[ad_1] Beirut In a damp room with some rotting furniture and old mattresses on the floor, seven migrant women are sitting hugging their belongings, with a Kenyan flag hanging behind them on the wall. A Lebanese woman walks into the apartment, located in a poor area east of Beirut, and …
Read More »Somalia: Kenyan official proposes visa on arrival for Somalis
[ad_1] Senior Foreign Secretary Macharia Kamau has said there are vast untapped trade opportunities between Kenya and Somalia. He cited tourism, which he said remains very little exploited, noting that Kenya currently receives 32,268 tourists from Somalia a year. He said the number can be tripled if visa protocols are …
Read More »Assassin’s Creed Valhalla receives critical acclaim for its open-world adventure
[ad_1] This week marks the launch of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, one of the most anticipated games of 2020 and the twelfth major installment (out of nearly two dozen releases overall) in the Assassin’s creed franchise. As the title suggests, after allowing you to be everything from a pirate to a …
Read More »Mass Effect remaster on Switch: why was the Nintendo console lost?
[ad_1] There’s a remastering of the Mass Effect trilogy on the way, but it seems like not for the Nintendo Switch. News of a remaster emerged over the weekend, with confirmation that the first three Mass Effect games would be remastered in the Legendary Edition collection, which will hit consoles …
Read More »Joe Biden’s House Dogs Get Their Own Twitter Account
[ad_1] American politics is made up of acronyms: we’ve seen POTUS, FLOTUS, and even SCOTUS. Now get ready for DOTUS, as President-elect Joe Biden’s pet dogs Major and Champ all have an official Twitter account of their own. Biden set up the social media profile with his wife, Dr. Jill …
Read More »Sony launches PlayStation 5 Remote Play app for PS4
[ad_1] Sony surprised everyone today by quietly launching a PS5 Remote Play app for PS4 and with it, paved the way for streaming PS5 games to the current generation console. As VGC reports, for the Remote Play app to work you need to have a PS4 and PS5 console. The …
Read More »FDA Approves China’s First GenScript Test to Detect Antibodies That May Neutralize COVID-19
[ad_1] Dive Summary: The FDA said Friday that it granted emergency use authorization to the first serological test designed to detect neutralizing antibodies in people previously infected with SARS-CoV-2. While neutralizing antibodies can block infection, previous AUS have been issued during the pandemic for serological tests that detect only the …
Read More »Inhalable nanobody therapy deactivates SARS-CoV-2
[ad_1] Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh have developed a new antibody-type therapy for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. The treatment takes advantage of “nanobodies”, tiny fragments of antibodies, which are extracted from llama blood. The new nanobody therapy can be used in an inhalable form that can inactivate …
Read More »Biden’s victory makes Australia a climate change ‘outlier’
[ad_1] Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison | Photographer: Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg Text size: A- A + Sydney: As the leader of one of the few developed nations that has yet to commit to net zero emissions, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has just become even more isolated. Joe Biden’s …
Read More »Biden’s transition will affect the weather early, but will have to navigate Congress and the states
[ad_1] The most critical issue on which a Biden-Harris Administration can quickly and decisively turn the tide of the Trump Administration’s energy policy is in the area of decarbonization and climate change. Attention to climate and clean energy was promised throughout the campaign, and within days of the unofficial declaration …
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