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Turkish stock market halts trading as lira crashes

The Turkish stock exchange suspended trading after the national currency fell below 17 lira per US dollar on Friday. The lira has lost more...

Russia demands YouTube restore RT’s German broadcast channel

Russia’s media regulator has warned that it could curtail or block access to YouTube unless the American tech giant restores the "RT auf Sendung"...

Schools ramp up security over shooting ‘threats’ on TikTok

Schools across the US are either canceling classes or tightening security measures after widespread concerns that vague school shooting and bombing threats circulating on...

COVID-19 testing is complicated right now. Here are answers to 6 big questions

COVID-19 testing is complicated right now. Here are answers to 6 big questions https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Published December 17, 2021 at 07:30PM https://ift.tt/3j9aYmP

Oil to hit $100 – Goldman Sachs

Wall Street investment bank Goldman Sachs predicts the price of oil could hit $100 per barrel next year and that demand may reach a...

Tool to predict dementia onset with 92% accuracy revealed

Artificial intelligence can now predict whether someone will develop dementia within two years, a new study claims. Researchers hope the technology will cut down...

City using AI tech to stop bridge suicides

Seoul has begun using artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to prevent suicide attempts on Han River bridges. The “smart” cameras are being taught to detect...

Shark proteins neutralize coronavirus – study

According to a new study, antibody-like proteins known as VNARs, taken from the immune system of sharks, can neutralize Covid-like viruses in a discovery...

EU inflation soars to 30-year high

Annual consumer inflation in 19 EU states surged last month to a record 4.9% from 4.1% a month earlier, data from the European statistical...

‘Everybody is scared’: Parents ‘plead to authorities’ over transgender US swimmer

The parents of athletes at a US university where a transgender swimmer has smashed records have reportedly demanded rule changes, warning that the "integrity...

MSNBC host hits back at Musk in ‘Karen’ row

TV host Joy Reid dunked on Elon Musk for what she called a misappropriation of the supposedly ‘black’ term ‘Karen’ to attack Senator Elizabeth...

Russia reveals security proposals to West

With relations between Russia and the US-led NATO military bloc at an all-time low, Moscow has handed the West proposals for security guarantees that...

Ethiopia slams new probe proposal at UN rights body session, accuses UN of being hijacked

Ambassador Zembe Kebede accused the UN Human Rights Council of being ‘hijacked’ and used as a ‘tool of political repression’. The United Nations Human Rights...

These are the viruses that mRNA vaccines may take on next

These are the viruses that mRNA vaccines may take on next https://ift.tt/eA8V8J Published December 17, 2021 at 05:30PM https://ift.tt/3j9aYmP

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