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Image copyright AFP Screenshot Flights across China will now face strict controls if they are to fly to and from Urumqi Almost all flights in and out of Urumqi, the capital of the Xinjiang region in the far west of China, have been canceled due to a coronavirus outbreak. The …

At their July open meeting on Thursday, the five leaders of the Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously to end 988 as the three-digit number that Americans can dial and be directed to the 24/7 national hotline. Callers currently reach the hotline by calling the 10-digit number: 1-800-273-8255 (TALK). But with …

(Reuters) – BlackRock Inc (BLK.N) The results beat Wall Street estimates on Friday, aided by investors who turned to the world’s largest asset manager’s bond funds in the second quarter, as global financial markets rebounded strongly from a brutal liquidation triggered by COVID in March. FILE PHOTO: People are seen …

Ethiopia has rejected reports that it is filling a massive reservoir behind a new hydroelectric dam, as the colossal infrastructure project strains ties between three African nations that depend on the Nile River for water. Egypt has previously threatened to go to war over the dam Nearly 10 years of …

If you’re sick enough with COVID-19 to be admitted to a hospital intensive care unit, your chances of survival are much better today than they were a few months ago, researchers in the journal report. Anesthesia. The British study looked at all published research from around the world on ICU …