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Two athletes have tested positive for the coronavirus in the Tokyo Olympic Village after a team colleague was also infected, officials said on Sunday, raising fears of a cluster just days before the opening ceremony. The first cases involving athletes in the Village come a day after a member of …

OPEC+ ministers are meeting on Sunday in another attempt to agree a quick oil supply boost to address soaring prices as the global economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. An attempt earlier this month by the group, which includes OPEC countries and allies like Russia, to agree on a new …

Greece banned music in restaurants and bars and imposed a nighttime curfew on its popular holiday island of Mykonos on Saturday after a rise in new coronavirus infections there. Known as the party island of the super-rich, Mykonos is one of Greece’s most popular destinations, attracting more than a million …

An entirely new class of fire known as spherical cool diffusion flames—or simply “cool flames”—has been documented aboard the International Space Station in a project led by a University of Maryland researcher. These dim, quiet flames could ignite development of the engines of the future, said fire protection engineering Professor Peter …

Ghana has destroyed 4,500 chickens and restricted the movement of poultry after nearly 6,000 birds were found to have died of the highly pathogenic H5N1 avian flu, the country’s veterinary services director said on Saturday. The birds originated from seven farms in Ghana’s Greater Accra, Central, and Volta regions, and …

The Delta variant of COVID-19 is now the dominant strain worldwide, accompanied by a surge of deaths around the United States almost entirely among unvaccinated people, U.S. officials said on Friday. U.S. cases of COVID-19 are up 70% over the previous week and deaths are up 26%, with outbreaks occurring …

Iraq recorded, on Friday 8336 new cases of Covid-19 to take its total to 1,474,865, the health ministry said. It reported 44 deaths to take its coronavirus death toll to 17,751. It also reported 7805 recoveries to take its total to 1,340,383 (90.9%). The COVID-19 intensive care patients count to …

A Chinese spacecraft capable of flying to the edge of the atmosphere took off and returned to Earth on the same day in what China said was a big step towards developing reusable space transportation technology. The spacecraft lifted off from a launch center in northwest China on Friday and …

The Russian Defense Ministry’s website has come under a cyberattack from outside of Russia that paralyzed the portal for an hour, the ministry has announced. The Defense Ministry said it had been hit by a distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on Friday. “The source of the attack on the… Defense Ministry’s website …

Oil prices sink by more than $1 a barrel on expectations of more crude hitting the market after a compromise deal between leading OPEC producers and a surprisingly poor weekly reading on U.S. fuel demand, Reuters reported. Brent crude settled at $73.47 a barrel, dropping $1.29, or 1.7%. U.S. West …

Thousands of flamingos are found dead on the dry bed of Turkey’s Lake Tuz, alarming environmentalists and prompting authorities to investigate what caused the mass deaths. Drone footage from the area filmed on Wednesday showed hundreds of flaminglets partly buried in dried parts of Lake Tuz, in Turkey’s central province …

Talks between OPEC and its allies to boost oil production and cool prices were abandoned earlier this month over a dispute that pivoted over how much crude the UAE would be able to pump under a new deal. Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have reached a compromise deal …

Gianluigi Donnarumma has joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer after Italy’s Euro 2020 penalty shoot-out hero left Milan. The Italian international has signed a five-year deal with the Ligue 1 giants after failing to agree fresh terms with the Rossoneri. Donnarumma had spent his entire senior career to date …

Twitter Inc saw a surge in government demands worldwide in 2020 to take down content posted by journalists and news outlets, according to data released by the social media platform. In its transparency report published on Wednesday, Twitter said verified accounts of 199 journalists and news outlets on its platform …

Iraq’s Ministry of Oil announced, on Tuesday, it made a contract with a Chinese company for an oil refinery with a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day. The Ministry said in a brief statement, ” the Chinese state-owned CNCEC will work in the Al-Faw investment refinery and will be responsible …

The city of superlatives with the world’s tallest tower among its many records, Dubai now has the deepest swimming pool on the planet complete with a “sunken city” for divers to explore. Deep Dive Dubai, which opened Wednesday but initially by invitation only, prides itself as “the only diving facility …

China’s export growth unexpectedly picked up in June, shrugging off the impact of port disruptions in southern China and helping to underpin the economy amid signs the recovery is starting to slow. Export growth accelerated to 32.2 percent in dollar terms in June from a year earlier, the customs administration …

A TikTok feature that allows users to add another person’s audio to their videos is being used to promote misleading and harmful content about COVID-19 vaccines, a think tank said in a new report. The London-based Institute for Strategic Dialogue analyzed 124 videos that used speech from four original TikTok …

The spooky-looking amphibian is less scary than it appears to be. But it might already be endangered, as deforestation rates continue to go up. Everything is dark. There’s no one around. The raindrops fall heavily. Suddenly, the call ― it’s time to dig. The man digs with his bare hands …

European football’s governing body launches probe into events including supporters at London’s Wembley Stadium The UEFA launched a disciplinary investigation against the English Football Association (the FA) on Tuesday following incidents at the EURO 2020 final. Disciplinary proceedings were opened after the EURO 2020 final game between Italy vs. England …