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Makassar, Indonesia — Rescuers pulled bodies from under mud and debris Friday as they raced to find dozens still missing after flash floods killed at least 36 people on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island. More than 14,000 people left homeless by…
PARIS — Doctors in France have described what they said was the first confirmed case of a newborn infected in the womb with COVID-19 by the mother. The baby boy, born in March, suffered brain swelling and neurological…
PARIS, France — Earth will be home to 8.8 billion souls in 2100, two billion fewer than current UN projections, according to a major study published Wednesday that foresees new global power alignments shaped by declining fertility rates…
WASHINGTON — The US biotech firm Moderna said Tuesday it would enter the final stage of its human trials for its COVID-19 vaccine on July 27, after promising early results were published in a journal. The Phase 3…
The NBA said Monday two players have tested positive for coronavirus since teams began arriving in Orlando, Florida for the resumption of the league later this month. An NBA statement said out of 322 players tested at the…
Facebook on Friday said it is banning content that promotes “conversion therapy,” which is based on the unfounded notion that gays can change their sexual orientation through psychological or spiritual intervention. Facebook and its image-centric social network…
There is “strong evidence” that COVID-19- positive mothers can pass the virus on to their unborn infants, scientists said Thursday, in findings that could affect how pregnant women are shielded during the pandemic. While there have been…
Patients with abnormally high blood sugar levels are more than twice as likely to die from COVID-19, researchers in China said Saturday. It is the first time scientists have been able to confirm that patients with hyperglycemia,…
TOKYO — Two people died and 16 others were feared dead, local media said Sunday after torrential rain in western Japan triggered massive floods and mudslides. A woman and a man in their 80s in different towns…
The NBA’s Miami Heat have halted workouts at their practice facility at AmericanAirlines Arena after a second player tested positive for coronavirus, the Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel reported Friday. The newspaper reported that the team will continue…
Augmented reality (AR) gaming company Niantic is partnering with board game company CATAN and theater visionaries Punchdrunk over a globe-sized tabletop game and augmented reality adventure. Having launched its own “Ingress”, the Pokemon Company collaboration “Pokémon Go”…
The United Nations’ (UN) weather agency announced Thursday the longest lightning bolt on record — a single flash in Brazil on Oct. 31, 2018, that cut the sky across more than 700 kilometers. That is equivalent to…
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