‘No alternative’: Portugal extends Covid-19 lockdown to March, amid huge pressure on hospitals
The Portuguese government has extended the country’s Covid-19 lockdown until March 1 as it battles…More
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‘I regret the apology’: Australian bookstore backtracks after apologizing for hosting ‘transphobic’ writer in 2018
Melbourne bookshop Readings has backtracked after being pressured into making an apology over a 2018…More
German court closes loophole that put government health website first in Google search results
A loophole used by the German authorities and Google to put a government health website…More
Researchers uncover more key factors that make people Covid-19 ‘superspreaders’
Scientists investigating Covid-19 ‘super-spreaders’ – those who transmit SARS-CoV-2 at a rate roughly four times…More
7 arrested for alleged bomb-making and plotting terrorist attack in Denmark
Police in Denmark and Germany have arrested seven people for allegedly trying to manufacture explosives…More
Indian state asks govt to stop sending Covaxin vaccine doses as it won’t use them until efficacy data published
Local authorities in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh have asked the government to stop sending…More
BBC World News banned from broadcasting in China, as London-Beijing media war heats up
BBC World News has been banned from Chinese airwaves, Beijing’s state-controlled TV network announced. The…More
I think, therefore I ham: Pigs show ‘remarkable’ mental agility and awareness in joystick game experiment
In a highly unexpected result, pigs showed unexpected behavioral agility and mental flexibility, learning to…More
African Union not ‘walking away’ from AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, despite efficacy worries against South Africa variant
Health officials in the African Union (AU) have said states without the South African strain…More
US rhetoric might have changed, but there’s no ‘goodwill’ from the Biden administration, says Iran’s Rouhani
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has stressed that actions, not words, are important to Tehran, and…More