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Read MoreUS researchers say COVID-19 vaccine under study seen to boost immune systems while antibodies study raises new concerns.US researchers say COVID-19 vaccine under study seen to boost immune systems while antibodies study raises new concerns.

Read More Papua New Guinea is particularly hard hit, with a huge young demographic that faces few prospects without sufficient skills and education Jim Pia is awake at five each morning to catch the first bus into the city. Daily, the 20-year-old fights for a space on the bus from the Bushwara settlement, on the…

Read More In fact, studies have found that Black Americans are up to 3.5 times as likely to be killed by law enforcement Donald Trump, in an interview aired Tuesday, pivoted when asked a question about the police killing of George Floyd, a Black American, which has sparked major national protests, to point out that…

Read More Infectious disease expert says young people socializing are ‘inadvertently part of the problem’ Top US public health expert Anthony Fauci warned on Tuesday that the global coronavirus outbreak could be as bad as the 1918 flu pandemic, calling that catastrophe “the mother of all pandemics”, which killed more than 50 million people worldwide.…

Read More TUNIS, Jul 14 (IPS) – In the 1990s, after the collapse of the USSR, the idea that water would drive the wars of the future took hold among analysts and the media. Three decades later and that grim prospect has, fortunately, not yet materialised, and international cooperation, despite its ups and downs, is…

Read More In a study published July 14 in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers report on the results of the first COVID-19 vaccine to be tested in people. The trial, which involved 45 healthy volunteers, was designed to test the safety of the vaccine, but results offer early hints of its effectiveness. Moderna…

Read More President says city will now be treated same as mainland in move punishing Beijing for ‘aggressive actions’ over new security laws President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered an end to Hong Kong’s special status under US law to punish China for what he called “aggressive actions” against the former British colony. Citing China’s…

Read More Another shutdown ‘is an option we don’t want to take in NSW’, premier Gladys Berejiklian says as cases linked to Sydney pub reach 30. Follow the latest news and updates NSW won’t shut down despite risks of large venues Follow live news from around the world Sign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email…

Read More Restrictions imposed on Indian city of Bangalore and state of Bihar; Venezuela’s capital Caracas to go into a strict lockdown on Wednesday; Face masks mandatory in France; Follow the latest updates Cities worldwide reimpose lockdowns as Covid-19 cases surge France: baby boy infected with coronavirus in womb Does coronavirus spread in the air…

Read MoreThe president says he has also signed a bill to impose sanctions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong.The president says he has also signed a bill to impose sanctions on Chinese officials over Hong Kong.

Read More“I just wish it didn’t take a pandemic for us to be seen and heard,” one health care worker said.”I just wish it didn’t take a pandemic for us to be seen and heard,” one health care worker said.

Read MoreWith the short-video app already banned in India, Sophia Smith Galer looks at whether the UK or the US could be next.With the short-video app already banned in India, Sophia Smith Galer looks at whether the UK or the US could be next.

Read MoreThe work of the photographer returns to London shopfronts, on a massive scale.The work of the photographer returns to London shopfronts, on a massive scale.

Read MoreRuth Bader Ginsburg, 87, has taken frequent trips to the hospital in recent years for various ailments.Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 87, has taken frequent trips to the hospital in recent years for various ailments.

Read More Once a bustling city devastated during its liberation from Islamic State militants, Mosul is engaged in another life-and-death struggle – against Covid-19. Nurse Soror al-Husseini has told Ruptly about life on this new frontline. The nature of her job is to focus on the patient’s “positive psychological state,” to give them the proper medication and…

Read More Wednesday: State to enforce new compliance measures for pubs. Plus, historians ridicule war memorial claims Good morning, this is Emilie Gramenz bringing you the main stories and must-reads on Wednesday 15 July. Continue reading…Wednesday: State to enforce new compliance measures for pubs. Plus, historians ridicule war memorial claimsGood morning, this is Emilie Gramenz…

Read MoreForeign students had been told they were at risk if their classes moved online during the pandemic.Foreign students had been told they were at risk if their classes moved online during the pandemic.

Read MoreIn an interview with CBS News’ Catherine Herridge, President Trump weighed in on police killings, his administration’s response to the coronavirus and more. Watch more of the interview with the president on the “CBS Evening News” at 6:30 p.m. ET, and on “CBS This Morning” from 7 to 9 a.m. ET.In an interview with…

Read MoreThe guidance would’ve barred foreign students from participating in online-only coursework during the fall semester.The guidance would’ve barred foreign students from participating in online-only coursework during the fall semester.

Read MoreThe lawsuits accuse Philadelphia police of firing tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets at peaceful protesters.The lawsuits accuse Philadelphia police of firing tear gas, pepper spray and rubber bullets at peaceful protesters.

Read MoreA divisive monument at ‘Ole Miss’ is being moved to a secluded section of the university following protests.A divisive monument at ‘Ole Miss’ is being moved to a secluded section of the university following protests.

Read More Astronomers at the Gemini-North Telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii have witnessed the afterglow of a short gamma ray burst located an astonishing 10 billion light-years away – one of the most distant such phenomena ever witnessed. The science is pretty clear: the farther away an object is from Earth, the dimmer its…

Read More British regulators say they had little choice after the U.S. imposed sanctions that could affect the viability of Huawei products. Existing 5G equipment must be removed from the network by 2027. (Image credit: Leon Neal/Getty Images) British regulators say they had little choice after the U.S. imposed sanctions that could affect the viability…

Read More As millions of American children celebrated July 4 by viewing fireworks and having their imaginations sparked for a brighter future – at least six of our nation’s children were shot and killed by stray bullets, including 7-year-old Natalia Wallace, who was shot in the forehead as she played in her grandmother’s yard. This…

Read More (GRAND LEDGE, Mich.) — A Michigan sheriff’s deputy on Tuesday fatally shot a man suspected of stabbing another man who had challenged him about not wearing a mask at a convenience store, police said. The shooting occurred in Eaton County, southwest of Lansing, about 30 minutes after the stabbing at a Quality Dairy…

Read More The independence of Venezuela’s justice system has been “considerably undermined”, fuelling impunity and human rights violations, the UN rights chief charged Tuesday in a report. The 15-page document by Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, was commissioned in September by the UN Human Rights Council and is to be presented…

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Read MoreNepal PM says Ayodhya as Lord Ram’s birthplace is a recent creation, as he accuses New Delhi of ‘cultural encroachment’.Nepal PM says Ayodhya as Lord Ram’s birthplace is a recent creation, as he accuses New Delhi of ‘cultural encroachment’.

Read MoreThree crew members survive plane crash at Beledweyne Airport in central Somalia.Three crew members survive plane crash at Beledweyne Airport in central Somalia.

Read More NEW YORK, Jul 14 (IPS) – Ian Williams* is President of the Foreign Press Association in New York, a former President of the UN Correspondents’ Association (UNCA) and author of UNtold: The Real Story of the United Nations in Peace and War.President Erdogan’s “reconversion” of the Hagia Sophia, into a mosque is a…

Read MoreThe British socialite denies grooming underage girls for the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.The British socialite denies grooming underage girls for the late paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.

Read More Swedish brand taps growing market for milk alternatives as sale of 10% stake values firm at $2bn Oatly has sold a minority $200m (£157m) stake to a group of high-profile investors that includes Oprah Winfrey and Jay-Z in a deal that values the fashionable Swedish alt-milk brand at $2bn. Malmö-based Oatly is riding…

Read More Israel could be deterred from acting, 11 politicians say in joint letter to EU foreign policy chief Foreign ministers from 11 European countries have demanded the EU quickly provide them with a list of possible actions to stop Israel annexing large parts of the occupied West Bank. In a letter addressed to the…

Read More Locked out of federal assistance, many are subsisting on one meal a day as charities are overwhelmed by demand International students in Melbourne are bracing for more hardship after the city returned to a six-week lockdown prompted by a spike in coronavirus cases. Melburnians who have lost work or who have been forced…

Read More Perhaps ironically, the Covid-19 health crisis has improved, if only temporarily, women’s access to medical abortions It has been 24 years since the federal government chose the partial privatisation of Telstra over the rights of Australian women to safely terminate a pregnancy with abortion drugs. In 1996, anti-abortion independent Brian Harradine, who held…