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AstraZeneca Covid vaccine suspended in some countries over blood clot fears
A health worker holds a box of the AstraZeneneca vaccine at the Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute in Nonthaburi province on the outskirts of Bangkok. Chaiwat Subprasom | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images LONDON — The coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has now been suspended in a number of …
MIT, TU Wien & IST Austria Brain-Based AI Self-Drives With Just a Few Neurons
Modern AI has produced models that exceed human performance across countless tasks. Now, an international research team is suggesting AI might become even more efficient and reliable if it learns to think more like worms. In a paper recently published in Nature Machine Intelligence journal, the team from MIT CSAIL, TU Wien in Vienna, and …
Germany at odds with Apple on smartphone coronavirus contact tracing
BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany has chosen a home-grown technology for smartphone-based tracing of coronavirus infections, putting it at odds with Apple which has refused on privacy grounds to support the necessary short-range communication on iPhones. FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks use a smartphone on a street amid coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns in Kiev, Ukraine …
Spain, Austria ease coronavirus curbs, U.S. debates risks
MADRID/LONDON (Reuters) – Spain and Austria allowed partial returns to work on Tuesday but Britain, France and India extended lockdowns to rein in the new coronavirus while the United States, where the death toll exceeded 25,000, debated how to reopen its economy. The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that infections had “certainly” not yet peaked. …
EU nears deal on coronavirus package as Germany puts its foot down
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Prospects for a European Union deal on a package to support its coronavirus-battered economies brightened on Thursday as Germany put its foot down to end opposition from the Netherlands and to reassure Italy that the EU would show it solidarity. FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte addresses the Senate, the upper …
EU risks break-up over ‘coronabonds’ row, warns Italian PM | Business
Italy’s prime minister, Giuseppe Conte, has warned of the break-up of the European Union, as unprecedented pressure was piled on northern states to give way and unlock €500bn (£438bn) of economic support for the countries hit hardest by the coronavirus pandemic. After 16 hours of talks since Tuesday, EU finance ministers reconvened by videoconference on …
Josef Koeberl in ice: Austrian man breaks world record for longest time spent submerged in ice today
How long could you last in a box of ice? One minute, maybe two? This extreme athlete just lasted more than two full hours. Austrian athlete Josef Koeberl broke the world record for longest time spent submerged in ice Saturday. He lasted more than two hours in the box, wearing nothing but a swimsuit. With …
Macron says he warned Iran’s Rouhani about breaking nuclear commitments
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during a news conference after the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 21, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw TOKYO (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron told his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani that leaving the 2015 nuclear deal, or any signals that suggested Tehran would break the accord, would …
