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Amazon gets US approval to fly delivery drones 31 Aug 2020 - 08:34 pm

San Francisco - Amazon on Monday said a freshly-issued Federal Aviation Administration certificate has cleared the launchpad for drone deliveries in the US....

GSK, partner Vir join race to find COVID-19 antibody treatment 31 Aug 2020 - 04:15 pm

GlaxoSmithKline and partner Vir Biotechnology have started testing their experimental antibody on early-stage COVID-19 patients, entering the race to find a winner in...

Asteroid over 22 metres in diameter to fly by Earth on Tuesday 30 Aug 2020 - 08:14 pm

Washington - An asteroid with diameters between 22 and 49 metres will pass by Earth on Tuesday, NASA has said. At its closest...

Global virus cases cross 25 million as India sets grim record 30 Aug 2020 - 07:41 pm

New Delhi - Global coronavirus infections soared past 25 million on Sunday, as countries around the world further tightened restrictions to try to...

These simple, lemony crab cakes let the star ingredient shine 29 Aug 2020 - 06:25 pm

I have a lot of experience with different types of cakes - layer, pan-, sheet, cup-, pops - but there's one that has...

Sanofi more confident about its coronavirus vaccines 28 Aug 2020 - 08:41 pm

PARIS: Sanofi's confidence in its coronavirus vaccine candidates has increased this summer as the French drugmaker prepares to start clinical trials, its chief...

Musk's Neuralink venture promises to reveal a 'working' brain-computer device 28 Aug 2020 - 07:13 pm

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk's neuroscience startup Neuralink on Friday is expected to detail its latest innovations for implanting minuscule computer chips in human...

New reckoning for WHO vaccine plan as governments go it alone 28 Aug 2020 - 01:27 pm

LONDON/BRUSSELS/GENEVA - The World Health Organization will next week receive a raft of pledges of support for its plan for COVID-19 vaccines for...

Japan's 'flying car' gets off ground, with a person aboard 28 Aug 2020 - 12:47 pm

TOKYO - The decades-old dream of zipping around in the sky as simply as driving on highways may be becoming less illusory. Japan’s...

Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi casts doubt on coronavirus originating in China 27 Aug 2020 - 11:49 pm

OSLO - The Chinese government's top diplomat, State Councillor Wang Yi, said on Thursday it was unclear whether the corona virus had first...

Study uncovers how Covid-19 kills, offers possible ways to stop it 27 Aug 2020 - 10:20 pm

Toronto - In the fight against the novel coronavirus, researchers have made significant progress in understanding the Covid-19 virus and offered possible ways...

New season of "Fortnite" is here, Apple users miss out 27 Aug 2020 - 04:15 pm

Epic Games launched the new season of hit video game "Fortnite" on Thursday, pitting Marvel super heroes against Fantastic Four-villain Galactus in the...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai rules out buying TikTok 26 Aug 2020 - 11:23 pm

Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said the company has no plans to acquire TikTok. During an interview on the podcast show Pivot...

Fires 'poisoning air' in Amazon: study 26 Aug 2020 - 11:15 pm

Rio de Janeiro - Rampant fires in the Amazon are "poisoning the air" of the world's biggest rainforest, causing a sharp rise in...

Twitter, Instagram flooded with fraudulent Covid-19 posts: Study 26 Aug 2020 - 08:05 pm

New York - Researchers have found that thousands of social media posts on popular platforms Twitter and Instagram were tied to financial scams...

Antarctica ice shelves vulnerable to meltwater that could cut ice 'like a knife,' study finds 26 Aug 2020 - 07:40 pm

BUENOS AIRES: Meltwater could undermine the walls of ice holding back Antarctica's glaciers, scientists reported on Wednesday, a finding that underscores concern about...