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Iranian oil exports fall to lowest level in six years, data shows: report
Iranian exports of crude oil and condensate fell to their lowest level in at least six years in May, falling well below 300,000 barrels per day, mainly due to the U.S. naval blockade, according to shipping data and analysts. The U.S. began enforcing the blockade on April 13, choking Iranian…
Cancer researchers present advances and emerging treatments
Cancer researchers highlighted several treatment breakthroughs during their annual summit in Chicago that concluded Tuesday, including preliminary but encouraging data on potential benefits of weight loss medications. Here is an overview of the latest developments from the American Society of…
Trump’s health is ‘spectacular’, days before he turns 80, television doctor says
WASHINGTON, United States — US President Donald Trump is in “spectacular” health, a television doctor in his cabinet insisted Tuesday, after a medical examination failed to quell questions about Trump’s health. Mehmet Oz, who is Trump’s administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid…
Merck exec says company is discussing use of COVID antiviral drug molnupiravir in Ebola response: report
Merck is in discussions with various global health authorities about making its COVID antiviral pill molnupiravir available as an Ebola treatment to address the widening outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a senior executive told Reuters. The outbreak, which has so far infected a…
80% chance of El Niño developing in June-August, says UN
GENEVA — There is an 80-percent chance of the warming El Niño phenomenon developing between June and August, increasing the risk of extreme weather events, the World Meteorological Organization said Tuesday. “Fuelled by unusually warm ocean waters in the tropical Pacific, El Niño conditions are…
Crocodiles cry when they feast on their victims, study says
Do crocodiles cry? Science says yes — but not for the reasons long suggested by myth and folklore. A 2007 study published in the journal BioScience found that crocodiles do produce tears while feeding, challenging the age-old belief that “crocodile tears” signify emotional remorse or sorrow. The…
Moderna and other groups get $60 million to develop Ebola vaccine: report
Global health organisation CEPI will give roughly $60 million to Moderna, opens new tab and two other groups to accelerate the development of shots against Ebola Bundibugyo, the deadly virus that has swept through eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness…
Sweden now ‘smoke-free’ as smoking rate drops below 5%: report
Sweden has met its target of becoming smoke-free by 2025, with fewer than five percent of its population smoking cigarettes daily, although some still use nicotine in other forms, a report showed. A report by the Swedish Council for Information on Alcohol and Other Drugs found that the share of…
Mosquitoes can learn to love common repellent, scientists find
Mosquitoes can learn to associate the smell of the world’s most common insect repellent with a tasty meal — and after training can even prefer to bite people who have been sprayed with it, an experimental study said Thursday. The surprising results, which were conducted “under very specific…
Experimental pill vs deadly pancreatic cancer reduces risk of death by 60%: report
Revolution Medicine’s experimental pancreatic cancer pill doubled survival compared with chemotherapy and improved symptoms enough that some patients could resume activities they had previously abandoned, setting a new benchmark for this deadly cancer, researchers reported on Sunday. Full results…
Global temperatures to reach record high levels in 2026-2030, UN says: report
Global average temperatures are likely to continue at or near record levels this year and for the next four years afterwards, the United Nations warned Thursday. The 11 hottest individual years ever recorded all happened from 2015 onwards and the UN’s weather and climate agency said the trend was…
Fame saved his life: ‘Donald Trump’ buffalo spared from Eid al-Adha sacrifice
A rare white albino buffalo named “Donald Trump,” which went viral in recent days, has been spared from being sacrificed during Eid al-Adha in Bangladesh following a last-minute government intervention, a Home Ministry official said Wednesday. According to Reuters, the buffalo had already been…
YouTube says it will flag AI-generated content
PARIS – Youtube will in future automatically detect AI-generated content and flag the information to viewers on its platform, the Google-owned company said on May 27. The move reverses a previous policy of relying on video creators to self-report if they had used generative AI tools. “If a creator…
Handwriting boosts brain activity than typing: study
A study published in Frontiers in Psychology found that handwriting activates the brain more extensively than typing, suggesting it may be more beneficial for learning. Researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology conducted the study by recording the brain activity of 36…
Ferrari unveils its first fully electric car
ROME, May 25 (Reuters) – Ferrari presented its first fully electric car on Monday, marking a high-stakes shift by the luxury sports car maker as competitors including Porsche and Lamborghini scale back their EV ambitions, citing weak demand. The four-door Luce, Italian for ‘light’, was developed…