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A 477-mile-long megaflash crossed three US states. A 477-mile-long lightning bolt crossed three southern US states, and is now verified by the World Meteorolgical Organization to be world-record breaking. The previous record was 440.6 miles (70..
South Korea reported a record number of daily infections with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, recording 22,907 new cases during the last 24 hours, bringing the number of infections to more than 907,000 cases. South Korea Disease Control and P..
Aremote hospital in an area of Bangladesh vulnerable to rising sea levels has been named the world's best new building. The Friendship Hospital in Satkhira, a cyclone-prone district in the country's south, was announced winner of..
Microbiologists at Sidra Medicine have developed a new blood processing method to quickly identify bacteria and other microbes in blood infections such as sepsis. The method is based on matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass ..
Pope Francis said on Friday that spreading fake news and disinformation on COVID-19 and vaccines, including by Catholic media, is a violation of human rights. It was the second time in less than month that the 85-year-old pope has spoken out on th..
A pregnant New Zealand journalist says she turned to the Taliban for help and is now stranded in Afghanistan after her home country has prevented her from returning due to a bottleneck of people in its coronavirus quarantine system. In a column pu..
Boeing Co. is preparing to launch the 777X freighter, its first new jet model in nearly five years, with a 50-plane commitment from Qatar Airways, people familiar with the matter said. The announcement is set to coincide with a meeting b..
Qatar on Sunday reported 1,557 new COVID-19 cases – 1,210 among community and 347 among travellers. The Ministry of Public Health also reported 3,351 recoveries. With this, the active cases in Qatar declined to 24,454 while the total recover..
Chinese scientists have identified the new NeoCov coronavirus strain in bats in South Africa and the possible risks from the strain require further research and assessment, reported Sputnik. Chinese scientists, most of whom work for Wuhan Universi..
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