China closed off part of South China Sea to look for a crashed aircraft, says Taiwan intelligence agency
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REUTERS TAIPEI — China closed off a part of the South China Sea close to Vietnam this month in its hunt for…
US man with transplanted genetically modified pig heart dies
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A 57-YEAR-OLD man with terminal heart disease who made history as the first person to receive a genetically modified pig’s heart died…
Online sales not the smartest time to buy smartphones — iPrice
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1 of 3 Smartphone prices are higher during online sales like 11.11 and 12.12 than on normal days, according to a study published…
‘Lost generation’ feared as COVID school closures fuel inequality
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UNSPLASH NEW DELHI/KAMPALA — Standing in front of India’s Taj Mahal, tour guide Raju Usmani fears for his daughter’s future. With coronavirus disease…
Variant that combines Delta and Omicron identified; dogs sniff out virus with high accuracy
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COMPUTER-GENERATED representation of COVID-19 virions via Felipe Esquivel Reed / CC BY-SA The following is a summary of some recent studies on coronavirus…
South Korea elects conservative outsider as president in tectonic shift
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Republic of Korea president-elect Yoon Suk-yeol. Image via Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism/Korean Culture and Information SEOUL — Conservative South…
ECB seeks to reconcile soaring inflation with war risks
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REUTERS FRANKFURT — The European Central Bank (ECB) is likely to make as few policy commitments as possible on Thursday as the…
Ukraine prepares potential move of sensitive data to another country — official
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PIXABAY The Ukrainian government is preparing for the potential need to move its data and servers abroad if Russia’s invading forces push…
Seven out of 10 Filipinos had more sex during the pandemic, says study
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PHILCARE FILIPINOS turned to intimacy and enjoyed a better sex life during the pandemic, according to a recent survey. A 2021 wellness…
Taiwan wants to be ‘full member’ of US Indo-Pacific Economic Framework
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lisanto-unsplash TAIPEI — A senior Taiwanese minister called on Wednesday for the island to be made a “full member” of the United…