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[ad_1] PARIS ㅡ The emergence in Great Britain and South Africa of two new variants of Sars-CoV-2, which are potentially much more infectious versions of the virus, has generated widespread concern. This is what we know, and what we don’t know, about mutations. What are they? All viruses mutate when …

[ad_1] Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 7) – Members of the national boxing, taekwondo and karate teams will be the first to enter the ‘bubble’ of training for Filipino athletes in Calamba, Laguna. The director of national training for the Philippine Sports Institute, Marc Velasco, said Thursday that the national …

[ad_1] The emergency declaration runs from Friday until February 2 and applies to Tokyo and the three neighboring prefectures of Chiba, Saitama and Kanagawa. The emergency includes a series of restrictions in daily life. Suga has ordered companies to encourage their staff to work from home and reduce the office …

[ad_1] MANILA – The Philippines, the world’s largest rice importer, will need to bring in at least 1.69 million tons of its staple food this year to fully cover domestic needs, a government official said on Thursday. The Southeast Asian country is downplaying the risks that the domestic rice supply …

[ad_1] Nations around the world have reacted in horror to the “shameful” and “terrible” scenes unfolding in Washington after outgoing President Donald Trump’s riot supporters stormed the Capitol and clashed with police. But many US adversaries also responded with a degree of schaden coldness, even accusing Americans of tasting what …

[ad_1] An explosion caused by police ammunition is seen as supporters of President Donald Trump gather in front of the United States Capitol building. (Reuters) PARIS – World leaders and governments on Wednesday expressed shock and outrage over the storming of the US Capitol in Washington by supporters of President …

[ad_1] The International Olympic Committee is working on ways to make athletes suffer from the coronavirus in the second or third wave so that the Tokyo Games can safely go ahead in July, they told The Guardian. While insisting that “we don’t want to queue,” IOC sources hope that athletes …

[ad_1] (CNN) – A new variant of COVID-19 circulating in the UK was discovered after a tip from a South African scientist who had just identified a similar variant in his own country. Tulio de Oliveira, a genomics expert in South Africa, asked to speak to a World Health Organization …

[ad_1] Good news: Utah Jazz point guard Jordan Clarkson has officially worn the NBA’s first huge shoe of 2021, the kind that can set trends and possibly even revolutions. On Tuesday night, he walked out of the Barclays Center, where his team faced the Brooklyn Nets, wearing a black Sacai …

[ad_1] AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for emergency use in the UK, India, and Mexico. Unlike its competitors, AstraZeneca’s vaccine is a modified version of a common cold virus that spreads among chimpanzees. This is the first vaccine of its kind approved for human use, but other companies are …