Indonesia’s government is mulling an e-commerce ban for under-16s, the communications minister told AFP Wednesday, hot on the heels of Jakarta imposing a sweeping social media prohibition for teens. “E-commerce (platforms) are next...
A flight scheduled to evacuate a sick doctor from the MV Hondius ship that has beeen hit by a deadly outbreak of hantavirus to Spain’s Canary Islands has been cancelled, a source close to the regional presidency told AFP. The source, who gave...
Two specialist doctors in infectious diseases are heading from the Netherlands to the MV Hondius ship that has seen a deadly outbreak of hantavirus, its operator said on Wednesday. “Two infectious disease physicians, currently en route from...
Israel’s military chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir said on Tuesday that the country was prepared to respond “with force” to any attack by Iran. “The IDF remains on high alert across all fronts. We are closely monitoring...
The World Health Organization said Tuesday it was tracing people on a flight between the island of Saint Helena and Johannesburg taken by a cruise ship passenger who died of hantavirus. There had been 82 passengers and six crew onboard the April 25...
Three passengers who were cruising the Atlantic Ocean have died and others have fallen sick amid a rare hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, currently anchored off Cape Verde. Here is a look at what we know so far about those on board, the...
The US government on Tuesday announced in a policy shift that it will have access to tech giants’ new AI models to evaluate them before they are released. The agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft and xAI come after the Trump...
Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner Narges Mohammadi could die in prison unless she is urgently given proper health care after suffering two suspected heart attacks in recent weeks, supporters warned on Tuesday. Representatives of her Paris...
Dutch cruise operator Ocean Expeditions said Tuesday that “no new symptomatic cases” of hantavirus have been detected aboard the MV Hondius, which has been stuck near Cape Verde since Sunday due to an outbreak. “At this stage, no...
Three suspected hantavirus cases aboard a stricken cruise ship off Cape Verde will be evacuated shortly via the west African island nation, the World Health Organization told AFP on Tuesday. Once the two symptomatic hantavirus sufferers and a close...
Three suspected hantavirus cases aboard a stricken cruise ship off Cape Verde will be evacuated shortly via the west African island nation, the World Health Organization told AFP on Tuesday. Once the two symptomatic hantavirus sufferers and a close...
US forces are ready to resume combat operations against Iran if ordered, Washington’s top military officer said Tuesday, as the Pentagon threatened a “devastating” response to Iranian attacks on commercial shipping in the Hormuz...
French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday said the European Union should deploy its anti-coercion instrument — dubbed the “bazooka” — if Donald Trump goes ahead with his threats to hike levies on European cars. Slamming the...
US President Donald Trump urged Iran Tuesday to “do the smart thing” and make a deal to end the war, saying even as a ceasefire teetered that he did not want to kill more Iranians. “They should do the smart thing, because we...
Germany’s BioNTech said Tuesday it will halt operations at several sites, in a move affecting up to 1,860 jobs, as sales of its blockbuster Covid vaccine drop. The biotech company plans to stop operating at three manufacturing sites in Germany...
