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Say, have you heard of a movie called Mulan? The live-action adaptation of the classic Disney cartoon will finally make its debut not in theaters, but at Disney + in September 2020! However, there are some loopholes: it will cost you a decent amount more to rent, as part of …

Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s ongoing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic. I’m Kate Mayberry in Kuala Lumpur. Australia has signed a deal to secure supplies of a coronavirus vaccine being developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca would have to pass the clinical trial. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has also …

GENEVA / MANILA (Reuters) – Nations that may preserve COVID-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, issuing a final closes call for countries to participate in a global vaccine pact. The WHO has an August …

There’s a newer strain of the coronavirus – it’s called D614G. It is currently making its way across Southeast Asia, and the concern among Malaysian health officials is that it may be even more infectious than COVID-19. KXAN Austin reported that “the tribe has been seen in several countries across …

Trichoderma reesei fungus RUT-C30 strain, which was created to produce high-yielding enzymes. Credit: LNBR-CNPEM Researchers from the Brazilian Center for Energy and Materials Research (CNPEM) have genetically engineered a fungus to produce a cocktail of enzymes that ferment the carbohydrates in biomass, such as sugar residues (tops and leaves) and …