A heavily mutated variant of the virus that causes Covid-19 appears to be affecting primarily children, scientists say, though it’s not causing more severe disease – in kids or in adults.

Kids may be more likely to get the new ‘Cicada’ variant of Covid-19, scientists say. Here’s what to know about BA.3.2

By Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, April 2 (Reuters) - NASA sent four astronauts on the world's first crewed lunar mission in half a century on Wednesday, in preparation for a first-ever manned landing on

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The deepening energy crisis triggered by the US-Israel war with Iran has thrust energy security back onto the political stage in European countries.

Energy security rifts widen in Europe

Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Indonesia, Jordan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates emphasized the "urgent need to refrain from measures" that risk further inflaming tensions on the ground. Eight Muslim-majority countries "strongly condemned" Israel's move to pass a law making death by hanging a default sentence for Palestinian terrorists convicted in military courts, a joint statement released by Pakistan said on Thursday.

Eight Muslim nations condemn Israel's 'dangerous' new death penalty law

“The attacks, carried out by Iran and its aligned Iraqi militia groups, have killed at least 14 people and wounded 85 others," Erbil-based Rudaw Media Network noted. Iranian-backed militias in Iraq, together with Iran, have attacked the autonomous Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq more than 450 times since the Iran war began, according to Rudaw Media Network, a Kurdistan Region-based news channel.

Iran-backed Iraqi militias attack Kurdistan over 450 times since beginning of war

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The federal government's disease-tracking agency has paused its diagnostic testing for rabies, monkeypox and a number of other infectious diseases.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week posted a list of more than two dozen types of testing that have become unavailable.  This is not the first time the CDC has paused some of its lab testing.

CDC pauses dozens of types of lab testing during evaluation and in wake of downsizing

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Polish investigators have identified two Ukrainian nationals suspected of carrying out an explosion on a strategically important railway line on behalf of Russia, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday. Tusk, speaking to parliament, said both men had a long relationship with Russian intelligence.

Poland identifies two Ukrainian suspects in railway sabotage blast

No further attempts will be made to rescue a humpback whale who has gotten repeatedly stuck off Germany's Baltic coast, officials said on Wednesday, as experts believe the animal will not survive its week-long ordeal. Till Backhaus, environment minister for the north-eastern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern region where the whale is currently stranded, said a restricted zone has been established around the animal to allow it to die in peace as there was no more hope of freeing it.

No more attempts to free whale stranded off Germany, officials say

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You’ve had your own personal set of fingerprints since before you were born, and they’ll be with you throughout your whole life.

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As December's chill settled over Gaza, the family's nylon tent offered little refuge.  Until Wednesday night, when 29-day-old Saeed, his tiny body wracked by the cold, did not respond.  The infant, who had been born prematurely and very underweight, became the second baby to die of hypothermia in recent days at Nasser Hospital, doctors said Thursday.

Hypothermia claims newborn in Gaza and more babies are at risk, doctor says

The Polish government has said that new legislation to reduce fuel prices will take effect on Tuesday, as it tries to reduce the impact on consumers of increased global oil prices due to the Iran war. The Energy Ministry is still gathering data from wholesalers in order to set the maximum permitted price on this basis, Deputy Energy Minister Wojciech Wrochna told the radio station Rmf.

Polish law aimed at lowering petrol prices takes effect on Tuesday

South Africa initially refused the Gazans' entry because they were unable to indicate the duration of their stay or the address of their accommodation. The Palestinian Authority has accused Israel of “human trafficking” and “blood trading” after a plane of 153 Gazans landed in South Africa, allegedly without its knowledge.

PA accuses Israel of 'human trafficking' after planeload of Gazans arrives in South Africa

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In northern Israel, two men aged 85 and 34 were moderately injured on Thursday morning by shrapnel after a Hezbollah attack, MDA reported. Two infants were lightly wounded by the impact of a ballistic missile's shrapnel after Iranian attacks triggered sirens across Israel four times on Wednesday night.

Two Israeli infants among wounded by shrapnel in overnight Iranian missile barrage

It all comes down to the difference in temperature between the North Pole and the equator.

Europe could get 42 more days of summer by the year 2100 due to climate change

Here's what to know about peptides, what they can and can't do, and what's driving viral claims about possible health benefits online.

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Noth famously starred on Sex and the City as Mr. Big, longtime love of Parker's character, Carrie Bradshaw.

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Israeli emergency services reported that several homes and a synagogue were damaged as a result of the fall in the Beit Shemesh area. At least 12 people were injured near Beit Shemesh following a launch from Iran towards central Israel on Saturday afternoon.

Twelve injured near Beit Shemesh, reports of shrapnel impact in Eilat as Iran targets Israel

The Israeli military said on Thursday it has killed more than 40 members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah militia in Lebanon in the last 24 hours. Sources within Hezbollah also reported that dozens of fighters had been killed in close combat with Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon.

Israel says 40 Hezbollah members killed as forces advance in Lebanon

Li Xiong, 41, the former chairman of Huione Group and a core member of what Chinese authorities call the Chen Zhi criminal syndicate, was escorted off a China Southern Airlines flight in Beijing on April 1 – shaven-headed, handcuffed, flanked by officers from China’s Ministry of Public Security. The real ...

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Germany is setting up a council to oversee the return of cultural property and human remains taken from former colonies.View on euronews

Germany to create restitution council to return colonia-era acquired cultural artefacts

Several Muslim countries have strongly criticized Israel's new death penalty law passed by parliament earlier this week. The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates strongly condemn "the imposition of the death penalty in the occupied West Bank and its de facto application against Palestinians," according to a joint statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on Thursday.

Muslim nations condemn new Israeli death penalty law

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Human Rights Watch says Capt Traoré, other military leaders and jihadists "may be liable" for the killings.

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