• AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine discontinued in Europe from today

    Europe is bidding farewell to AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine. The Swedish-British laboratory requested the withdrawal of its vaccine from the market in March, and the European Commission has therefore proceeded to withdraw the marketing authorisation for its injection in the European Union (EU), a decision that will be effective from today (Tuesday, 7 May). The manufacturing company explained that due to the "multiple updated vaccines" that have been developed to deal with Covid-19, "there is a...

  • Shabab Al-Ahly is champion of the U-19 league

    The Shabab Al-Ahly football team was crowned champion of the U-19 Youth League competition, after defeating the Khor Fakkan team with five unanswered goals in the match that brought them together, the day before yesterday, at Shabab Al-Ahly Club Stadium in Al-Awir, within the 30th and final round of the league. The goals of Shabab […]

  • WPHC: Highlights – CAN 19, JPN 0 (Preliminary)

    Dominic Cozzolino had four goals and four assists, Adam Dixon, Liam Hickey

    • Pac-12

    No. 6 Oregon State claims series opener at No. 19 Arizona

    No. 6 Oregon State baseball defeated No. 19 Arizona by a final score of 9-2 on Thursday, May 16 in Tucson. The Beavers have notched six straight wins to improve to 40-12 overall and 18-9 in conference.

    • WNYC

    BBC News, 17/05/2024 19:01 GMT

    The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

  • DWU Service Alert: System Maintenance Scheduled for May 19

    The City of Dallas will be performing system maintenance Sunday, May 19, from 3 a.m. to 3 p.m. You will not be able to make online payments on DallasGo or telephone payments to Dallas Water Utilities during this time. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience. For alternative Dallas Water Utilities payment locations, please visit bit.ly/DWUPayStations. La Ciudad de Dallas

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    BBC News, 16/05/2024 19:01 GMT

    The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

  • 19 children injured in Gaza will be brought to hospitals in Romania

    19 Palestinian children, injured in the attacks of the Israeli army in the Gaza Strip, will be treated in Romania. They will be brought by military planes and admitted urgently to hospitals in Bucharest. Most of the children will be taken from the West Bank, sources told Digi24. According to initial information, they will be […]

    • WNYC

    BBC News, 15/05/2024 19:01 GMT

    The latest five minute news bulletin from BBC World Service.

  • Despite its 'nothingburger' reputation, COVID-19 remains deadlier than the flu

    Since the earliest days of the pandemic, health officials have gauged the threat of COVID-19 by comparing it to the flu. At first, it wasn't even close. People hospitalized in 2020 with the then-novel respiratory disease were five times more likely to die of their illness than were patients who had been hospitalized with influenza during the preceding flu seasons. Immunity from vaccines and past coronavirus infections has helped tame COVID-19 to the point that when researchers compared the...

  • Unique Things To Do in Denver This Weekend 5/15 – 5/19

    Denver Fashion Week is underway, and there is still time to catch the shows on Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday in Denver.

    • CP24

    'Not a scarient': New COVID-19 subvariant dominant in Canada

    A new COVID-19 subvariant is dominant in Canada, representing just over 30 per cent of cases in the country, but infectious disease experts say there’s no sign it’ll evolve into a summer “scarient.” The new subvariant, KP.2, is not actually new, it’s a “soup” of mutations that have accumulated, Dr. Tyson Graber, an associate scientist at the CHEO Research Institute in Ottawa, explained . Omicron, the tidal wave variant that spread in late 2022, is the “parent” of KP.2, which will...