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3 weeks ago
The Nobel Prize in medicine goes to 3 scientists for work on the human immune system
Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Dr. Shimon Sakaguchi won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.
4 weeks ago
Munich Airport temporarily shut after drone sightings, another mysterious overflight in EU airspace
Munich Airport was temporarily shut down overnight after several drone sightings in the area, the latest mysterious drone overflights in the airspace of European Union member countries, officials said.
4 weeks ago
A freed political prisoner refuses to be deported from Belarus and promptly vanishes
Human rights activists are demanding that Belarusian authorities reveal what has happened to the 69-year-old opposition politician and former presidential candidate.
4 weeks ago
Zelenskyy warns Russian drones endanger safety at Chernobyl and at Europe’s biggest nuclear plant
Russia's sustained bombardment of Ukraine's power grid is deepening concerns about the safety of the country's nuclear facilities after a drone knocked out power for more than three hours to the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster.
4 weeks ago
Israeli navy intercepts boats attempting to break Gaza blockade and arrests activists
Israeli naval forces boarded most of the vessels in a flotilla attempting to break Israel's blockade of Gaza on Thursday and detained dozens aboard, including European lawmakers, drawing widespread condemnation.
4 weeks ago
Schwarzenegger downplays Trump and backs Vatican initiative to ‘terminate’ global warming
Arnold Schwarzenegger downplayed the Trump administration's climate skepticism Tuesday and threw his weight behind the Vatican's environmental initiative, saying individual choice, local regulations and the Catholic Church's moral leadership were far more important to "terminate" global warming.
4 weeks ago
Hurricane Imelda rumbles toward Bermuda as airport, schools and government offices close
Hurricane Imelda barreled toward Bermuda on Wednesday as forecasters warned that it could swipe past the tiny British territory as a Category 2 storm.
