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Image copyright AFP Screenshot A file photo shows a Uighur woman with children in the Xinjiang region of northwest China. China is forcing women to be sterilized or equipped with contraceptive devices in Xinjiang in an apparent attempt to limit the population of Uighur Muslims, according to new research. The …

Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes team will be running an all-black livery on their cars this season in a challenging message against racism. Reigning builders’ champions have traditionally raced in silver, but will take on the powerful aspect of the delayed campaign starting in Austria this weekend. Hamilton will open his title …

On Monday, the World Health Organization said “the worst is yet to come” in the fight against the new coronavirus, and that “the pandemic is actually accelerating.” There is already a playbook for what works well to stop the virus, but not everyone is using it, the WHO said. The …

Image copyright fake pictures Scientists have identified a new strain of flu that has the potential to become a pandemic in China. It recently emerged and is carried by pigs, but they can infect humans, they say. The researchers are concerned that it may mutate further so that it can …

Photo: ROBYN BECK / AFP (fake pictures) Scientists in the UK believe they may have found a cheap, low-tech way to help combat age-related vision loss. In a small clinical trial, people over 40 who were told to look at a deep red light for three minutes a day had …