Mystery over claim world’s 1st ‘decuplets’ born in S. Africa
South Africa has been gripped by the mystery of whether a woman has, as has been claimed, actually given birth to 10 babies, in what would...
Yearly Archive: 2021
G7 to provide 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses ‘to world’ by 2023
G7 leaders will agree to expand global COVID vaccine manufacturing to provide at least one billion doses to the world through sharing and financing schemes, Britain...
Study shows how rudeness leads to anchoring, including in medical diagnoses
Have you ever been cut off in traffic by another driver, leaving you still seething miles later? Or been interrupted by a colleague in a meeting,...
Prostate cancer and a possible link with schizophrenia
Oncotarget published “The presence of polymorphisms in genes controlling neurotransmitter metabolism and disease prognosis in patients with prostate cancer: a possible link with schizophrenia” reported that...
Peru’s presidential election is just too close to call
Peru’s presidential election is going to the wire with authorities in the Latin American country yet to declare a winner in a tightly contested battle between...
2 Passengers Test Positive for Virus on Caribbean Cruise
As large gatherings resume in the U.S., infections on a cruise ship and at a Bitcoin conference show the challenges of reopening.
Carrie Johnson steps onto global stage with G7 role
• ‘Jill from Philly’ to meet the Queen • Biden joins the world leaders club at G7 with call for wartime effort against Covid-19 • Analysis:...
U.S. Senate Confirms First Muslim Federal District Judge
The judge, Zahid N. Quraishi of New Jersey, said after his selection by President Biden, “Candidly, I would prefer to be the hundredth, if not the...
Elephant migration may reveal serious problem for China
A herd of 15 wild Asian elephants has been wandering across Yunnan province in southern China since March last year. They have trekked more than 300...
Boris Johnson Is a Terrible Leader. It Doesn’t Matter.
Britain’s prime minister is slapdash, venal, incompetent — and unassailably popular.
