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A coronavirus vaccine may not provide complete immunity and only ends up reducing the severity of symptoms, an expert said. Speaking to MPs on the science and technology committee, Kate Bingham, chair of the UK vaccine working group, said that in the short term, she was “quite optimistic” about developing …

The United States government has long imposed sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has presided over a civil war for more than nine years that has claimed the lives of approximately half a million people. But for the first time, on June 17, his British wife Asma was attacked …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who previously served as Trump’s CIA director and ordered new operations to disrupt Iran’s nuclear progress, told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday that Iran’s advanced centrifuges posed a threat. . “Iran is also accumulating dangerous knowledge,” he said, arguing for an extension of …

© AP Omar Yeefoon, owner of the vegan restaurant Shoals Sound & Service, takes a break while speaking Tuesday, June 30, 2020 in Dallas. Yeefoon reopened his Dallas restaurant on June 10 to “a pretty good reception,” after being closed for three months. The return was fleeting. After four days, …

Acts of kindness may not be so random after all. Science says being nice pays off. Research shows that acts of kindness make us feel better and healthier. Kindness is also key to how we evolve and survive as a species, scientists say. We are programmed to be kind. Kindness …