WHO’s new task force described as last chance to determine origin of coronavirus
With novel coronavirus origins still not known, the World Heald Organisation has set up a new working group to analyse the initial transmission…
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Afghanistan prison chief envisages return of executions, cutting off arms as punishment
In Afghanistan, the Taliban group has formed an interim government. A senior member will be in charge of prisons and has unveiled that…
Lithuanian railway project worth EUR 60m stopped over effects of Belarus sanctions
Lithuanian public railway company LTG Infra will postpone a construction project to build a railway line worth 60 million euros as the firm…
Plane crashes in US and Russia claim many lives
In the US and Russia, two plane crashes have taken place, taking the lives of a total of at least 18 people, US…
Nobel in economics goes to researchers of labour economics and methodology
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Monday, October 11, that three economists working in the US will receive the Sveriges Riksbank…
World’s first malaria vaccine recommended to young children, by WHO
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended for the first time a vaccine against the malaria disease, which in Africa, takes around 260…
Thinking about people left in Afghanistan, US soldier ties ribbons around trees
A yellow ribbon around neighbourhood trees – that is the way a US war veteran has chosen to commemorate Americans and others left…
Latvia’s weekly school testing to be organised more seldom
In the second week of the mass Covid-19 testing of pupils in Latvian schools, the government has decided to make the procedure less…
On 9/11 anniversary, US declassifies attack investigation document
The US has marked with commemorative events the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks. The country’s Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has…
