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US ‘withdrawing some Baghdad embassy staff’ amid regional tension

by adminmd | Dec 5, 2020 | Top Left, World News

The United States embassy in Baghdad is withdrawing some of its staff ahead of the first anniversary of the US killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in the Iraqi capital, according to media reports. The drawdown will continue until after the anniversary of...

AI SOLVES 50-YEAR-OLD SCIENCE PROBLEM IN ‘STUNNING ADVANCE’ THAT COULD DRAMATICALLY CHANGE HOW WE FIGHT DISEASES, RESEARCHERS SAY

by adminmd | Dec 3, 2020 | Bottom Right, World News

A 50-year-old science problem has been solved and could allow for dramatic changes in the fight against diseases, researchers say. For years, scientists have been struggling with the problem of “protein folding” – mapping the three-dimensional shapes of the proteins...

Leaked documents reveal China severely underreported coronavirus cases as the pandemic spread

by adminmd | Dec 2, 2020 | Bottom Right, World News

Leaked documents reveal that China significantly underreported the number of coronavirus cases in the early stages of the pandemic. On February 10 — when China reported 2,478 new cases — officials privately recorded 5,918 new cases, more than double the published...

China refuses to apologise to Australia for fake soldier image

by Jahnra | Dec 1, 2020 | Bottom Left, Top Left, World News

China has accused Australia of trying to “deflect public attention” from alleged war crimes by its soldiers in Afghanistan after Canberra expressed outrage over a “repugnant” tweet. Beijing has now said that Australia was trying to “blame...

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: What were the motives behind his killing?

by adminmd | Nov 29, 2020 | Top Left, World News

Mohsen Fakhrizadeh: What were the motives behind his killing? Western security sources regarded him as instrumental in it. Iranian media downplayed Fakhrizadeh’s importance, introducing him as a scientist and researcher involved in the search for...

Fakhrizadeh assassination a huge embarrassment for Iran

by adminmd | Nov 29, 2020 | Top Left, World News

The killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in Iran, a key nuclear engineer behind Iran’s clandestine nuclear program, was not just a hit, it was a bloody and symbolic killing. According to the photos posted online he wasn’t just killed, one of the cars in his entourage was...