New coronavirus losing potency, top Italian doctor says
ROME (Reuters) – The new coronavirus is losing its potency and has become much less lethal, a senior Italian doctor said on Sunday. “In reality, the virus clinically no longer […]
Michael Jordan condemns George Floyd death and ‘ingrained racism’ of US
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Testing on Kids Is a Nervous Next Step on Way to Covid Vaccine
Source: Bloomberg There are many questions surrounding children’s role in the coronavirus pandemic but one thing is clear: they’ll need a vaccine, just like adults. That means injecting dozens of […]
Ted talk: Why I, as a black man, attend KKK rallies. | Daryl Davis |
Daryl Davis is an American R&B and blues musician, activist, author, actor and bandleader. Known for his energetic style of boogie-woogie piano, Davis has played with such musicians as Chuck […]
France Says Twitter Would Be Welcome If It Decides to Leave U.S.
Source: Bloomberg Twitter Inc. would be welcome to move to France should the social-media platform face an adverse operating environment in the U.S., French Junior Digital-Affairs Minister Cedric O said […]
The Long, Painful History of Police Brutality in the U.S.
A 1963 protest placard in the Smithsonian collections could almost be mistaken for any of the Black Lives Matter marches of today By Katie Nodjimbadem, for smithsonianmag.com July 27, 2017 […]
Russia Temporarily Authorizes Use of Aviifavir Against Covid 19
Source: Bloomberg Russia’s Health Ministry granted a temporary registration certificate to the country’s first Covid-19 medicine, a generic version of the Japanese flu drug Avigan, the country’s wealth fund said […]
Is Pakistan’s Minorities Commission Doomed To Fail?
Ewelina U. Ochab Contributor On May 5, 2020, Pakistan’s federal cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, established the National Commission for Minorities (the Minorities Commission), six years after a 2014 judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan called for the creation of such a body. The 2014 ruling of the […]
Turkey to launch oil exploration in East Med soon under pact with Libyan government
t by Daily Sabah with Wires ISTANBUL Energy May 29, 2020 Turkey’s first drilling vessel Fatih sails under July 15 Martyrs Bridge, formerly known as the Bosporus Bridge, as it […]
Chinese Covid-19 Vaccine Expected to Begin Mass Output This Year
Source: Bloomberg A front-running Covid-19 vaccine candidate being developed in China is expected to be available as soon as the end of this year, according to a report published in […]
Op-Ed Equal before Allah, unequal before man
Source: Daily Times By Syed I Husain Difference, or, let us say, the right to differ, lies at the root of all knowledge, inquiry investigation, research and progress. While, therefore, […]
Istanbul: Reclamation works in Hagia Sophia Fatih Madrasah reach final stage
SOURCE: DAILY SABAH In Madrasah of Hagia Sophia, where Sultan Mehmed II performed the first Friday prayer after the conquest of Istanbul, which opened the doors of a new era, […]
Algeria’s struggle against colonialism
by Muhammet Ali Güler Op-Ed May 29, 2020 Algeria was a part of the Ottoman Empire between 1517 and 1830. Therefore, both Ottomans and Algerians influenced each other for over […]
More than 50m people are affected by conflict in urban areas. For them, coronavirus is just another burden to bear
We urge warring parties to immediately and unconditionally adhere to a pause in fighting to allow aid supplies and staff to get to those in need Mark Lowcock, Izumi Nakamitsu, […]
The future of work is remote
And the future is here The 5G era will bring unprecedented and transformative opportunities across industries. As a leader in enterprise mobility, T-Mobile for Business experts weigh in on how […]
Nike releases ‘Don’t Do It’ ad addressing racism in America
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This Is What America Looks Like review: Ilhan Omar inspires – and stays fired up
Source: The Guardian The Minnesota congresswoman has written a fine memoir of her journey from Somalia to America Few things are more unexpected than a genuinely inspirational memoir by a […]
One in 10 Covid-19 patients with diabetes die within a week, study finds
(CNN) One in 10 coronavirus patients with diabetes died within the first seven days of hospitalization, and one in five needed a ventilator to breathe, according to a new study […]
Israeli police kill unarmed, mentally disabled Palestinian man in Jerusalem
Israeli police shot dead an unarmed and mentally disabled Palestinian man near Jerusalem’s Old City on Saturday, claiming the victim looked as if he was carrying a weapon. The police […]
TOP STORIES Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at calls for unity among Muslims
May 27, 2020 Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at has called for unity among Muslims as Gambians joined the rest of the world’s Muslims to celebrate this year’s Eid-ul Fitr. Below is the […]