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The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday gave the green light to updated Covid-19 vaccine booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech. The updated vaccines are each approved for people 12 and older and are authorized under emergency use for individuals 6 months through 11 years old. As part of …

A digital watchdog has discovered spyware linked to the Israeli hacking company NSO Group, which exploited a software flaw in Apple devices. The University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab said in a statement that it had found the bug while inspecting the Apple device of a staffer at a Washington-based civil society group. The vulnerability allowed the …

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani held a meeting with a delegation from the Shura Council of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which is currently visiting the capital, Baghdad. The delegation is headed by Ibrahim Mohammed Al-Qannas. The meeting was characterized by discussions aimed at emphasizing the importance of sustaining …

In a first-of-its-kind experiment, NASA’s Perseverance rover has produced enough oxygen on Mars to keep an astronaut alive for three hours. The rover, which first touched down on Mars in February 2021, produced the element using its Mars Oxygen In-Situ Resource Utilization Experiment (MOXIE) device — which generated the oxygen …

Neymar netted twice in Brazil’s World Cup qualifying match against Bolivia to set his national side’s goalscoring record at 79. Neymar eclipsed Pelé as the top goalscorer for Brazil’s national team after overtaking the three-time World Cup winner’s career total on Friday. The goal that put the 31-year-old Neymar on …

Researchers at digital watchdog group Citizen Lab said on Thursday they found spyware they linked to Israeli firm NO that exploited a newly discovered flaw in Apple devices. While inspecting the Apple device of an employee of a Washington-based civil society group last week, Citizen Lab said it found the …

Millions of children returned to school this week as summer holidays concluded in many parts of the northern hemisphere. However, it is estimated that 244 million children between the ages of six and 18 worldwide are still out of school. Education is a key driver for social and economic development. …

The world risks a “great fracture” of its economic and financial systems, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday at a summit with Southeast Asia’s ASEAN bloc, China, the United States and others in Indonesia. In a wide-ranging speech that touched on geopolitical tension, multilateral development finance and climate change, …

More than a million people below 50 die of cancer annually, according to a study which projects another 21 percent rise by 2030. There has been an almost 80 percent increase in cancer diagnoses among individuals aged below 50 years in the last three decades, a new study has revealed. …

Oil prices rose on Wednesday amid market concerns of a supply shortage after Saudi Arabia and Russia announced an extension of voluntary production cuts until the end of the year. Futures for Brent crude oil increased by 17 cents, or 0.2%, to $90.21 per barrel as of 00:08 GMT. On …

Oil prices rose in Asian morning trading today, Monday, as market sentiment was boosted by positive economic data from China and the United States, as well as expectations of continued crude supply cuts from major producers. According to Reuters, Brent crude rose 17 cents, or 0.2 %, to $88.72 a …

New Development Bank (NDB) launched by the BRICS bloc aims to increase local currency fundraising and lending, amid Western sanctions against founding shareholder Russia, South African Finance Ministry has announced. According to South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, increasing local currency use among NBD members will be on the summit’s …

Major European financial firms have suffered at least 100 billion euros in direct losses from Russian markets since the outset of the Ukraine conflict back in February 2022, a new report unveils citing a survey study of their annual financial statements. “A survey of 600 European groups’ annual reports and …

Saudi Aramco oil giant has declared a significant decline in its second quarter profits this year amid falling oil prices and thinner margins in refining and chemicals. The 38 percent year-on-year decline “mainly reflected the impact of lower crude oil prices and weakening refining and chemicals margins,” the world’s largest, …

OPEC+ is unlikely to tweak its current oil output policy when a panel meets on Friday, six OPEC+ sources told Reuters, as tighter supplies and resilient demand drive an oil price rally. Ministers from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and allies led by Russia, known as OPEC+, …

The overall exports and revenues achieved for July have been reported by the Iraqi Ministry of Oil on Tuesday. The Iraqi Oil Marketing Company (SOMO), according to a statement from the ministry, released preliminary data showing that the overall volume of crude oil exports reached 106,755,169 barrels, bringing in $8.293 …

Iraq’s State Council has finalized the auditing processes for the triennial budget of 2023-2025, an official press release said on Tuesday. The press release said that the auditing process of the Budget Law No. 13 of 2023 was conducted in the presence of the Finance Minister, the Planning Ministry, and …

Amid uncertainty over his own future at Paris St Germain, Kylian Mbappe has hit out at the treatment of Lionel Messi by the club and French soccer in general following the high-profile departure of the Argentina star. Messi signed for Major League soccer franchise Inter Miami last week after rejecting …

The detection of phosphates on Saturn’s moon Enceladus is reported in a paper in Nature. Phosphorus has not previously been detected in oceans beyond those on Earth and this discovery provides a promising step forward in our understanding of ocean worlds. Enceladus is covered by a global ocean underneath an …

Women and men who experience migraine headaches also carry an elevated risk of having an ischemic stroke, but women alone may carry an additional risk of heart attack and hemorrhagic stroke, according to a new study led by Cecilia Hvitfeldt Fuglsang of Aarhus University, Denmark publishing June 13th in the …