The German linguist Heinrich Zimmer once described the ocean as “limitless and immortal … the beginning and end of all things on Earth”. Standing on the...
Since early in the COVID pandemic, the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa has been monitoring changes in SARS-CoV-2. This was a valuable tool to...
ANKARA – Online sales hit USD5.1 billion on Thanksgiving Day in the US, at the lower end of estimates, according to Adobe Digital Insights (ADI) data on...
BRUSSELS – A slew of European countries has restricted travel from southern Africa amid concerns over the new Covid-19 variant. The B.1.1.529 variant, first detected in South...
GENEVA – The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday declared the new Covid-19 variant from southern Africa a “variant of concern,” and named it Omicron. The declaration...
BRUSSELS – The coronavirus situation will deteriorate in the European Union in the next two months unless the bloc introduces new measures and raises the vaccination...
STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s first female Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson resigned hours after taking office on Wednesday. Social Democratic Party leader Andersson was elected Sweden’s first female prime...
After a meeting led by President Xi Jinping in August 2021, China’s Communist Party released a media summary that spoke, in part, to the idea of...
During an interview with NASCAR driver Brandon Brown on Oct. 2, 2021, NBC sportscaster Kelli Stavast made a curious observation. She reported that Talladega Superspeedway spectators...
WASHINGTON – United States President Joe Biden on Monday announced that he intends to nominate Jerome Powell for a second term as Federal Reserve chairman, and...