Month: August 2022

U.S. FDA approves coronavirus vaccines engineered for Omicron variant

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized updated COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna that target the dominant BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants, as the government prepares for a broad fall vaccination campaign that could begin within days. The new vaccines also include the original version of the virus targeted by all… Read More U.S. FDA approves coronavirus vaccines engineered for Omicron variant

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NASA awards $1.4billion contract to SpaceX for five more astronaut missions

SpaceX will launch five more astronaut missions to the International Space Station for NASA at the end of the decade under a $1.4 billion contract order, the U.S. space agency said Wednesday, taking the company’s total contracted missions for its Crew Dragon astronaut capsule to 14. The latest boost to SpaceX’s NASA contract is part… Read More NASA awards $1.4billion contract to SpaceX for five more astronaut missions

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Several casualties reported as airstrikes hit Tigray region’s capital

Fighting in Ethiopia’s nearly two-year Tigray war has erupted along a new front near Sudan, the government said on Wednesday, after a ceasefire collapsed a week ago. Medics also reported fresh air strikes on Mekelle, capital of northern Tigray region, where local forces have battled Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s national army in a conflict killing… Read More Several casualties reported as airstrikes hit Tigray region’s capital

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Angola’s electoral commission declares MPLA ruling party as winner of national election

Angola’s electoral commission on Monday declared the ruling MPLA, in power for nearly five decades since independence, the winner of last week’s national election, handing President Joao Lourenco a second term amid concerns about possible fraud. The commission gave the ex-Marxist People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) a 51.17% majority after all votes… Read More Angola’s electoral commission declares MPLA ruling party as winner of national election

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IAEA report says Iran stepping up uranium enrichment

Iran is pressing ahead with its rollout of an upgrade to its advanced uranium enrichment programme, a report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog on Monday showed, even as the West awaits Iran’s response on salvaging its 2015 nuclear deal. The first of three cascades, or clusters, of advanced IR-6 centrifuges recently installed at the underground… Read More IAEA report says Iran stepping up uranium enrichment

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At least ten dead as rival political groups clash in Iraq

Heavy clashes erupted in Baghdad, killing at least 10 people on Monday, after powerful Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said he would quit politics, prompting his loyalists to storm a government palace and fight with rival groups. As night fell, machine-gun fire and explosions rang out, with tracer fire rising into the sky above the Green… Read More At least ten dead as rival political groups clash in Iraq

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