Category Archives: Science
Portugal draws fire with plan for COVID-positive voters
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s government is under fire over its plans to let people infected with COVID-19 cast their ballots at polling stations in an upcoming election, as officials struggle to square the right to vote with the duty
CIA: Most ‘Havana syndrome’ cases not linked to US adversary
WASHINGTON (AP) — The CIA believes it is unlikely that Russia or another foreign adversary has used microwaves or other forms of directed energy to attack the hundreds of American officials who attribute symptoms associated with brain injuries to what'...
Indonesia wants to use G20 presidency to aid COVID rebound
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia’s leader said Thursday that his country, which holds the presidency of the Group of 20 biggest economies this year, wants to strengthen global partnership and inclusiveness to aid the economic recovery amid a resurgi...
UK lawmaker says Johnson critics face government ‘blackmail’
LONDON (AP) — A lawmaker from Britain’s governing Conservatives accused the government on Thursday of blackmailing opponents of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as the party's internal rifts over its beleaguered leader deepened.
EXPLAINER: How sweeping EU rules would curb tech companies
LONDON (AP) — Online companies would have to ramp up efforts to keep harmful content off their platforms and take other steps to protect users under rules that European Union lawmakers approved Thursday.
Germany expects COVID-19 cases to peak in mid-February
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's health minister expects the number of coronavirus infections in the country to keep rising for several weeks before peaking next month. Karl Lauterbach
Ontario to start reopening businesses, boost gathering sizes
TORONTO — Ontario will soon begin easing COVID-19 restrictions, starting by reopening businesses such as restaurants, gyms and cinemas with capacity limits and boosting the size of social gatherings – all with an eye to lifting nearly all constraints b...
Iqaluit lab techs say they quit over long-standing issues, denied bonus
IQALUIT, Nunavut — Former laboratory technologists in Iqaluit say their not receiving a bonus given to Nunavut nursing staff led them to resign after years of burnout and a lack of support. Four of the techs who left spoke to The
Austrian parliament approves vaccine mandate for adults
VIENNA (AP) — Austria’s parliament voted Thursday to introduce a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for adults from Feb. 1, the first of its kind in Europe, with maximum potential fines of up to 3,600 euros ($4,000) for people who don't comply
Yukon’s chief coroner cautions about ‘extremely high number of drug-related deaths’
WHITEHORSE — Yukon's chief coroner has issued a warning to residents about an increase in opioid-related deaths. Heather Jones says in a statement that officials have confirmed four deaths due to illicit drugs in the first seven days of this year
