Hong Kong halts use of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine as authorities investigate defective packaging
Hong Kong has stopped its rollout of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 shot after being alerted to…More
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Hillary Clinton urges Biden to give Covid-19 vaccines to poor nations, complains that Russia and China lead in ‘VACCINE DIPLOMACY’
Ex-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has offered unsolicited leadership advice to President Joe Biden, bemoaning the…More
GIANT container ship gets stuck in Suez Canal, blocking ALL traffic & sparking frantic effort to pull it free (PHOTO)
One of the world’s biggest container ships has caused a massive traffic jam on the…More
No clear winner in Israeli election, but Netanyahu has upper hand in building a coalition
Exit polls show no clear winner in Israel’s latest general election. However, incumbent Prime Minister…More
‘A huge downer’: Dutch PM Mark Rutte extends lockdown for 3 weeks amid ‘worrying’ Covid-19 spike
The Netherlands’ controversial Covid-19 curbs will be extended until April 20 in a bid to…More
Scientists produce new ‘Map of Life’ which they claim shows where species unknown to science may be found
Researchers have put together a new map which they suspect highlights the remaining underexplored corners…More
Safety first? Japan asks UN nuclear watchdog to review its plans to release Fukushima radioactive water into ocean
Tokyo has asked the UN nuclear watchdog for support and back-up for its plans to…More
‘Woke-opoly’: Hasbro mocked over decision to scrap ALL Monopoly’s ‘Community Chest’ cards for ‘refreshed’ versions
Hasbro’s proposed update to its classic property-trading board game Monopoly has been met with a…More
Brussels backtracks on Covid-19 vaccine export ban threat, but says it wants a fairer arrangement on jab sharing
A top EU official has dismissed earlier talk of an EU export ban on Covid-19…More
Researchers knock out multiple genes at once in CRISPR gene-editing game changer
Scientists in Germany have created a major upgrade for the gene editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 which…More