At least five people were killed Thursday in a massive crash involving 75 to 100 vehicles on an icy Texas interstate, police said, as a winter storm dropped freezing rain, sleet, and snow on a large section of the United States. The number of injured was still unknown as police were still addressing the accident […]
An uncrewed Chinese spacecraft on Wednesday successfully entered orbit around Mars after a 6-1/2-month journey from Earth, China’s space agency said, in the country’s first independent mission to the red planet. The robotic probe carried out a 15-minute burn of its thrusters at 7:52pm Beijing time (5:22pm IST); the China National Space Administration said in […]
Qatar issued an emergency use authorization for the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine; the second coronavirus jab approved in the country after the one developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The Ministry of Public Health (MOPH) said the move on Wednesday came after an extensive review of the vaccine. “The comprehensive clinical trial process on Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine […]
Bitcoin powered to a record high on Tuesday, approaching the $50,000 mark, basking in the afterglow of Elon Musk-led Tesla’s investment in the cryptocurrency that had investors believing it may become a mainstream asset class. The most popular cryptocurrency has gained 1,150 percent since its March 2020 lows; as institutional investors searched for alternative investments […]
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) first mission Amal to Mars has entered the red planet’s orbit after a seven-month, 494 million kilometers (307 million miles) journey, allowing it to start sending data about the Martian atmosphere and climate. Officials at mission control broke into applause on Tuesday, visibly relieved after a tense half-hour as Amal, […]
Facebook Inc said on Monday it will expand a list of false health claims it bans from the platform to include debunked claims about vaccines in general, such as that they are toxic or cause autism. The social media company said in a blog post it was increasing the types of false claims about the […]
Germany, Poland and Sweden have expelled an employee of Russia’s embassy in each country, in a coordinated tit-for-tat response to Moscow’s expulsion last week of a German, a Polish, and a Swedish diplomat. The German foreign ministry said in a statement on Monday that Russia’s decision to expel diplomats from European Union countries; including one […]
South Africa has suspended the use of the Oxford university made AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine in its immunization programme until a committee of scientists advises on the best way to proceed. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize’s announcement on Sunday came after trial data showed; the vaccine developed by drugmaker AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford offered; only […]
China’s market regulator has released new anti-monopoly guidelines aimed at internet platforms; tightening existing restrictions faced by the country’s technology giants. The new rules, published on Sunday, formalize an earlier anti-monopoly draft law released in November and clarify a series of monopolistic practices that regulators plan to crack down on. The guidelines are expected to […]
Cairo: Egyptian authorities on Saturday released a journalist working for Qatar’s Al Jazeera television network who was held in pre-trial detention for more than four years, his brother and a lawyer told a local news channel. Mahmoud Hussein, an Egyptian detained in December 2016 after arriving in Cairo from Doha on vacation, was held on […]
