Kampala, 4 September 2020:- When the World Health Organization (WHO), declared the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) outbreak a global pandemic, on 11th March 2020, many Ugandans didn’t take it seriously with many saying it was a disease for the affluent, the very high class or for developed countries. As the disease ravaged the entire world, Ugandans…
President Biden's Justice Department warned states on Wednesday that they could face legal action in rolling back COVID-era voting procedures. "The department's enforcement policy does not consider a jurisdiction’s re-adoption of prior voting laws or procedures to be presumptively lawful; instead, the department will review a jurisdiction’s changes in voting laws or procedures for compliance with…
Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance ripped into The New York Times’ Katie Benner on Wednesday after the reporter suggested in a tweet that Trump supporters should be considered "enemies of the state" following the first day of testimony at the Jan. 6 select committee. "This is disgusting," said Vance. "Are me and my family domestic terrorists?…
Nice catch, granny!Svetlana Sanarova, 64, was walking home from a supermarket in the Russian city of Novokuznetsk on July 21 when, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a toddler clinging to a second-floor window.The grandmother dropped her bags and rushed to the window with her arms held out.And she arrived just in…
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., is endorsing Rep. Adam Kinzinger's, R-Ill., primary challenger as Kinzinger takes heat from his fellow Republicans for participating in the House commission on the January 6 Capitol Riots.Cawthorn, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, made the endorsement on Wednesday, throwing his support behind Kinzinger’s primary opponent, Catalina Lauf.Lauf…
Don’t be fooled by the rocks that she’s got: They’re designed by Ben Affleck.The actor and director, 48, helped create a special jewelry piece for Jennifer Lopez’s 52nd birthday, ensuring that a steamy smooch wasn’t all he gave her for her big day.JENNIFER LOPEZ DEBUTS ‘BEN’ NECKLACE AFTER BIRTHDAY WEEKEND WITH AFFLECKHe worked with Foundrae to create a custom charm…
The Norwegian Ambassador to Ghana, H E Gunner Andreas Holm has reiterated his government’s commitment to ensuring that other essential health services continue as the COVID-19 pandemic lingers on. He said this when he paid a courtesy call on WHO Country Representative, Dr Francis Kasolo at his office as part of his end of duty…
Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been hailed as exemplary for its planning, speed and high-level leadership, but dig a little deeper and there are yet more crucial lessons in working with far-flung communities and building up trust in the vaccines. “We have a migratory population that travels routinely from north to south across the country…
Akure, 26 July, 2021 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has supported Ondo State to integrate COVID-19 sample collection into the essential health care services. The intervention has led to an increase in the number of samples tested from an average of 70 to 321 per week, since the integration. The intervention was informed following…
Dar es Salaam, 24 July 2021: The United Republic of Tanzania has received the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines, delivered through COVAX arrangement. The 1,058,400 doses of the vaccines donated by the United States of America arrived today at the Julius Nyerere International Airport. The US Ambassador to Tanzania, Ambassador Donald Wright handed the vaccines…
Tuesday, 20th July 2021 marks yet another significant milestone in the fight against covid-19 epidemic in the Gambia as we witnessed the arrival of One Hundred and Fifty-One Thousand, Two Hundred (151, 200) doses of the Johnson and Jonson (J&J) Vaccine under the COVAX facility. These vaccines were mobilized through the initiative of the Government…
ScienceLooking inside the red planet will help scientists better understand how Mars formed and became the hostile, rusty desert we see today.ByMichael GreshkoPublished July 22, 2021• 11 min readThe solar system’s god of war has a bigger heart than expected: Using humankind’s first seismometer on another planet, researchers have analyzed the interior structure of Mars for…
Photographs byAnand A. VarmaByBrendan BorrellThis story appears in the July 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine.In pursuit of the world’s smallest bird, we’ve come to the backyard of a flamingo pink house in Palpite, Cuba. Ornithologist Christopher Clark has a car full of gear to unload: cameras, sound equipment, a sheer cube-shaped cage. Within minutes…
ScienceThe results from the 1962 Starfish Prime test serve as a warning of what might happen if Earth’s magnetic field gets blasted again with high doses of radiation.ByBrian GutierrezPublished July 15, 2021• 9 min readIt was pitch black when Greg Spriggs’ father brought his family to the highest point on Midway Atoll on July 8,…
ByAndrew CurryPhotographs ByRobbie ShonePublished July 5, 2021• 15 min readFor centuries, Germany’s Unicorn Cave has been a lure for people seeking secrets from the past. In the Middle Ages, people literally mined the site for mammoth tusks, cave bear teeth, and the remains of other extinct animals. The unfamiliar skeletons were thought to belong to…
Innovators ProjectThe librarian revived interest in Mali's illustrious past ... then had to save it from jihadists.ByJoshua HammerPublished April 21, 2014• 25 min readIt was early in the summer of 2012, and at the Mamma Haidara Library in Timbuktu, a clandestine operation was under way. Night after night, a team under the direction of the…
In the wake of Apple’s advances into consumer privacy with initiatives like App Tracking Transparency and App Store privacy labels, Google recently announced its own plans to introduce a new “safety section” on Google Play that offers more information about the data apps collect and share, and other security and privacy details. Today, the company…
While the Chinese technology market digests a new regulatory landscape impacting the country’s edtech market in a sharply negative manner, U.S. education technology companies have something to cheer about: Duolingo’s IPO priced very well. The language-learning unicorn initially targeted an $85 to $95 per share IPO price range. That interval was later raised to $95…
QuotaPath, which has developed a commission-tracking solution for sales and revenue teams, has raised $21.3 million in a Series A funding round led by Insight Partners. Existing backers ATX Ventures, Integr8d Capital, Stage 2 Capital and HubSpot Ventures also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total funding to $26.3 million since its 2018…
Twitter this morning will launch a pilot in the U.S. aimed at testing the potential for e-commerce on its platform. The company is introducing a new “Shop Module” that offers brands, businesses and other retailers the ability to showcase their products to Twitter users directly on the business’ profile. Users will then be able to…
If you parked your car in one of the thousands of parking spots across Calgary, there’s a good chance you paid the Calgary Parking Authority for the privilege. But soon you might be hearing from the authority after a recent security lapse exposed the personal information of vehicle owners. The parking authority oversees about 14%…
The expert committee advising the Health Ministry was scheduled to meet on Wednesday night to decide on whether to recommend that the Israeli elderly be given a third coronavirus vaccine.The experts were expected to green-light the move despite the fact that the booster has not yet received the authorization of the US Food and Drug…
While many farmers understand that food prices are too high, they say the aims of these reforms are misplaced as they should be targeting the suppliers of the products. By AVI GRANT JULY 28, 2021 19:24 Israeli farmers are seen protesting against Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the Knesset and Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, on December 19,…
A new partnership between AID Genomics and Sonol gas stations will enable citizens to drive into the gas station and for NIS 99 get a COVID-19 PCR test. Results to be delivered within 24 hours. Coronavirus PCR tests being performed at Sonol gas stations. (photo credit: Courtesy) Israelis who are traveling abroad, need a negative…
Israel has been one of the world leaders in vaccination efforts, a success that should show the way forward for many countries being assured that vaccines may help them return to “normal” during the pandemic. This is particularly true in the US, where the CDC has warned of a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” and experts…
Some 21 Israeli companies have been chosen to participate in three soft-landing programs in Taiwan, said i2i, the largest software incubator in Taiwan.The IP² LaunchPad innovation program is in its second year of operations in Israel, and is now launching two further programs for Israeli companies.The IP² Plus program is a continuation program for veteran…
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In the wake of Apple’s advances into consumer privacy with initiatives like App Tracking Transparency and App Store privacy labels, Google recently announced its own plans to introduce a new “safety section” on Google Play that offers more information about the data apps collect and share, and other security and privacy details. Today, the company…
While the Chinese technology market digests a new regulatory landscape impacting the country’s edtech market in a sharply negative manner, U.S. education technology companies have something to cheer about: Duolingo’s IPO priced very well. The language-learning unicorn initially targeted an $85 to $95 per share IPO price range. That interval was later raised to $95…
QuotaPath, which has developed a commission-tracking solution for sales and revenue teams, has raised $21.3 million in a Series A funding round led by Insight Partners. Existing backers ATX Ventures, Integr8d Capital, Stage 2 Capital and HubSpot Ventures also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total funding to $26.3 million since its 2018…
Twitter this morning will launch a pilot in the U.S. aimed at testing the potential for e-commerce on its platform. The company is introducing a new “Shop Module” that offers brands, businesses and other retailers the ability to showcase their products to Twitter users directly on the business’ profile. Users will then be able to…
If you parked your car in one of the thousands of parking spots across Calgary, there’s a good chance you paid the Calgary Parking Authority for the privilege. But soon you might be hearing from the authority after a recent security lapse exposed the personal information of vehicle owners. The parking authority oversees about 14%…
President Biden's Justice Department warned states on Wednesday that they could face legal action in rolling back COVID-era voting procedures. "The department's enforcement policy does not consider a jurisdiction’s re-adoption of prior voting laws or procedures to be presumptively lawful; instead, the department will review a jurisdiction’s changes in voting laws or procedures for compliance with…
Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance ripped into The New York Times’ Katie Benner on Wednesday after the reporter suggested in a tweet that Trump supporters should be considered "enemies of the state" following the first day of testimony at the Jan. 6 select committee. "This is disgusting," said Vance. "Are me and my family domestic terrorists?…
Nice catch, granny!Svetlana Sanarova, 64, was walking home from a supermarket in the Russian city of Novokuznetsk on July 21 when, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a toddler clinging to a second-floor window.The grandmother dropped her bags and rushed to the window with her arms held out.And she arrived just in…
EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., is endorsing Rep. Adam Kinzinger's, R-Ill., primary challenger as Kinzinger takes heat from his fellow Republicans for participating in the House commission on the January 6 Capitol Riots.Cawthorn, a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, made the endorsement on Wednesday, throwing his support behind Kinzinger’s primary opponent, Catalina Lauf.Lauf…
Don’t be fooled by the rocks that she’s got: They’re designed by Ben Affleck.The actor and director, 48, helped create a special jewelry piece for Jennifer Lopez’s 52nd birthday, ensuring that a steamy smooch wasn’t all he gave her for her big day.JENNIFER LOPEZ DEBUTS ‘BEN’ NECKLACE AFTER BIRTHDAY WEEKEND WITH AFFLECKHe worked with Foundrae to create a custom charm…
The Norwegian Ambassador to Ghana, H E Gunner Andreas Holm has reiterated his government’s commitment to ensuring that other essential health services continue as the COVID-19 pandemic lingers on. He said this when he paid a courtesy call on WHO Country Representative, Dr Francis Kasolo at his office as part of his end of duty…
Ghana’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been hailed as exemplary for its planning, speed and high-level leadership, but dig a little deeper and there are yet more crucial lessons in working with far-flung communities and building up trust in the vaccines. “We have a migratory population that travels routinely from north to south across the country…
Akure, 26 July, 2021 - The World Health Organization (WHO) has supported Ondo State to integrate COVID-19 sample collection into the essential health care services. The intervention has led to an increase in the number of samples tested from an average of 70 to 321 per week, since the integration. The intervention was informed following…
Dar es Salaam, 24 July 2021: The United Republic of Tanzania has received the first batch of COVID-19 vaccines, delivered through COVAX arrangement. The 1,058,400 doses of the vaccines donated by the United States of America arrived today at the Julius Nyerere International Airport. The US Ambassador to Tanzania, Ambassador Donald Wright handed the vaccines…
Tuesday, 20th July 2021 marks yet another significant milestone in the fight against covid-19 epidemic in the Gambia as we witnessed the arrival of One Hundred and Fifty-One Thousand, Two Hundred (151, 200) doses of the Johnson and Jonson (J&J) Vaccine under the COVAX facility. These vaccines were mobilized through the initiative of the Government…
ScienceLooking inside the red planet will help scientists better understand how Mars formed and became the hostile, rusty desert we see today.ByMichael GreshkoPublished July 22, 2021• 11 min readThe solar system’s god of war has a bigger heart than expected: Using humankind’s first seismometer on another planet, researchers have analyzed the interior structure of Mars for…
Photographs byAnand A. VarmaByBrendan BorrellThis story appears in the July 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine.In pursuit of the world’s smallest bird, we’ve come to the backyard of a flamingo pink house in Palpite, Cuba. Ornithologist Christopher Clark has a car full of gear to unload: cameras, sound equipment, a sheer cube-shaped cage. Within minutes…
ScienceThe results from the 1962 Starfish Prime test serve as a warning of what might happen if Earth’s magnetic field gets blasted again with high doses of radiation.ByBrian GutierrezPublished July 15, 2021• 9 min readIt was pitch black when Greg Spriggs’ father brought his family to the highest point on Midway Atoll on July 8,…
ByAndrew CurryPhotographs ByRobbie ShonePublished July 5, 2021• 15 min readFor centuries, Germany’s Unicorn Cave has been a lure for people seeking secrets from the past. In the Middle Ages, people literally mined the site for mammoth tusks, cave bear teeth, and the remains of other extinct animals. The unfamiliar skeletons were thought to belong to…
Innovators ProjectThe librarian revived interest in Mali's illustrious past ... then had to save it from jihadists.ByJoshua HammerPublished April 21, 2014• 25 min readIt was early in the summer of 2012, and at the Mamma Haidara Library in Timbuktu, a clandestine operation was under way. Night after night, a team under the direction of the…
In the wake of Apple’s advances into consumer privacy with initiatives like App Tracking Transparency and App Store privacy labels, Google recently announced its own plans to introduce a new “safety section” on Google Play that offers more information about the data apps collect and share, and other security and privacy details. Today, the company…
While the Chinese technology market digests a new regulatory landscape impacting the country’s edtech market in a sharply negative manner, U.S. education technology companies have something to cheer about: Duolingo’s IPO priced very well. The language-learning unicorn initially targeted an $85 to $95 per share IPO price range. That interval was later raised to $95…
QuotaPath, which has developed a commission-tracking solution for sales and revenue teams, has raised $21.3 million in a Series A funding round led by Insight Partners. Existing backers ATX Ventures, Integr8d Capital, Stage 2 Capital and HubSpot Ventures also participated in the financing, which brings the startup’s total funding to $26.3 million since its 2018…
Twitter this morning will launch a pilot in the U.S. aimed at testing the potential for e-commerce on its platform. The company is introducing a new “Shop Module” that offers brands, businesses and other retailers the ability to showcase their products to Twitter users directly on the business’ profile. Users will then be able to…
If you parked your car in one of the thousands of parking spots across Calgary, there’s a good chance you paid the Calgary Parking Authority for the privilege. But soon you might be hearing from the authority after a recent security lapse exposed the personal information of vehicle owners. The parking authority oversees about 14%…
The expert committee advising the Health Ministry was scheduled to meet on Wednesday night to decide on whether to recommend that the Israeli elderly be given a third coronavirus vaccine.The experts were expected to green-light the move despite the fact that the booster has not yet received the authorization of the US Food and Drug…
While many farmers understand that food prices are too high, they say the aims of these reforms are misplaced as they should be targeting the suppliers of the products. By AVI GRANT JULY 28, 2021 19:24 Israeli farmers are seen protesting against Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the Knesset and Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, on December 19,…
A new partnership between AID Genomics and Sonol gas stations will enable citizens to drive into the gas station and for NIS 99 get a COVID-19 PCR test. Results to be delivered within 24 hours. Coronavirus PCR tests being performed at Sonol gas stations. (photo credit: Courtesy) Israelis who are traveling abroad, need a negative…
Israel has been one of the world leaders in vaccination efforts, a success that should show the way forward for many countries being assured that vaccines may help them return to “normal” during the pandemic. This is particularly true in the US, where the CDC has warned of a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” and experts…
Some 21 Israeli companies have been chosen to participate in three soft-landing programs in Taiwan, said i2i, the largest software incubator in Taiwan.The IP² LaunchPad innovation program is in its second year of operations in Israel, and is now launching two further programs for Israeli companies.The IP² Plus program is a continuation program for veteran…
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The expert committee advising the Health Ministry was scheduled to meet on Wednesday night to decide on whether to recommend that the Israeli elderly be given a third coronavirus vaccine.The experts were expected to green-light the move despite the fact that the booster has not yet received the authorization of the US Food and Drug…
While many farmers understand that food prices are too high, they say the aims of these reforms are misplaced as they should be targeting the suppliers of the products. By AVI GRANT JULY 28, 2021 19:24 Israeli farmers are seen protesting against Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the Knesset and Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, on December 19,…
A new partnership between AID Genomics and Sonol gas stations will enable citizens to drive into the gas station and for NIS 99 get a COVID-19 PCR test. Results to be delivered within 24 hours. Coronavirus PCR tests being performed at Sonol gas stations. (photo credit: Courtesy) Israelis who are traveling abroad, need a negative…
Israel has been one of the world leaders in vaccination efforts, a success that should show the way forward for many countries being assured that vaccines may help them return to “normal” during the pandemic. This is particularly true in the US, where the CDC has warned of a “pandemic of the unvaccinated” and experts…
Some 21 Israeli companies have been chosen to participate in three soft-landing programs in Taiwan, said i2i, the largest software incubator in Taiwan.The IP² LaunchPad innovation program is in its second year of operations in Israel, and is now launching two further programs for Israeli companies.The IP² Plus program is a continuation program for veteran…
The IDF said it was looking into an incident in which a Palestinian was shot and killed at the entrance to Beita village, near the city of Nablus. Israeli soldiers secure the scene after a Palestinian assailant attempting to stab Israeli guards at a junction near the West Bank city of Nablus, was shot and…
A new app called Voiceitt, started by Technion alumni, enables voice programs such as Siri to recognize uncommon speech problems in those with severe speech impediments. Siri [Illustrative] (photo credit: FLICKR) A pioneering Israeli start-up has given a voice to disabled people who previously have not been able to benefit from popular voice activation technologies,…
Gantz addressed Israel's abilities against Iran saying "we have abilities and means that I cannot expand on, and we are ready to ensure that Iran does not have nuclear weapons." Alternate Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Benny Gantz attends a conference of the Israeli Television News Company in Jerusalem on March 7, 2021. (photo…
The ministry claimed that the alleged agents intended to use the weapons in order to carry out assassinations. Footage of alleged Mossad agents in Iran published after reports Mossad network was arrested, July 2021 (photo credit: IRANIAN MINISTRY OF INTELLIGENCE) Iran’s Intelligence Ministry claimed that it has arrested a network of Mossad agents and seized…
WASHINGTON - A swastika was found on Monday inside an elevator at the State Department building, near the office of the special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, Axios first reported on Tuesday. The website also obtained a photo of the swastika, etched into the wall of elevator 36. It has since been removed.צלב הקרס שצוייר במחלקת…
Mike Enzi, the former Wyoming senator, died Monday after sustaining serious injuries in a recent bicycle accident near his home in Gillette, Wyoming.Enzi, who was 77, "passed away peacefully" while surrounded by his family, a statement read. "His family expresses their deep appreciation for all of the prayers, support and concern. They now ask for…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Now, like many geniuses, I worried about the lockdowns impact on kids and teens. And I don't even like kids or teens. For the same reason I don’t like college students. They don’t know what they’re talking about and they always need money. Sounds like a Democrat!God:…
