Story by: Al Jazeera Life expectancy in the United States dropped a staggering one year during the first half of 2020 as COVID-19 caused its first wave of deaths that disproportionately affected people of colour, according to a new report (PDF) by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released on Thursday. “This […]

Story by: Camilla TomineyThe Telegraph The Duke of Edinburgh was in hospital on Wednesday night after being admitted following a short period of illness. The Duke, who turns 100 in June, was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in London on Tuesday evening and is said to be “in good spirits”. His admission was […]

Story by: Al Jazeera Thursday’s announcement brings closure to a dramatic tragedy on one of the most dangerous mountains to climb in the world. Three mountaineers who went missing in Pakistan earlier this month while attempting to scale the world’s second-highest mountain, K2, are now considered dead, according to Pakistani officials. Thursday’s announcement brings closure […]

Story by: Nicola SmithThe Telegraph For the cPass to work, international scientists would need to collaborate to set a calibrated scale for neutralising antibodies that measures a person’s chance of infection or spreading the virus. By setting the bar high, an immunity passport could be issued on the basis of accepted global standards. “The first political decision […]

Story by: Natalie Grover Science correspondentThe Guardian A rover and a helicopter are preparing to land on Mars, aiming to offer humans the opportunity to answer an enduring question: has life ever emerged on another planet? Nasa’s ninth mission to descend on the cold, dry red planet will be steered by a $2.7bn (£2.1bn) car-sized […]

Story by: Al Jazeera Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – Indigenous nurse Almeida Tananta battled heavy downpours of tropical rains as he rode his motorbike for hours across the red-soiled dirt tracks of Tabatinga, a municipality in Western Amazonas, which borders the Amazon rainforest and Colombia, and has the largest concentration of Indigenous Brazilians in the […]

Story by: Ivan NechepurenkoThe New York Times World News MOSCOW — In a ruling that reflected the broader crackdown on dissent by President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus, a court on Thursday sentenced two young journalists to two years in prison for reporting from a demonstration against his rule. A district court in the capital, […]

Story by: Hazel PlushThe Telegraph “I think as an industry we’ve been hugely undervalued, and have been seen as quite a low-skilled industry. We haven’t been seen as a sexy industry like high tech. […] but if you look at diversity, gender, geography, Our industry touches every part of Britain.” Several key policy decisions, including […]

Story by: Sam Jones in MadridThe Guardian Diligent research, a counterfeit expert, an identical box and nerves as hard as the diamonds they stole helped a gang of audacious jewel thieves and con artists scam their way across Europe, pocketing stones worth almost €20m (£17m) and swindling a classic car collector out of €185,ooo. But […]

Story by: Dylan MalyasovDefence Blog Lithuania-based Ostara announced that it is preparing to unveil a futuristic concept of the hybrid electric-diesel special purpose vehicle during the defense biennial IDEX 2021. At the announcement, Darius Antanaitis, Ostara Lab CEO said this exhibition is very important for the Krampus project, as the company will debut with a […]