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Embryonic stem cells are harvested from fertilised eggs and using them in research has raised ethical issues because embryos are subsequently destroyed
World
10.08.2024
Japan newborn gets liver stem cells in world first
Huawei's growing 'European village' in houses 25,000 staff and has several train stations named after European cities such as Paris and Bologna
World
10.08.2024
Huawei's ambitions unbowed despite US pressure
Venezuela said it would deploy naval vessels like these frigates - here on a 2019 exercise - to welcome Iranian tankers bringing much needed gasoline
World
10.08.2024
Venezuela says Iranian tankers will get military escort
Turds in the suburbs: Aussie authorities are unrolling a vast programme of sewage testing this week in the hope of finding hidden clusters of the virus
World
10.08.2024
Aussie sewers a frontline in bid to flush out coronavirus
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French police, wearing protective masks against the coronavirus, with young migrants picked up off Calais as they tried to get to Britain by boat
World 10.08.2024
Migrant boat crossings to UK surge during virus lockdown
The mannequins appeared at a football match in South Korea on Sunday. Picture supplied by Yonhap news agency via AFP
World 10.08.2024
Korean football club get record fine over sex dolls in stands
Like many other airlines, most of Lufthansa's fleet is grounded due to the coronavirus pandemic
World 10.08.2024
Lufthansa confirms in talks with Berlin on $10 bn rescue
In a large street market in Damascus, customers perused stalls days ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan
World 10.08.2024
Syrians turn to flea markets for frugal Eid al-Fitr
Fadia Khalil, a 22-year-old member of the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra, plays violin on the roof of her house in Baghdad
World 10.08.2024
In Baghdad's new Ramadan rhythm, calls to pray and keep COVID-19 away
Togo is on the front line after its northern neighbour, Burkina Faso, fell prey to the jihadist chaos that had begun in neighbouring Mali
World 10.08.2024
Worried Togo finds itself on front line of Sahel's jihadist war
Legendary photographer Sebastiao Salgado warns the Amazon's indigenous peoples face a "genocide" if the Brazilian government does not do more to protect them from the coronavirus
World 10.08.2024
A world redrawn: virus a 'genocide' threat for Amazon, warns Salgado
Health workers protest about the lack of protective medical equipment outside the Hipolito Unanue hospital in Lima
World 10.08.2024
Peru passes 100,000 COVID-19 cases, 3,000 dead
The WTO is seeking a new head to replace Roberto Azevedo who is stepping down a year early on August 31
World 10.08.2024
WTO to open nominations for next director on June 8
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