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Cerba Research, a leading European healthcare company, has inked a deal to build an advanced medical laboratory in the city of Wuxi, east China’s Jiangsu Province, local authorities said.
European healthcare giant, Cerba Research to build advanced lab in China Read More
UN agencies have welcomed a pledge by 12 African countries to end AIDS in children by 2030, announced on Wednesday at a meeting in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.
UN agencies welcome 12 African countries pledge to end AIDS Read More
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) says trafficked medical products kill almost half a million sub-Saharan Africans every year, noting that action is needed to stem the flow.
Fake medicines kill 500,000 sub-Saharan Africans a year- UNODC Read More
Russia is preparing a massive new missile attack on targets in Ukraine, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s southern military command said on Thursday.
Russia preparing massive missile attack on Ukraine Read More
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and 15 other EU commissioners are in Kiev on Thursday to meet with members of the Ukrainian government, the commission said in a statement.
EU senior figures visit Ukraine as impatience to join bloc grows Read More
Britain’s biggest strike in a decade got under way on Wednesday, with up to half a million workers walking out in increasingly bitter disputes over pay, jobs and conditions.
Thousands of UK workers stage biggest single-day strike in a decade Read More
Swiss drug major Novartis has seen its net income decline by 991 per cent to $1.47 billion in the fourth quarter, compared to $16.31 billion in 2022.
Novartis records 991% net income decline to $1.47b in Q4 Read More
Pope Francis on Wednesday urged people in Democratic Republic of Congo to grant each other a “great amnesty of the heart” and called on Christians engaged in battle to lay down their arms.
Pope Francis urges mutual forgiveness to end Congo conflict Read More
A tiny radioactive capsule missing in the Australian outback has been found after days of searching, according to Emergency Service Minister for Western Australia (WA), Stephen Dawson.
Missing radioactive capsule found in Australian outback Read More Pope Francis has denounced the “poison of greed” driving conflicts in Africa, saying the rich world needs to realise that people are more precious than the minerals in the earth beneath them.
Pope Francis tells rich world to ‘Hands off Africa’ Read More