By Christa Lesté-Lasserre A Culex mosquitoKonstantin Nechaev/Alamy When a malaria-infected bird is bitten by mosquitoes over the course of 3 hours, the first insects to feed end up carrying fewer malaria parasites than those that feed later – and the same may apply when infected people are bitten. Malaria is caused by microbes of the […]
The insidious problem of online violence against women journalists is increasingly spilling offline with potentially deadly consequences, a new global survey suggests. Nearly three-quarters (73%) of female respondents to our survey – taken by 1210 international media workers – said they had experienced online abuse, harassment, threats and attacks. And 20% of the women surveyed […]
Issued on: 25/11/2020 – 06:30Modified: 25/11/2020 – 06:29 Advertising Read more New Delhi (AFP) India will host England for four Tests in early 2021 in what could become the key clashes in deciding who reaches the world Test championship final. Sourav Ganguly, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, announced the series, […]
Azerbaijani forces have entered the second of three districts to be handed back by Armenia as part of a deal that ended weeks of fighting over Nagorno-Karabakh. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry said on November 25 that units of the Azerbaijani army had entered Karvachar (which Azerbaijanis call Kalbacar) under the deal signed this month by […]
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has announced that it is in the final development phase of the IATA Travel Pass, a digital health pass that will support the safe reopening of borders. ADVERTISEMENT Governments are beginning to use testing as a means of limiting the risks of Covid-19 importation when re-opening their borders to […]
Channel4/LoveProductions Spoiler alert! After providing much-needed escapism, the Great British Bake Off has made Peter Sawkins, 20, its youngest winner to date. Peter beat fellow finalists Laura Adlington and Dave Friday in Tuesday’s finale, which included custard slices, a walnut whirl and dessert towers. Peter, a finance student from Edinburgh, said he felt like “an […]
Issued on: 25/11/2020 – 03:20Modified: 25/11/2020 – 03:18 Advertising Read more Tel Aviv (AFP) Etgar Keret, one of Israel’s most popular living writers, says the Covid-19 pandemic has brought him a lot of inspiration and chides those inclined to romanticise the pre-coronavirus world. The 53-year-old, who often speaks with a playful smile and is known […]
President-elect Joe Biden has provided the first glimpse of his incoming administration, introducing a diverse team that he said would help “heal and unite America” and which was “ready to lead the world, not retreat from it.” Addressing the nation on November 24 alongside vice president-elect Kamala Harris, Biden revealed picks for key national-security and […]
Fearing the wurst! EU plots to ban British sausages from Europe – including Northern Ireland – if a post-Brexit trade deal isn’t secured by January 1 Bratwurst, burgers and mince are among the products that could be banned Talks are ongoing to secure a post-Brexit trade deal said to be 95% complete A few key […]
Scientific evidence can be difficult to understand. Normally we can rely on experts to interpret it for us, or the media to accurately report any interesting new discoveries, but the pandemic has challenged this. Almost daily we are faced with contradictory views claiming to be “based on the scientific evidence”. But if you’re not an […]