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Science and shamanism: Medicine meets Myanmar’s far-flung Naga tribes
World
March 12, 2020
Science and shamanism: Medicine meets Myanmar’s far-flung Naga tribes
With Malaria and tuberculosis screening out front and sacrifices to jungle gods out back, health worker Htan Pi and her…
Iraq fears escalation after deadly rocket attack, air strike
Middle East
March 12, 2020
Iraq fears escalation after deadly rocket attack, air strike
Iraqi and United Nations officials scrambled Thursday to contain the fallout from an unprecedented rocket attack that killed three US-led…
Six-fold jump in polar ice loss lifts global oceans
Environment
March 12, 2020
Six-fold jump in polar ice loss lifts global oceans
Greenland and Antarctica are shedding six times more ice than during the 1990s, driving sea level rise that could see…
US, UK troops among 3 dead in Iraq rocket attack as US-led coalition responds
Middle East
March 12, 2020
US, UK troops among 3 dead in Iraq rocket attack as US-led coalition responds
Two American soldiers and a British soldier were killed Wednesday, a US official said, in the deadliest rocket attack in…
Tom Hanks in Australian hospital after testing positive for coronavirus
World
March 12, 2020
Tom Hanks in Australian hospital after testing positive for coronavirus
Hollywood megastar Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson have tested positive for the new coronavirus while in Australia for…
Hollywood rapist Harvey Weinstein jailed for 23 years
World
March 12, 2020
Hollywood rapist Harvey Weinstein jailed for 23 years
Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault Wednesday, capping a…
Stocks, crude hammered as Trump’s Europe ban fans recession fears
Business
March 12, 2020
Stocks, crude hammered as Trump’s Europe ban fans recession fears
Equities and oil prices fell through the floor again on Thursday after Donald Trump banned all travel from Europe to…
Taiwan inmates join coronavirus fight with mask factory
World
March 11, 2020
Taiwan inmates join coronavirus fight with mask factory
Behind the barbed wire-topped fences of Taipei Prison, a small group of inmates are hunched over clacking sewing machines, working…
Cardinal Pell lawyers say child sex conviction ‘wrong’
World
March 11, 2020
Cardinal Pell lawyers say child sex conviction ‘wrong’
Lawyers for disgraced Cardinal George Pell claimed Wednesday he remains behind bars for child sex abuse based on “wrong” and…
Coronavirus: could the Tokyo Olympics be cancelled?
World
March 11, 2020
Coronavirus: could the Tokyo Olympics be cancelled?
The 2020 Olympics are due to open in Tokyo on July 24 but with coronavirus sweeping the world, there is…