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[ad_1] 12.11 a. M. GMT 00:11 The Britomart station in Auckland will close due to the possibility of flooding, Auckland Transport reported. At this stage it is expected to reopen after high tide at 3pm. Auckland Transport Travel Alerts (@AT_TravelAlerts) Due to the potential for flooding, the Britomart station will …

[ad_1] Credit: CC0 Public Domain Irish health officials are investigating four stillbirths potentially related to COVID-19, the Republic’s deputy chief medical officer said on Thursday. Ronan Glynn said officials “have been informed of four preliminary reports of stillbirths potentially associated with a condition called COVID placentitis.” Glynn told reporters in …

[ad_1] The EU regulator has begun reviewing preclinical and early trial data for Sputnik V, the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Russia. The Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has started an ongoing review of the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) COVID-19 vaccine. Sputnik V …

[ad_1] SpaceX launched another 60 Starlink Internet satellites into orbit on Thursday. It was SpaceX’s 20th successful Starlink mission. The reusable Falcon 9 rocket carrying the satellites lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center at 3:24 a.m. ET. Visit the Insider Business section for more stories. SpaceX launched another 60 …

[ad_1] The National People’s Congress of China, the annual session of the country’s parliament, will convene on Friday for a meeting that will focus on a problem many other countries wish they had: how to control an economy that has recovered from the coronavirus pandemic. “There have been intense discussions …

[ad_1] Washington: In a major foreign policy speech after becoming America’s top diplomat, Blinken said Freedom House’s latest “Freedom in the World 2021” report is “sobering.” The report, which is an annual country-by-country assessment of political rights and civil liberties, lowered the freedom scores of 73 countries, representing 75% of …

[ad_1] Major changes to Hong Kong’s electoral laws are expected this week when senior officials gather in Beijing for the annual meeting of the Chinese parliament. The “Two Sessions”, as they are known in Chinese, include the mostly ceremonial meeting of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference which is convened …

[ad_1] In the seemingly endless March 2020, it almost seemed like the pandemic would never end. A one-year waiting period for a vaccine was considered very optimistic and there were no guarantees. But the vaccines arrived faster than expected and we are on target for an unprecedented immunization campaign. Countries …

[ad_1] Experts predicted that the 2019/20 flu season in the Northern Hemisphere would be bad. And then it wasn’t. The COVID-19 pandemic hit, international travel stopped, physical distancing and the use of masks became more common, and the flu disappeared. Rachel Baker, PhD, who studies public health and infectious diseases …

[ad_1] From NASA Perseverance rover continues to catch up on the Red Planet. As The Perfect Landing of Perseverance on February 18, the rover team has been methodically testing its seven science instruments and various subsystems. For example, Perseverance has just deployed its wind sensor, as shown in before-and-after photos …