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Egypt to start receiving volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trials
Health & Fitness
September 12, 2020
Egypt to start receiving volunteers for COVID-19 vaccine trials
Egypt’s Health and Population Ministry announced that starting Sunday it would open volunteer registration for the third phase of the…
IBM says US should adopt new export controls on facial recognition systems
Technology
September 11, 2020
IBM says US should adopt new export controls on facial recognition systems
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – IBM Corp said on Friday the US Commerce Department should adopt new controls to limit the export of…
China says ambassador hacked in ‘like’ of pornographic tweet
World
September 11, 2020
China says ambassador hacked in ‘like’ of pornographic tweet
BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese Embassy in the United Kingdom has demanded that Twitter investigate after its ambassador’s official account…
Egyptian Health Ministry ready to conduct clinical trials on two COVID-19 vaccines
Egypt
September 11, 2020
Egyptian Health Ministry ready to conduct clinical trials on two COVID-19 vaccines
Egypt’s Ministry of Health and Population has completed its final preparations leading up to the third phase of clinical trials…
Disney criticized for filming ‘Mulan’ in China’s Xinjiang
World
September 9, 2020
Disney criticized for filming ‘Mulan’ in China’s Xinjiang
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Disney is under fire for filming part of its live-action reboot “Mulan” in Xinjiang, the…
Egypt mulls producing Chinese coronavirus vaccine locally
Egypt
September 9, 2020
Egypt mulls producing Chinese coronavirus vaccine locally
Egypt’s Health and Population Minister, Hala Zayed, met on Tuesday with a Chinese delegation to discuss producing a coronavirus vaccine…
Hong Kong police arrest 90 at protests over election delay
World
September 6, 2020
Hong Kong police arrest 90 at protests over election delay
HONG KONG (AP) — At least 90 people were arrested Sunday at protests against the government’s decision to postpone elections…
Trump security adviser says China has biggest election-interference program
World
September 5, 2020
Trump security adviser says China has biggest election-interference program
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has taken the most active role among countries seeking to interfere in the US election and…
Hong Kong begins mass-testing for virus amid public doubts
World
September 1, 2020
Hong Kong begins mass-testing for virus amid public doubts
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong began a voluntary mass-testing program for coronavirus Tuesday as part of a strategy to…
Scientists see downsides to top COVID-19 vaccines from Russia, China
Middle East
August 31, 2020
Scientists see downsides to top COVID-19 vaccines from Russia, China
TORONTO/CHICAGO (Reuters) – High-profile COVID-19 vaccines developed in Russia and China share a potential shortcoming: They are based on a…