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Viruses Can Be Delicious as Well as Deadly

Virus-hit Russia reports 25% death increase in January-March WBNG-TV

Virus-hit Russia reports 25% death increase in January-March

Risk from virus variants remains after first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, U.K. study finds CTV News

Risk from virus variants remains after first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, U.K. study finds

The Virus That Shook The World - Watch S2021 E12 - FRONTLINE FRONTLINE

The Virus That Shook The World - Watch S2021 E12 - FRONTLINE - PBS - Official Site

Russian hackers target Washington DC police department in apparent ransomware attack Sky News

Russian hackers target Washington DC police department in apparent ransomware attack

Michigans Virus Cases Are Out of Control, Putting Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in a Bind The New York Times

Michigans Virus Cases Are Out of Control, Putting Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in a Bind

Meet Joe DeRisi, the virus hunter who foresaw the Covid pandemic The Times

Meet Joe DeRisi, the virus hunter who foresaw the Covid pandemic  Magazine

Virus Expert Has This Warning For All Americans - Eat This Not That Eat This, Not That

Virus Expert Has This Warning For All Americans - Eat This Not That

Disneyland reopens as California emerges from virus depths WWBT NBC12 News

Disneyland reopens as California emerges from virus depths

India tops 200,000 dead as virus surge breaks health system The Associated Press

India tops 200,000 dead as virus surge breaks health system

U.S. to Send Virus-Ravaged India Materials for Vaccines The New York Times

U.S. to Send Virus-Ravaged India Materials for Vaccines

Hungary to ease virus curbs as vaccine rollout progresses Reuters

Hungary to ease virus curbs as vaccine rollout progresses

Kenya eases curfew, other virus measures after cases decline Associated Press

Kenya eases curfew, other virus measures after cases decline

Indonesian Lab Workers Accused of Reusing Virus Test Nasal Swabs The New York Times

Indonesian Lab Workers Accused of Reusing Virus Test Nasal Swabs

Is The Vaccine Rollout Doing Enough To End US Outbreak? : Shots - Health News NPR

Is The Vaccine Rollout Doing Enough To End U.S. Outbreak&quest; - Shots  News

Contagion Live Virus Spillover and Emerging Pathogens Pick Up Speed 5 days ago Contagionlive.com

Virus Spillover and Emerging Pathogens Pick Up Speed

Norovirus: Another Virus to Investigate Pharmacy Times

Norovirus- Another Virus to Investigate

No new El Paso virus deaths; officials still urge vaccination KVIA El Paso

No new El Paso virus deaths; officials still urge vaccination

Median virus age dropping - W.Va. Covid-19 positives rising in younger population Beckley Register-Herald

Median virus age dropping - W.Va. Covid-19 positives rising in younger population

SOS messages, panic as virus breaks India&#39;s health system The Associated Press

SOS messages, panic as virus breaks India&#39;s health system

Beijing [China], May 6 (ANI): The hardships of Kazakh herders of Xinjiang in China depicted in the book Winter Pasture will soon be available to a wider audience as the book, first published in 2012 by author Li Juan, has been released in English this year, reported The Diplomat.
The book covers the dying tradition of herding in the south of the Ulungur river as China introduced a new land conservation policy in 2003 to d

Winter Pasture describe hardships endured by ethnic Kazakhs

CITY OF ILAGAN, Isabela, May 6 (PIA) - The Department of Science and Technology - Provincial Science and Technology Center (DOST-PSTC) - Isabela has trained 23 Rural Improvement Club (RIC) members on chili processing in Benito Soliven, Isabela.The hands-on technology training aims to empower and capacitate the participants with the necessary knowledge and skills on chili processing, as well as to introduce anoth

DOST Isabela trains women in chili processing

BOR, SOUTH SUDAN - Civil society activists and residents in the capital of South Sudan's Jonglei state have accused state officials of stealing food donated by President Salva Kiir that was meant for flood victims.The president donated 12 truckloads of food to victims of last year's massive floods while visiting Bor on April 1.David Garang Goch, chairperson of the Jonglei State Civil Society Network, said

Officials in South Sudan&#039;s Jonglei State Accused of Stealing Food Aid

Africa is often referred to as the cradle of humankind - the birthplace of our species, Homo sapiens. There is evidence of the development of early symbolic behaviours such as pigment use and perforated shell ornaments in Africa, but so far most of what we know about the development of complex social behaviours such as burial and mourning has come from Eurasia.However, the remains of a child buried almost 80,000

A cave site in Kenya&#039;s forests reveals the oldest human burial in Africa

Myanmar's military has received hundreds of millions of dollars from gas sales through a financial scheme linked to a pipeline exploited by French energy giant Total, a French newspaper reported.The scheme reduced the amount of royalties received by the state since transporting gas is taxed at a lower rate.Total said the creation of separate companies 

Total shared gas revenue with Myanmar military - report

BRUSSELS, Belgium: The EU is preparing to reopen its borders to tourism following their sealing their borders as part of the Covid lockdown. "The Commission proposes to allow entry to the EU for nonessential reasons not only for all persons coming from countries with a good epidemiological situation, but also all people who have received the last recommended dose of an EU-authorized vaccine," the EU said in a st

European Union takes steps to open borders for summer tourism season

EU to finish plans to reopen countries as summer tourism season begins

Europe to open borders in hopes of renewed summer tourism

LONDON, ENGLAND: Heathrow International Airport reported a first quarter loss of $459 million on April 28. Further, airport officials said they have suffered total losses of $3.3 billion since the start of the pandemic lockdown in March 2020. Also, airport officials reported that passenger traffic at Heathrow was down 91 percent in the first quarter of 2021, as only 1.7 million passengers travelled throug

London's Heathrow Airport reports yearly Covid loss at $3.4 bln

Heathrow Airport seeks renewed air travel with May startup

UK officials seek reopening of air travel in May to offset losses

London [UK], May 6 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has called vaccination the only lasting solution to the Covid challenge, adding that global answer will require diversified production, uninterrupted supply chains and generous resourcing.
Speaking at the G7 Foreign Ministers Meeting on Wednesday (local time), the EAM said that India will do its part in fighting the global crisis.
He further said that geopol

Vaccination only lasting solution to COVID-19: Jaishankar

New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): India will receive the sixth batch of three Rafale fighter jets from France on Wednesday, said the Embassy of India in France.
"Next batch of three Rafales leave from France to India today; wished the pilots smooth flight and safe landing," India in France wrote in a tweet.
Earlier, on April 22, the fifth batch of Rafale fighter aircraft with four planes arrived in India after flying a dist

Sixth batch of three Rafale fighter jets to arrive in India

Mumbai (Maharashtra)/ New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI/BusinessWire India): The Global Burden of Disease Report: "In India, around 93 Million people suffer from chronic respiratory diseases; out of this, around 37 million are Asthmatics.
India contributes to only 11.1 per cent of the global asthma burden, however, it accounts for over 42 per cent of all global asthma deaths making it the asthma capital of the world."In these

This World Asthma Day

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 5 (ANI): Indian multinational Adani Enterprises said on Wednesday its January to March profit stood at Rs 413 crore, up seven times as against Rs 61 crore during the same period last year.
However, total income remained constant at Rs 13,689 crore.
For the entire financial year 2020-21, net profit was up 26 per cent at Rs 1,182 crore. Total income in FY21 dropped to Rs 40,291 crore as comp

Adani Enterprises Q4 PAT up at Rs 413 crore

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - The Australian government on Wednesday faced a court challenge to its temporary Indian travel ban brought by a 73-year-old citizen stranded in the city of Bengaluru.The government is resisting growing pressure to lift the travel ban imposed last week until May 15 to reduce COVID-19 infection rates in Australian quarantine facilities.Lawyers for Gary Newman, one of 9,000 Australians p

Australia Faces Court Challenge to Indian Travel Ban

Howrah (West Bengal) [India], May 5 (ANI): Hours after taking oath as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third term, Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday announced various steps to contain the spread of Covid-19 in the state, adding that hawkers, transporters, and journalists will be given priority when it comes to vaccination.
Announcing extensive restrictions across the state, Chief Minister said shopping complexes, gyms

WB to give priority in vaccination to journalist

Geneva [Switzerland], May 5 (ANI): Global air cargo demand continued to outperform pre-Covid levels in March with demand up 4.4 per cent reaching the highest level recorded since the series began in 1990, International Air Transport Association (IATA) has said.
Month-on-month demand also increased albeit at a slower pace than the previous month with volumes up 0.4 per cent in March over February 2021 levels.
Global demand

Air cargo demand up 4.4 pc compared to pre-Covid levels

ILIGAN CITY, May 5 (PIA)--The city government of Iligan started today the much-anticipated inoculation of senior citizens against the highly contagious coronavirus.The second priority among population groups after frontline health workers, senior citizens here began to receive the first dose of Sinovac vaccine at the designated vaccination center in Robinson's Place Iligan.Dr. Belinda "Bunz" Lim, acting c

Iligan kicks off vaccination of elderly vs COVID-19

CALOOCAN CITY, May 5 (PIA) -- Manila City on Tuesday began inoculating its medical frontliners using Russia's Sputnik V vaccines at the Sta. Ana Hospital.The vaccines, which were received by the city on Monday, May 3, were produced by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology.Vice Mayor Maria Sheilah "Honey" Lacuna-Pangan said medical frontliners will be jabbed first before proceedi

Manila begins inoculating Sputnik V vaccines to medical frontliners

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 5 (ANI): Amid the record rise in COVID-19 cases in India, medical assistance is continuing to pour in from countries around the world, including the US, Singapore and Australia.
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) informed that 81000 vials of Remdesivir from the US arrived early on Wednesday morning in Mumbai.
"Further elevating the India and United States Strategic Partnership. Apprec

COVID-19: 81000 vials of Remdesivir arrive from US

New Delhi [India], May 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court today agreed to hear tomorrow a petition by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) that it is facing an acute shortage of water supply from Haryana and Punjab.
The bench headed by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana, decided to hear the matter involving the water supply issue for tomorrow.
"We will hear it tomorrow," the CJI led bench of the Apex Court said.
The

SC agrees to hear Delhi Jal Board petition tomorrow

New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Air India will complete the first dose of COVID vaccination of all its employees by end of this month, said the national carrier's spokesperson on Tuesday.
"Air India extends full support to the efforts of the government to fight the pandemic and ensure the safety of all its employees. In the last few days, Air India has lost valued employees in the second wave of the coronavirus. Air India

Air India to complete vaccination of employees by May-end

Taipei [Taiwan], May 4 (ANI): As China escalates its gray zone tactics against Taiwan, Taipei has announced that it will dispatch military aircraft and ships to counter Chinese military activities near its borders.
Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said that Beijing is carrying out electronic warfare and reconnaissance but Taiwan has countermeasures in place, Taiwan News reported.
He added the country's contingency p

Taiwan to dispatch military aircrafts to counter China

New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Air India has brought medical equipment weighing over 190 tonnes from several countries including Germany, USA, Singapore, UAE and UK into India for delivery in various states as part of efforts to meet the demand for devices in the second wave of COVID-19 in the country that has seen record surge in cases.
India is seeing surge of cases and has had a heavy demand for transporting life-savi

Air India ferries medical equipment from various countries

TAIPEI - Taiwan, largely spared from the global coronavirus pandemic since it began last year, is grappling with a small but still uncontained outbreak that appeared last month.Since April 20, Taiwan's Central Epidemic Command Center has confirmed infections of 10 pilots working for the Taiwan-based international carrier China Airlines and eight relatives of pilots. At the Novotel Taipei Taoyuan International Ai

Taiwan, Largely Spared Since 2020, Now Fighting Small COVID Cluster

Turkmenistan is playing host to many important regional guests these days. What's up?On April 29, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev traveled to Ashgabat for no obviously urgent purpose. An Uzbek government press release on the visit focused mainly on the informal niceties, such as Mirziyoyev expressing his condolences on the recent passing of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov's 89-year-old father, Malikguly.

Turkmenistan: What&#039;s up, Arkadag

By Ashoke RajNew Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): Captain T Praveen Keerthi, General Secretary of the pilots' union of national carrier Air India, Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA), on Tuesday raised an issue with Air India Director Captain R S Sandhu about their guidelines of COVID-19 vaccination drive across India which excludes pilots.
In a letter to the Air India Director, Keerthi threatened to "stop work" if the

AI pilots threaten to stop work if they are not vaccinated

PARIS - France's centrist government has released a video ahead of Wednesday's vote on the so-called Climate and Resilience bill, with Ecological Transition Minister Barbara Pompili explaining how it will lead to cleaner air, more insulated buildings and a greener France overall.Polls find many French citizens support the spirit of the massive legislation, which aims to meet the country's goal of cutting greenho

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