Dr. BP Tyagi, an otolaryngologist in the city of Ghaziabad in the state of Uttar Pradesh, said it was the first case of yellow fungus in a patient recovering from Covid-19. The 45-year-old man had been undergoing treatment for Covid-19 over the past few months, however, his condition deteriorated over …
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Signed by over a hundred American academics and former government officials, the appeal protests the treatment meted out to expert Matthew Rojansky, who was recently considered by the White House for a post in the US National Security Council. Having a reputation as a relative moderate when it comes to Eastern Europe policy, …
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Fierce exchanges continued on Tuesday, with rockets being exchanged and no immediate end appearing in sight in the deadly conflict centered around a region considered holy by Muslims, Jews and Christians alike. According to figures within the Gaza Strip, the small patch of land run by Hamas but whose borders are controlled …
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It is therefore aiming to have not one, but two domestically developed Covid-19 vaccines ready for deployment on home soil before the inoculation campaign is over, the South Korean health minister announced on Monday. Five local companies are developing such vaccines, and two are expected to complete phase III trials …
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Oh come on Simon – you’re not really black! I’ve lost count of the number of times this has been said to me by both white and black people. I know why they say it. It’s because my adopted parents are white, my wife is white and my circle of …
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Commenting on the crime drama ‘Luther’, Miranda Wayland hailed the program for featuring a “really strong, black character lead,” portrayed by Elba, but lamented that the fictional detective lacked authenticity. “We all fell in love with him. Who didn’t, right? But after you got into about the second series you …
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The attorneys’ memo joins a growing body of evidence in the murder case against Chauvin and was submitted following Thursday’s testimony from Floyd’s girlfriend Courteney Ross. She described the pair’s drug dealer, Maurice Hall, as the passenger in the car with Floyd when he was apprehended by the police. Ross …
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The one-man protest occurred outside the National Assembly building in Ljubljana shortly after 7pm. Carrying a chainsaw, and with his small dog on a leash, the suspect reportedly hollered, “I’ve had enough of this closure!” in an apparent reference to his country’s anti-coronavirus restrictions. A video of the bizarre spectacle …
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At some point in the future, when we look back at the unprecedented and seemingly interminable authoritarian restrictions many have been forced to live under over the last year, we should ask ourselves, “What were we thinking?” Because, as the tide of the coronavirus pandemic starts to recede unevenly around …
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In the midst of a spat of tensions between China and the West, Beijing’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi spent the weekend in Iran, another country that has borne the brunt of confrontation with the United States over the past few years. Sweeping the Middle East on his diplomatic tour, in …
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