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There’s a new trade war brewing – over global dominance in the electric car market | World News
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There’s a trade war brewing between China and the West, at stake is who will dominate the global market for electric vehicles. Outside the port city of Ningbo, Chinese car company Zeekr is rolling out luxury EVs and growing fast. The factory has only been up and running for three years, but this year it’s…
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Cheap malaria vaccine developed with help of Oxford scientists approved for global rollout | World News
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has approved a low-cost, readily available vaccine for malaria that promises to help ease one of the greatest disease burdens on the developing world. The R21 vaccine, developed by the University of Oxford, the Serum Institute of India and drug maker Novavax, could help reduce the 500,000 malaria-associated deaths that…
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Extreme global warming could eventually wipe out humans, first-ever supercomputer climate models warn | Science & Tech News
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Extreme global warming will likely wipe all mammals – including humans – off the face of the Earth in 250 million years, according to a new scientific study. Temperatures could spiral to 70C (158F) and transform the planet into a “hostile environment devoid of food and water”, the research warns. The planet would heat up…
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Red fire ants: They have a painful sting and could be heading to the UK thanks to global warming | Climate News
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Red fire ants, a destructive invasive species, whose sting is painful and causes irritation and allergic reactions, could be heading to the UK thanks to global warming, scientists have warned. The insect has reached Europe for the first time, researchers from Current Biology have said, after they found nearly 90 nests in Italy. Their report said:…
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COVID no longer a global health emergency, World Health Organization says | UK News
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World Health Organization (WHO) officials have said COVID is no longer a global health emergency, marking a symbolic end to the pandemic. “It’s with great hope that I declare COVID-19 over as a global health emergency,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “That does not mean COVID-19 is over as a global health threat.” “COVID-19…
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COVID may no longer be a global health emergency, but virus hasn’t disappeared into the background | UK News
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The declaration that COVID is no longer a global health emergency is an historic moment. It can be seen as an official declaration of the end of a pandemic that in three years killed nearly seven million people globally and made billions sick. In itself, it is a bureaucratic step. When the WHO declares a…
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Coinbase cuts 20% of global workforce amid crypto collapse | Business News
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Coinbase, the cryptocurrency exchange platform, is to cut 950 jobs, about 20% of its global workforce. The company has announced the third round of layoffs in a year as part of a restructuring plan. The move follows the sharp downfall in the value of cryptocurrency and has been blamed on that as well as the…
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Britain is a big part of the new space race – and could become a global launch pad | Science & Tech News
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Britain is a big part of the new space race, but you probably didn’t know it. More satellites are built here than anywhere outside California. But because we don’t launch them, it goes unnoticed. It began with telecommunications satellites the size of double-decker buses that bring us hundreds of TV channels and connect us to…
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Measles now an ‘imminent’ global threat due to pandemic, say WHO and CDC | World News
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There is now an “imminent threat” of measles spreading in every region of the world, the World Health Organisation and the US public health agency has said. In a joint report, the health organisations said there had been a fall in vaccines against measles and less surveillance of the disease during the COVID pandemic. Measles…
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COVID pandemic caused changes to global mortality not seen in 70 years, say researchers | UK News
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The COVID pandemic has caused a “protracted shock” to life expectancy levels leading to global mortality changes not seen in the last 70 years, according to research. Previous epidemics have seen fairly rapid “bounce backs” to life expectancy levels, said experts. But the scale and magnitude of COVID-19 on mortality confounds claims that it has…