After decades of research, Australian scientists had developed a pioneering new jab, named Gardasil, which could prevent HPV – and it had been approved by the medicines regulator. One year later, Australia became the first country in the world to…
Category: 2. World
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Israeli police arrest man after nun attacked in Jerusalem
“Israel remains firmly committed to safeguarding freedom of religion and freedom of worship for all faiths, and to ensuring that Jerusalem remains a city where every community can live, pray, and practice its faith in safety and dignity,” the…
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Turkish police arrest more than 500 people at May Day rallies
Turkey sees significant police deployments on 1 May each year, when marches led by workers and unions are held.
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War criminal Ratko Mladic close to death, lawyers seeking release from jail say
Mladic commanded Bosnian Serb forces in the 1990s against the Bosnian Croat and Bosniak (Bosnian Muslim) armies, during a war in which his troops committed “ethnic cleansing” in Bosnia-Herzegovina, besieged the main city of Sarajevo with the…
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Billions of meals at risk due to Iran war, says fertiliser boss
A shortage of fertiliser due to the Iran conflict could reduce crop yields and push prices higher, says the boss of Yara.
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Missing Oscar found after Academy Award winner blocked from taking it on flight
The airline said the Academy Award was safely in its care in Frankfurt and was arranging its return.
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Israel releases all but two activists in Greece after intercepting Gaza aid flotilla
The Global Sumud Flotilla denounced the interception as “piracy”, while Israel’s foreign ministry called the flotilla a “PR stunt”.
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New CCTV footage appears to shows when shots were fired at Washington press dinner
CCTV footage has been released of the moment gunshots were fired during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Jeanine Pirro, the US Attorney for DC, says the footage was released to the public to prove ‘there is no evidence the shooting was the…
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Why China banning drone sales in Beijing?
China is to ban the sale of drones in Beijing and permits will be required to fly them under new rules that take effect on Friday.
Drones and key components will be prohibited from being sold, rented or brought into the Chinese capital. Drone…
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Tehran Times – The Lidless Eye of Sauron watches us all. Are we helpless?
TEHRAN — The name “Palantir” confesses its intent so plainly that it reads less like branding and more like a manual: a candid revelation of the method by which a world is watched.
Taken from the legendarium of Tolkien, the palantíri were…
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