The Lambda variant is yet to be detected in India, with Israel being the only country in Asia to have reported it so far. (Picture courtesy: Indian Express) As the world comes to grips with the Delta variant of the coronavirus wreking havoc and spreading infections at an exponential rate, another variant is starting to give headaches … Read more
“Usually, the reports are coming from a distant relative, or someone who wasn’t 100 percent sure if they lived there, but that they may have been in the building,” said Rachel Johnson, a Miami-Dade County spokeswoman. “It’s not verified.” With those who are unaccounted for now presumed dead, in addition to the 54 confirmed dead, … Read more
Next week Vanuatu’s court of appeal will sit to decide the political fate of the prime minister, Bob Loughman, and 18 other MPs. The supreme court ruled in June that they had vacated their seats after a three-day boycott of parliament by the government side. Even in a country accustomed to political intrigue and surprise, … Read more
Advanced child tax credit payments start July 15. Sarah Tew/CNET Next week, the first child tax credit payment will be sent to eligible parents. Do you know how much you could expect? Each of your children under 6 years old could get you up to $300 a month, and each dependent aged 6 through 17 … Read more
Pashupati Kumar Paras of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) took oath as Union Minister in the expansion and reshuffle of Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s Cabinet on Wednesday. Earlier this month, Paras, the younger brother of LJP founder Ram Vilas Paswan, was recognized as the leader of LJP in Lok Sabha in place of Chirag Paswan after … Read more
Image: Getty Images Researchers at RMIT University have developed an AI model that can detect early signs of prostate cancer by analysing routine computed tomography (CT) scans. Developed alongside clinicians at St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, the AI model has been trained using CT scans of asymptomatic patients, with and without prostate cancer, to spot the … Read more
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There were no reported deaths or injuries and the fire is under control, authorities said. “A fire has been reported to have broken out in a container within a ship anchored in Jebel Ali Port. A Dubai Civil Defense team is working to put out the blaze,” Dubai Media Office said in a tweet on … Read more
On social media Tuesday, LGBT rights supporters protested the abrupt closure of these accounts by the Tencent-owned company. The deleted accounts were run by students across universities in China, including prestigious institutions such as Peking University and Tsinghua University in Beijing, and Fudan University in Shanghai. While CNN Business was unable to access these deleted … Read more
Already, the company that elbowed Uber out of China has been kicked off app stores in the country and warned that it violated laws about data collection. The regulatory pressure has upended its first days as a publicly traded company in New York, with shares plummeting nearly 20% on Tuesday and retreating even more on … Read more