Sudan security forces teargas injured anti-coup protesters recovering at Khartoum Teaching Hospital
On the afternoon of December 30, security forces banged on the windows of Khartoum Teaching Hospital then fired teargas into an emergency room packed with protesters injured in a nearby demonstration. “We were around the corner trying to hide, it came right past our heads,” said a nurse who asked...
Interview: How can a global treaty to end violence against women succeed?
As Covid-19 enters a third year, so does the “shadow pandemic” of violence against women. Such violence is not new of course, but it has been fostered by lockdowns and economic blows dealt by the coronavirus. The rise in violence since early 2020 has increased awareness and stirred interest in...
VAR decision on Aston Villa equaliser questioned as Man United secure FA Cup fourth round berth
United won a pulsating cup clash at Old Trafford as Scott McTominay’s early header proved enough against Steven Gerrard’s side, who dominated for large spells and could count themselves unlucky to lose. After a weekend of intrigue and upsets, the third round ended with an all-Premier League encounter and one...
Medical first as doctors at Maryland Medical Centre in US transplant gene-edited pig heart into a human patient
In a medical first, US surgeons transplanted a pig heart into a human patient, and say he is doing well three days after the extremely experimental operation. A 57-year-old man with a life-threatening heart condition received a new heart from a genetically altered pig. While it’s too soon to tell...
Morocco beats Ghana 1-0 as Gabon sees off Comoros with similar margin in Africa Cup of Nations openers
Morocco’s Sofiane Boufal scored seven minutes from time to secure a 1-0 win over Ghana in their opening Group C match at the Africa Cup of Nations on Monday. Boufal hammered home from close range after a mazy run into the penalty area from Zakaria Aboukhlal, only to be checked...
Japan to speed up coronavirus vaccine booster shots, secure imported supplies of drugs to treat the disease
Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has vowed to speed up coronavirus vaccine booster shots, secure imported supplies of drugs to treat Covid-19 and reorganise medical facilities to respond to the fast-spreading omicron variant. Kishida, who took office in October, said he had ordered strict border controls from November to buy...
Immunity against Omicron from breakthrough infection is a matter of timing – researchers
Good timing is a key to success – even for riding out the Omicron wave. Research from Japan suggests that Covid-19 vaccination followed months later by a breakthrough SARS-CoV-2 infection offers greater protection against the Omicron variant than do closely spaced vaccination and infection. The finding implies that countries that...
NASA’s outer space engineering wonder flawlessly unfurls its mirrors, sunshield to formally become a telescope
After several tense days of unfurling and clicking its various parts into place, the biggest and most sophisticated space telescope ever launched is now complete. On January 8, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope slowly swung the last three of its 18 hexagonal mirror segments into position, locking them together into...
