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Following is a summary of current health news briefs.
Italy eases anti-COVID measures for travellers from China
Italy will loosen its anti-COVID controls for travellers arriving from China, making swabs random rather than mandatory at its airports, a …
Parliament poised to vote on asylum for Uyghurs fleeing China
Ethnic Uyghur demonstrators scuffle with riot police as they try to continue a sit-in protest against China, in front of the Chinese consulate in Istanbul, Turkey on Nov. 30, 2022.DILARA SENKAYA/Reuters
Parliament is poised to vote on making room for …
Oil Giants, After Surge in Profits, Are Wary About Spending
While critics often accuse the oil industry of profiteering when prices are high, executives say their companies are prone to cycles. Their share prices have rocketed over the last year after a decade of underperforming almost every other industry. On…
China’s ‘reusable’ hypersonic missile interceptor inspired by MIT & NASA
When the assault is over, “the aircraft can then return to an airport and be prepared for its next mission,” claimed the researchers
The aircraft uses ground radar and early warning satellite systems that enable it to forecast the trajectory of approa…
Life in a Foreign University: ‘I paid no tuition fee in Germany and studied MSc in Technical Logistics,’ a student shares his experience
(This letter is part of a series by The Indian Express where we bring to you the experiences of students at different foreign universities. From scholarships and loans to food and cultural experiences — students tell us how life is different in those …
US Consumers Could Face High Prices for Longer Due to a Weaker Dollar
US inflation has steadily cooled since mid-2022, thanks to large interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve.
However, a four-month drop in the dollar is threatening to derail that trend by raising the cost of imported goods.
The dollar index has f…
Vacations within China over Lunar New Year break surge after lifting of Covid-19 curbs
Beijing: The number of people making trips inside China over the week-long Lunar New Year holiday surged 74% from last year after authorities scrapped COVID-19 curbs that had stifled travel for three years, media reported on Saturday.
An estimated 226…
How US police use digital data to prosecute abortions
In late April, police in Nebraska received a tip saying 17-year-old Celeste Burgess had given birth to a stillborn baby and buried the body. Officers soon learned that her mother, Jessica Burgess, and a friend had helped her with transportation and bur…
Cash-strapped Finnish zoo may have to return giant pandas to China
Female panda Jin Baobao, also called Lumi, plays with the snow at Ahtari Zoo, in Ahtari, Finland February 17 , 2018.
The pandas, named Lumi and Pyry, were brought to Finland in January 2018, nine months after Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the No…
Israeli troops kill 7 Palestinian gunmen, 2 civilians in Jenin clash, Palestinians say
Israeli commandos killed seven gunmen and two civilians in a raid on a flashpoint town in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian officials said, stirring fear of further flare-ups after the largest single death toll in years of fighting.……