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To prove just how useful Spot, Boston Dynamics’ four-legged robot dog, can be, the New Zealand-based robotics company Rocos shared a video of Spot herding sheep across grassy pastures. This is the kind of work Rocos hopes to do as part of a partnership, announced today, with Boston Dynamics. Rocos plans to develop a system that will remotely […]

One minute of silence was observed at the opening ceremony of the 3rd session of 13th Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee on Thursday afternoon, as a mark of tribute to victims of the COVID-19 and those who sacrificed their lives in the fight against the epidemic. Xi Jinping and other Chinese leaders […]

A woman holds a sign listing ‘COVID Cures’, including hydroxychloroquine, at a protest against coronavirus restrictions in the US state of Massachusetts [Reuters/Brian Snyder] US President Donald Trump announced this week that he is taking hydroxychloroquine as a prophylactic against the coronavirus despite medical warnings against its general use. Trump’s statement was met with shock from […]

    President Jair Bolsonaro has refused to take the coronavirus pandemic seriously, even though more than 17,500 Brazilians have already died from the virus. And the number of cases continues to grow exponentially. This past weekend scores of young revelers were out and about in Rio de Janeiro, enjoying the nightlife and gathering for beers […]

Chen Zhi donates plasma at a blood donation vehicle in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, March 12, 2020. (Xinhua/Fei Maohua) Animal experiments showed that the most potent antibody, BD-368-2, could provide strong therapeutic efficacy and prophylactic protection against SARS-CoV-2. WASHINGTON, May 18 (Xinhua) — Chinese researchers have successfully identified multiple highly potent neutralizing antibodies against […]

American Mink   –   Copyright  Flickr/Peter Trimming The Dutch government says it has evidence to suggest a human has contracted coronavirus from a mink. In a letter sent on Wednesday, the Dutch agriculture minister Carola Schouten said a worker on a mink farm had contracted a strain of COVID-19 that was similar to that found in an animal on […]

Scores of people have tested positive for COVID-19 at a refugee home in western Germany, local authorities say. Some 70 people have tested positive and authorities have tested around 300 other residents at the compound, which is located in the town of Sankt Augustin outside the city of Bonn. Read more: Coronavirus pandemic poses threat to […]

The predictions were sombre and the statistics scary. A calamity of immense proportion would hit the continent, leaving it worse off than other regions of the world. But months since COVID-19 struck, Africa with its notorious poor health infrastructure has recorded the least deaths. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) had in April […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech at the opening of the 73rd World Health Assembly via video link in Beijing, capital of China, May 18, 2020. (Xinhua/Li Xueren) BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday announced concrete measures to boost global fight against COVID-19 including providing international aid and making […]

Members of Libya’s internationally recognized government are seen after taking control of Al-Watiya air base, southwest of Tripoli, Libya, May 18, 2020. (Reuters Photo)  The Libyan Army’s success at Al-Watiya will prove effective in eliminating the presence of Khalifa Haftar’s militias in the country, GNA officials said, as the army continued to take over more […]