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[ad_1] by Johannes Fischer 12/27/2020 – The Airthings Masters begins with a 12-player round robin preliminary tournament, in which the top eight players qualify for the knockout phase. This game mode invites caution, and on day 2 of the preliminary tournament only three of the 24 games were decided. Now, …

[ad_1] FRANKFURT – Germany’s coronavirus vaccination campaign faced delays in several cities on Sunday after medical staff found possible irregularities in the cooling of the injection produced by BioNTech and Pfizer. The European Union launched a massive COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Sunday with retirees and doctors lining up to receive …

[ad_1] Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Image Credit: AP Geneva: World Health Organization director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Sunday called on countries to invest more in their public health systems to better prepare the world for future epidemics and pandemics. “History tells us that …

[ad_1] BEIJING: High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects one in five Chinese and kills more people than any other disease in the country, said a leading cardiologist. An estimated 300 million Chinese are living with high blood pressure, with annual medical bills totaling 31.89 billion yuan (about 4.88 billion US …

[ad_1] Grandmaster (GM) Wesley So of the United States took the lead with four others in the opening of the three-day preliminary of the Airthings Masters, the first major tournament of the Chess Champions Tour, on Sunday (Philippine time). Wesley So is seen playing the first round at the First …

[ad_1] FREMANTLE, Australia: Even under the scorching Australian summer sun, long queues of customers wind around Fremantle Harbor, a relaxing sight for troubled local fishermen trying to replace lost business with China. BIG CATCH This photo taken on December 10, 2020 shows fisherman Joe Paratore (left) showing his catch of …

[ad_1] AND JOHN ERIC MENDOZA President Rodrigo Duterte extended the ban on all flights from the United Kingdom for another two weeks while the Philippines secured its borders against the spread of the new variant of the 2019 coronavirus disease (Covid-19). President Rodrigo Duterte Duterte approved of Palace spokesman Harry …

[ad_1] Hungarian soldiers carry the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to Del-Pest Central Hospital in Budapest, Hungary on December 26, 2020. Szilard Koszticsak / Pool via REUTERS / File Photo MADRID / ROMEO – Europe launched a massive COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Sunday with retirees and doctors …

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: Hungarian soldiers carry the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines to Del-Pest Central Hospital in Budapest, Hungary on December 26, 2020. Szilard Koszticsak / Pool via by REUTERS / File Photo MADRID / ROMEO – Europe launched a massive COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Sunday with …

[ad_1] Waray’s dwarf burrowing snake. Photo from Jeff Weinell’s Twitter post. MANILA, Philippines – A new species of snake believed to be endemic to the Philippines has been found to be part of a new genus, meaning it has distinctive characteristics that differentiate it from other existing snake species in …