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Babies under the age of six months are especially vulnerable to the respiratory virus. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT Stockholm health officials are urging parents of children younger than one to keep their older siblings home from preschool, amid an increase in the number of RSV infections.  The virus (Respiratory Syncytial Virus – RSV, or more commonly […]

Turkey is not in a hurry to recognize the Taliban-led administration in Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said Thursday, adding there is gradual engagement between Ankara and the new government in Kabul. Çavuşoğlu presented the 2022 budget of the Foreign Ministry and related institutions at the Planning and Budget Committee of the Grand National Assembly […]

The Chinese mainland on Friday announced specific measures to punish diehard secessionists from the island of Taiwan, including prohibiting them and their families from entering the mainland and the Hong Kong and Macao special administrative regions, and restricting their associated institutions from cooperating with organizations and individuals in the mainland for economic benefits, and they […]

Front page: The government declared a state of emergency on Tuesday EDUARDO SOTERAS AFP Addis Ababa (AFP) – All week, Bisrat’s phone has been buzzing with news of fellow Tigrayans caught up in a fresh round of mass arrests linked to Ethiopia’s year-long war. Police first arrested his former business partner from a shop in central Addis […]

I was suffering from a total of 49 symptoms including poor eyesight, stomach aches, dizziness, racing heart rate and hair loss (Picture: Sheren Gaulbert) It’s been almost two years since I had Covid-19 and I’m still suffering with the aftermath daily. My energy levels are much lower than they used to be, I struggle to concentrate, I’m […]

Pfizer Inc. said its Covid-19 pill reduced hospitalizations and deaths in high-risk patients by 89%, a result that has the potential to upend how the disease caused by the coronavirus is treated and alter the course of the pandemic. The shares surged. The drugmaker said in a statement on Friday that it was no longer taking […]

Magdalena Andersson will become Sweden’s first female Prime Minister if approved by parliament. Photo: Jessica Gow/TT Finance Minister Magdalena Andersson is tipped to become Sweden’s next Prime Minister, replacing incumbent Stefan Löfven as leader of the Social Democrats on Thursday. 1. What is her career and political history? Magdalena Andersson has held her current position […]

Image source,Getty Images  The human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine is cutting cases of cervical cancer by nearly 90%, the first real-world data shows. Cancer Research UK described the findings as “historic”, and said it showed the vaccine was saving lives. Nearly all cervical cancers are caused by viruses, and the hope is vaccination could almost […]

A swarm of desert locusts in Rhamudimtu ward in Mandera North Sub-county. Image: Courtesy-Mandera County There have been reports of a swarm of desert locusts’ invasion in Mandera County. Williams Hamisi, FAO Kenya deputy representative confirmed that a swarm of desert locusts was sighted in Mandera County on Monday. He said it was one swarm that […]

All sides fighting in the war in Ethiopia’s northern region of Tigray committed violations that may amount to war crimes, according to a long-awaited joint investigation by the United Nations and Ethiopia and published on Wednesday.  The report by the U.N.‘s Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights and the state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission […]