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 Beijing (AFP) July 20, 2009 
At least 178 foreign students and teachers were in swine flu quarantine in Beijing Monday, the British embassy and a US teacher said, with 10 hospitalised after testing positive for the virus. The school groups were put under seven-day quarantine beginning last week at a Beijing hotel after arriving separately for a study tour, but new arrivals have caused their numbers to swell. ... read more
Panama City (AFP) July 20, 2009The death toll from swine flu continued to mount throughout Central and South America on Monday, with Panama reporting its first fatality from the A(H1N1) virus -- a nine-month old baby. Panama's Health Ministry said in a statement that the infant died Sunday night at a children's hospital in the capital of "respiratory complications." So far, authorities in Panama have confirmed 541 ... more
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Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Cape Town (AFP) July 20, 2009Africans with AIDS increasingly need access to newer medications in order to survive, but the latest drugs are still priced far out of reach for people who need them, Doctors Without Borders said Monday. The global medical charity Doctors without Borders (MSF) warned that at one of the continent's longest-running treatment schemes, based in Khayelitsha township outside Cape Town, more ... more  
Baghdad (AFP) July 17, 2009Sitting in an emergency room, Saadi Ibrahim held an oxygen mask up to his face, his voice barely rising above a whisper, the casualty of Iraq's latest scourge -- sandstorms. "I cannot stand these sandstorms, I cannot breathe," the 46-year-old said in central Baghdad's Ibn Nafis hospital. Since the onset of summer, such storms have struck Iraq on a near-daily basis, making day-to-day life ... more 
Melbourne (AFP) July 15, 2009Australia's swine flu cases topped 10,000 Wednesday as officials in the worst-hit Asia-Pacific country reported two more deaths and warned the virus "preferred young people." Health Minister Nicola Roxon said the national tally was now 10,387, more than 10 percent of the global total confirmed by the World Health Organization with 123 people in hospital. South Australia and Queensland ... more  
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Jul 15, 2009The 105-day space travel simulation experiment 'Mars 500', based in Moscow with German involvement, has just finished. On 14 July 2009, the crew, including Oliver Knickel, a member of the German Army, left the module system at the Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP) at the Russian Academy of Sciences. The six people taking part in the experiment will be subjected to a rigorous series ... more |
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CesiumAstro buys Vidrovr to embed AI across satellite communicationsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026 CesiumAstro has acquired Vidrovr in a move to integrate artificial intelligence directly into its space communications systems, payloads, and satellite platforms, extending AI-driven analytics and r ... more  
Behind Space Innovation The Growing Role of Outsourcing ServicesLos Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 11, 2026 Explore the reasons outsourcing has become the norm in space innovation. Discover how it helps teams reduce turnaround times, lower costs and improve results within a short time. ... more 
After oil, US moves to secure access to Venezuelan mineralsCaracas (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 US mining companies are lining up to invest in Venezuela, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said during a visit to Caracas on Wednesday as he pushed for greater access to critical minerals. ... more
  
Left, right and faithful unite to demand human control over AIWashington, United States (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 A coalition spanning US conservative figure Steve Bannon, progressives, labor unions and faith groups announced Wednesday a joint declaration of principles on artificial intelligence, framing the effort as a pushback against what they called Silicon Valley's reckless deployment of AI. ... more 
Europe should focus on industrial AI, SAP saysWalldorf, Germany (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 Europe should focus on competing in industrial AI, a top executive at German software giant SAP said, as the continent plays catch-up in the race for the cutting-edge technology against the United States and China. ... more 
Questions over AI capability as tech guides Iran strikesParis, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 The latest bout of fighting between the United States, Israel and Iran has seen AI deployed as never before to sift intelligence and select targets, although the technology's use in war remains hotly debated. ... more
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Hong Kong (AFP) June 29, 2009For most of the past 25 years, Hong Kong-based, British-born doctor Judith Mackay has been the tobacco control movement in Asia. She has pushed for tougher laws and higher tobacco taxes, lobbied for bans on advertising, and advised and cajoled governments in Hong Kong, Laos, China, Vietnam and most other Asian countries. She drafted Mongolia's first post-Soviet anti-smoking law in her ... more
London (AFP) June 28, 2009A second Briton has died after contracting swine flu, the Scottish government said Sunday. The 73-year-old man died in hospital in Paisley, central Scotland, late Saturday and had "serious underlying health problems", having been in intensive care for two weeks. Scotland's Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said: "Although it is concerning that the patient had swine flu, we are aware that ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) June 28, 2009A brawl at a toy factory in China ended with two dead and 60 in hospital after a dispute flared between Han Chinese and Uighur workers from the Muslim Xinjiang region, media reported on Sunday. More than 400 police were called to break up the fight involving hundreds of people at the factory in Shaoguan, in the southern province of Guangdong, early Friday, the official Xinhua news agency ... more
London (AFP) June 25, 2009Britain could see tens of thousands of swine flu cases every week within months and the strategy to cope with outbreaks is being changed, the chief medical officer said Thursday. Liam Donaldson said the virus was likely to thrive in the colder months. "We still think we are heading for a larger surge of cases in the autumn and winter," he told journalists, adding there could be "tens of ... more 
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 22, 2009On 14 July, a crew of six will leave their Mars mission simulator and see the Sun once again. The crew, which includes a French pilot and a German engineer selected by the European Space Agency, will have completed 105 days of confinement and numerous scientific experiment runs inside the isolation facility at the Russian Institute for Biomedical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow. Their simulated ... more |
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