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In Australia, scientists have identified a previously unknown virus named Salt Gully in fruit bats, The Telegraph reported. Genetically related to Nipah and Hendra viruses, Salt Gully has not yet shown evidence of transmission to humans. Researchers at the National…

Karbala Holy Shrines Adorned for Birth Anniversaries of Prophet and Imam al-Sadiq …………… The holy shrines of Imam Hussein and his brother al-Abbas (peace be upon them) in Holy Karbala have been decorated with flowers and festive ornaments to mark…

600 Journalists Face Layoffs in UK as AI Reshapes Media —————————— UK media company Reach, owner of newspapers such as The Mirror and The Express, has announced it will cut 600 jobs due to changing audience habits and the growing…

Global Project to Map DNA of 1.67 Million Species Enters New Phase —————————– A global scientific initiative to map the genetic code of life on Earth, known as the Earth BioGenome Project (EBGP), is moving into its second phase, according…

Dirty Air Poses Significant Health Risk to Britons, Study Suggests —————————- A new study presented at the European Society of Cardiology conference and reported by The Guardian suggests that millions of Britons are at a higher risk of heart failure…

AI Chatbot’s Link to Suicide Spurs Mental Health Warning ——————————– A new report in The Guardian has brought to light an “existential crisis” not for publishers, but for the future of artificial intelligence itself, following a tragic incident linking a…

EU Asylum Applications Decline Sharply, Driven by Drop in Syrian Requests —————————- A new report from Al Jazeera, based on data from the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), reveals a significant 23% drop in asylum applications to the European…

Ethiopia Inaugurates Grand Renaissance Dam Amid Regional Water Concerns ——————————- Ethiopia is set to inaugurate the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Blue Nile, promising to double the country’s electricity output by producing over 5,000 megawatts, Arab News reported.…

FDA Approves First Large-Scale Human Trials of Pig Kidney Transplants …………… Scientists are moving closer to making pig organ transplants a viable option for patients, as the US Food and Drug Administration has approved large-scale clinical trials of genetically modified…

Over 10,000 Killed in Syria in Nine Months Amid Rising Violence ……………. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported on Sunday that more than 10,672 people have been killed in Syria over the past nine months, following the collapse of…