If Brazilians are worried about the Zika virus, it clearly didn’t show during this weekend’s pre-Carnival celebrations, CNN report. The sun and heat brought thousands of people out into the streets of Brazil’s main cities. Carnival doesn’t officially start until Thursday, but it’s customary to start celebrations earlier. According to Brazilian state run news agency […]
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MARIA Erlinda Guzman desperately wants a baby, and has been undergoing fertility treatments at El Salvador’s largest women’s hospital. But now, she fears her dream of motherhood may be dashed by Zika. ABC news After her country took the extraordinary step of advising women to avoid pregnancies for two years due to concerns about the […]
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A suicide bombing and gun attack on Shi’ite Muslim worshippers killed at least four people in eastern Saudi Arabia on Friday, the interior ministry and witnesses said, extending a spate of attacks on the kingdom’s Shi’ite minority. The assault on the Imam Rida mosque in the Eastern Province town of Mahasen, a mixed Sunni-Shi’ite district […]
Read More Two suicide bombers killed four people at a school in northern Cameroon on Thursday, local officials said, the latest attack in a central African country struggling to contain violence blamed on Boko Haram militants in neighboring Nigeria. Reuters report A dozen people were wounded in the twin bombing in the town of Kerawa, Mayor Seiny […]
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1. What is Zika and why is it so serious? The Zika virus is a flavivirus, part of the same family as yellow fever, West Nile, chikungunya and dengue. But unlike some of those viruses, there is no vaccine to prevent Zika or medicine to treat the infection. Zika is commanding worldwide attention because of […]
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DAVOS: Invoking the famous Star Wars series, top industrialist Anand Mahindra today said technology is like the Force and everything depends on how we use it, as business leaders from across the world began debating here the challenges and benefits from the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Economictimes Speaking at the first official session of the World […]
Read More The vast and growing gap between rich and poor has been laid bare in a new Oxfam report showing that the 62 richest billionaires own as much wealth as the poorer half of the world’s population. Timed to coincide with this week’s gathering of many of the super-rich at the annual World Economic Forum in […]
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A group of militants has stormed a university in north-west Pakistan, killing at least 30 people and leaving dozens injured. According to GuardianUk, The gunmen entered Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, at about 9.30am (4.30am GMT), apparently using the cover of thick morning fog, and opened fire on students and teachers in […]
Read More GUARDIAN: THE world’s political and business leaders, plus the usual smattering of celebrities – including Leonardo DiCaprio – are heading to Davos, the Swiss Alpine resort where the World Economic Forum’s annual conference begins on Tuesday evening. The ensuing four days of debate will focus on the following themes: The rise of the robots The […]
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RENE Angelil, the husband and former manager of Celine Dion, has died aged 73, the singer has announced. Mr Angelil, who Dion married in 1994 and with whom she has three children, died at home in Las Vegas from cancer. BBC Dion took two career breaks to look after Mr Angelil after he was diagnosed […]
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REUTERS report. U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday pledged to undertake a historic push to develop a cure for cancer, tapping Vice President Joe Biden to lead the effort. Obama, in the last State of the Union address of his presidency, said America must use its spirit of innovation to help tackle the challenge of […]
Read More President Obama’s State of the Union speech Tuesday night happened at a time of heightened awareness about guns in America, but it was barely mentioned during his address. The topic of gun control has been incessantly frustrating for Obama. Gun advocates still fear he wants to take their guns away, even though he says he […]
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