energy.The nebula is six light-years wide, and it's a growing cloud of debris formed from a supernova explosion. (A light-year is…
A Hong Kong court has sentenced several of the city's leading pro-democracy campaigners to between 8 and 18 months in prison over their roles in unauthorized assemblies at the height of the 2019 protests.Among those sentenced was Jimmy Lai, who…
The shooting started in the city of Bago, Myanmar at 5 a.m. on April 9.By the early hours of the next morning, at least 82 people were dead, according to advocacy group AAPP.One pro-democracy protester, an 18-year-old member of the…
It was nothing short of a miracle when it became clear that scientists had developed several effective vaccines against Covid-19 in less than a year. Announcements last week from European Union and British drug regulators finding a possible link between…
Over the past year, New Zealand has been celebrated for its handling of the Covid-19 pandemic.As other countries battled months-long lockdowns and hospital systems on the brink of collapse, New Zealand imposed a five-week nationwide lockdown before returning to something…
Billions of Tyrannosaurus rex roamed North America during their fascinating reign as top predators, according to a team of researchers that went about the daunting task of making the calculation.Paleontologists from the University of California, Berkeley, set out to put…
America plans to "close the book" on its 20-year war in Afghanistan -- but the departure of US troops will usher in an uncertain chapter for Afghan civilians.Add: US President Joe Biden announced Wednesday he would end America's longest war…
Four young men were found burned to death and two others were found hanged by unknown assailants in South Africa's Eastern Cape province, police said on Thursday.The four men who burned to death were discovered on Wednesday night in a…
Just under 3% of the world's land remains ecologically intact, with undisturbed habitat and minimal loss of its original animal species, a new study suggests.The research, published Thursday in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, combined maps showing…
The United States could have around 300 million excess Covid-19 shots by the end of July, health policy experts at Duke University estimated in a report Thursday, calling on the country to share doses more widely to address the stark…
The mystique of Mars is one that humans can't seem to resist. The red planet has easily captured our interest for centuries, heavily featured in science fiction books and films and the subject of robotic exploration since the 1960s.In February,…
The office of a Russian magazine for students was raided and several of its editors were temporarily detained by authorities on Wednesday morning, after the publication expressed its support for jailed Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny, according to DOXA magazine.The homes…
Denmark has removed the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from its vaccination program, saying it is not needed because the country has already reached "such an advanced point" in its vaccine rollout.All booked inoculations using the AstraZeneca vaccine will be canceled, but…
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Nepal's population of one-horned rhinos has increased to its highest number in more than 20 years, partly owing to a pause in tourism due to the Covid-19 pandemic that allowed the animals' habitats to regenerate, conservationists said.The population of rhinos…
A French nuclear-powered submarine severely damaged by fire last year has been saved from the scrapyard -- by cutting it in two and welding the salvageable half to part of another decommissioned sub.An intense 14-hour-long accidental fire on the attack…
The Neanderthal DNA in East Asians today can be traced back to interactions between Neanderthals and early modern humans in Europe 45,000 years ago.The oldest known remains of modern humans in Europe have been identified in the Bacho Kiro Cave…
Reports that the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine may, in extremely rare cases, cause blood clots has dealt a fresh blow to the world's vaccination drive, just weeks after similar concerns were raised over the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and…
