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Ancient Egypt met modern medical technology when a mummy underwent a CT scan at an Italian hospital as part of a research project to discover its secrets.

Hong Kong police arrested on Wednesday a columnist for pro-democracy tabloid Apple Daily on suspicion of conspiring to collude with a foreign country or foreign forces, in another hit to the besieged newspaper.

China condemned the United States on Wednesday as the region’s greatest security “risk creator” after a U.S. warship again sailed through the sensitive waterway that separates Taiwan from China.

AstraZeneca Plc’s COVID-19 vaccine is effective against Delta and Kappa variants, which were first identified in India, the company said on Tuesday, citing a study.

After the illegitimate seizing of the “Alghadeer satellite channel” website, US authorities have seized the web domains of many international media outlets Al-Malomah news agency, Press TV, and Al-Alam, along with the Yemeni TV channel Al Masirah.

Iraqi security forces have foiled a series of major terrorist attacks after capturing a group of militants in the capital city, an official revealed on Tuesday.

Some security forces abandon their posts and flee across the frontier as the Taliban seizes Shir Khan Bandar’s crossing.

OPEC+ is discussing a further easing of oil output cuts from August as oil prices rise on-demand recovery, but no decision had been taken yet on the exact volume to bring back to the market, two OPEC+ sources said on Tuesday.

Thousands of Russian tourists began arriving in Turkey on Tuesday, boosting hopes for its tourism sector after a two-month suspension in flights imposed by Moscow due to concerns about a surge in COVID-19 cases in April.

At least three people, including a suspected gunman, have been shot dead in the US state of Colorado, police said at a press briefing.

Russian forces have blocked an American military convoy, comprising four armored vehicles, in Syria’s northeastern Hasakah province.

Taliban fighters took control of a key district in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province Monday and encircled the provincial capital, police said, as the insurgent group added to its recent battlefield victories while peace talks have stalemated.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on Monday that his country will remain a reliable guarantor of food security for Iraq.

The Great Barrier Reef has deteriorated to such an extent it should be listed as a world heritage site “in danger,” a United Nations committee said Tuesday — prompting immediate backlash from the Australian government.

A new book by Washington Post reporters claims Trump asked if a detainment camp could be used to house the infected.

The philippine president also threatens to use ‘shots for pigs’ on Filipinos who refuse to get inoculated amid reports of low turnouts in some vaccine sites.

More than 8,500 children were used as soldiers last year in various conflicts across the world and nearly 2,700 others were killed, the United Nations said on Monday.

Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), on Tuesday, reported its biggest rise in new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in nearly a week, prompting authorities to extend a mask mandate in Sydney for a week.

The cryptocurrency market turned bearish on Monday after China asked several banks and payment firms to ramp up their crypto trading crackdown. Bitcoin tumbled nearly 10 percent on Tuesday – as low as $31,333, a two-week trough, dragging down other cryptocurrencies. Here are the prices of the ten largest cryptocurrencies, …

India gave out a record 7.5 million vaccine doses on Monday under a federal campaign to inoculate all adults for free after weeks of criticism that a chaotic rollout had worsened a second wave that killed hundreds of thousands.