[ad_1] Photo:VCG The week saw a packed new round of diplomatic activities for China, with fresh outcomes achieved on Friday as China and Zambia announced they were lifting their ties to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership during Zambian president’s ongoing China visit. Meanwhile, China and Cambodia consolidated their ironclad friendship with a visit by Cambodia’s … Read more
[ad_1] CNN — The arrival of US soldiers for a peacekeeper training exercise in Armenia has rankled the Russian government, which has for decades acted as the sole security guarantor for the former Soviet republic. The 10-day “Eagle Partner” exercise, which began Monday, involves 85 US and 175 Armenian soldiers and aims to prepare the … Read more
[ad_1] CNN — The death toll from devastating flooding in Libya’s eastern coastal city of Derna has risen to at least 11,300, according to a UN report released Saturday, even as continuing search efforts are expected to find more victims. A further 170 people have been killed outside of Derna due to the flooding, the … Read more
[ad_1] Comment on this storyComment Amanda Twinam’s journey to understand her decades-long fatigue began with a breast cancer diagnosis at age 28. Twinam underwent a mastectomy before enduring chemotherapy. The medicines made her sick and triggered seizures, which eventually brought her to a rheumatologist. That doctor found a marker for autoimmune diseases in Twinam’s blood. … Read more
[ad_1] CNN — From the litany of bad headlines surrounding the world of travel, you could be forgiven thinking it’s been the summer from hell for vacationers. Environmental disasters, aviation industry mishaps and strikes, dirty beaches, soaring temperatures, deluges, price hikes and overcrowding all seem to have conspired to ruin getaways for hundreds of thousands, … Read more
[ad_1] As Long Islanders eager to increase their protection against COVID-19 rolled up their sleeves to get the new vaccine on Friday, some people were told their insurance companies were not covering the vaccinations yet. Paul Fein, 76, of Oceanside, said he made an appointment for him and his wife at an Oceanside CVS for … Read more
[ad_1] Nurses, researchers and workplace safety officers worry new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might reduce protection against the coronavirus and other airborne pathogens in hospitals. A CDC advisory committee has been updating its 2007 standards for infection control in hospitals this year. Many health care professionals and scientists expressed outrage … Read more
[ad_1] Hong Kong CNN — September started with a typhoon that ripped through Hong Kong, uprooting trees and flooding the city. It was the first of a slew of extreme weather events that have hit ten countries and territories in just 12 days – the most catastrophic being the floods in Libya, which have killed … Read more
[ad_1] Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS) of Saudi Arabia was on a state visit to India from 9th to 11th September 2023. On 9th and 10th September 2023, he attended the G20 Summit in Delhi, while on Monday, 11th September, he engaged in meetings and ceremonial events with Indian leaders including President Droupadi Murmu … Read more
[ad_1] DONETSK OBLAST – Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Navarenko says his unit was under heavy Russian tank fire last summer in Zaporizhzhia Oblast when the idea for a life-saving robot came to him. “Why use people when you can use machines?” the 59-year-old combat engineer told the Kyiv Independent, wondering why humans still perform dangerous military … Read more