Sweden registers a record 8,881 new COVID-19 cases
Author: Reuters ID: 1608210677363908300 Thu, 2020-12-17 13:07 STOCKHOLM: Sweden, whose unorthodox pandemic strategy placed it in the global spotlight, registered a record 8,881 new...
US plans new charges in 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing
Author: By ERIC TUCKER | AP ID: 1608211684163965200 Thu, 2020-12-17 12:44 WASHINGTON: The Justice Department plans to unseal new charges in the coming days...
Court keeps travel ban for pilots charged over Ghosn escape
Author: By MEHMET GUZEL and SUZAN FRASER | AP ID: 1608217092864251700 Thu, 2020-12-17 14:53 ISTANBUL : A Turkish court hearing the case against four...
Putin responds to CNN investigation, does not deny Navalny was tracked
During his annual press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to a recent investigation by the investigative group Bellingcat and CNN which uncovered evidence...
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50 years ago, urea showed promise as a sickle-cell treatment
Urea normalizes cells – Science News, December 19, 1970 Intravenous infusions of urea now appear to promise successful treatment of sickle-cell patients.… Urea causes...
China’s Chang’e 5 capsule lands on Earth with the 1st new moon samples in 44 years
China’s Chang’e 5 moon sample-return capsule landed in Inner Mongolia on Wednesday (Dec. 16), returning lunar rocks for the first time since 1976.
See the moon’s shadow on Earth from the 2020 total solar eclipse in these stunning satellite views
Skywatchers in southern South America were treated to a total solar eclipse on Monday (Dec. 14), and a weather satellite captured stunning views of...
2 calves of one of world’s most endangered large whales spotted
Two newborn whales were spotted swimming off the U.S. coast, giving researchers hope for a critically endangered whale species.
Robot dogs could someday explore deep caves on Mars
Robotic “Mars Dogs” could use artificial intelligence and sensors to investigate the Martian surface and map hidden lava tunnels.
UN marks 81 years of global cooperation 
Women ‘first to suffer’ under siege, first to step up as frontline responders in Sudan 
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West Bank: Guterres alarmed as Israel imposes sweeping closures after deadly Hebron attack