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The compulsory inoculation of over-18s officially came into force in Austria on Saturday A new law has come into force in Austria, making it compulsory for everyone over the age of 18 to be vaccinated against Covid-19. The measure, implemented from Saturday, means Austria is the first country in Europe to mandate inoculation against Covid-19 […]
Over two in three people confessed to becoming ‘germaphobes’ following two years of Covid Over two out of three Americans have become ‘germaphobes’ since the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in the US in March 2020, according to a recent survey by Xlear and OnePoll published on Wednesday. Some 69% of respondents said they had adopted […]
Boris Johnson still enjoys popularity within his own party but not among the wider public Chancellor Rishi Sunak has been revealed to be the front-runner to secure the UK’s top job if Boris Johnson is wiped away by the ‘Partygate’ scandal. The Ipsos MORI poll, conducted for the Evening Standard between January 19 and 25, […]
A same-sex couple of Humboldt penguins are now raising a baby chick, whom they helped incubate The Rosamond Gifford Zoo’s colony of Humboldt penguins has grown to 28 on January 1. The newcomer chick stands out for being the first one at the Syracuse, New York conservation facility to be brought to hatching by a […]
American citizen believed to be a leader of an all-female military battalion charged with providing support to terrorists in Syria A 42-year-old US citizen, Allison Elizabeth Fluke-Ekren, has been captured in Syria and transferred into the custody of the FBI to appear before a Virginia court next week, the US Department of Justice disclosed on […]
The decision to introduce airspace restrictions over Windsor Castle in England follows a security review Airspace over Windsor Castle, currently the main residence of the UK’s Queen Elizabeth, will become a no-fly zone later this month, police have said, just weeks after a security breach at the site. “Following a public consultation by Thames Valley […]
Over 100 universities are participating in a state program to boost research programs with a view to making scientific breakthroughs. Genetics and energy are among the priority trends. In June 2021, Russia’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education called on the country’s universities to participate in the ‘Priority 2030’ academic leadership program. The initiative aims […]
Russia’s ‘Priority 2030’ aims at transforming universities and increasing the competitiveness of the entire system of Russian higher education. In June 2021, Russia’s Ministry of Science and Higher Education offered the Priority 2030 academic leadership program to the nation’s universities. More than 100 Russian higher education centers joined and will receive at least 100 million […]
The Philippines’ Foreign Ministry has disabled its passport application tracking portal, after reports that thousands of applicants’ details had somehow become visible in Google searches. In a statement on its website, the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) said on Wednesday that it had taken down the online passport tracker and all its sources to “avoid […]
The Chinese Foreign Ministry claimed that discrimination and persecution of Chinese people is a chronic disease that has existed in US society for a long time and has been furthered by attempts to smear the Beijing government. Speaking during a regular press briefing on Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin urged the US to tackle […]
Forests situated within at least 10 UNESCO World Heritage sites have become net carbon sources over the past 20 years due to pressures from human activity and climate change, according to a recently published study. Pressures such as deforestation and increasingly frequent and severe forest fires, have negatively impacted on forests and their capacity to […]
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has called on the states and companies controlling the Covid vaccine supply chain to prioritize jabs for the global COVAX scheme in order to make the 40% coverage target a “reality.” Speaking on Wednesday, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that while the weekly number of […]
A new Twitter feature will warn users that controversial conversations on the platform could become “intense” if they join in and to remember that there’s a human behind every post. “Ever want to know the vibe of a conversation before you join in? We’re testing prompts on Android and iOS that give you a heads […]
Former Japanese foreign minister Fumio Kishida has been elected leader of the country’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), ensuring he will replace outgoing Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga in the next couple of days. The LDP called in an early vote after Suga, whose ratings crumbled amid the spike in Covid-19 cases in Japan, said he […]
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman has mocked the US and the chaotic collapse of the Washington-backed Afghan regime they left behind, as he shared footage of Taliban soldiers using captured aircraft as a swing. On Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian posted a video on his Twitter account, claiming Afghanistan was the “graveyard of […]