Month: April 2023
cannabis to be legalized in Germany
Originally, the German government planned to allow the sale of cannabis for adults in specialist shops but for now, this has been ruled out.Instead, such sales are to be trialled in a second stage of the legalization process, in model regions, backed by scientists, following government talks with the European Commission.In Germany, the possession of
Oxford’s new malaria vaccine approved in Ghana
Ghana’s Food and Drugs Authority has approved the vaccine’s use in children aged between five months to three years as the west African country strengthens its efforts to control malaria-related child mortality. Around 20,000 children die of malaria every year in Ghana, 25% of whom are aged under five. An Oxford University-developed vaccine against malaria
The use abortion drug still legal in US
Abortion pills are now the most common method of ending a pregnancy , used in more than half of all US abortions. AUS federal appeals court has temporarily blocked a decision by a Texas judge to halt the government’s approval of a widely used abortion drug. Mifepristone one of two drugs used for medication abortions
NPR quits Twitter
In a short statement, NPR said all its organizational accounts “will no longer be active on Twitter because the platform is taking actions that undermine our credibility by falsely implying that we are not editorially independent.” Highly-respected in the US, NPR had already suspended tweets from its main account as it waited for Twitter to
New Focus On Antimicrobial Resistance
The World Health Organization rates antimicrobial resistance in humans and animals to be one of the top ten threats to global health. Estimates suggest that by 2050, up to 10 million deaths could occur annually. Arecent United Nations report, titled ‘Bracing for Superbugs: Strengthening environmental action in the One Health response to antimicrobial resistance’, has
beheading of Zelensky soldiers
Ukraine has been trying to repel a full-scale Russian invasion for more than 13 months, aided by Western allies. The UN recently accused both warring parties of serious war crimes, including executions of prisoners of war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, demanded that the world respond to a video that allegedly shows a Ukrainian prisoner of
Myanmar military airstrike
Frustrated by the failure of its troops to regain control of much of the country, the military has been increasingly using its Russian and Chinese aircraft to bomb opposition villages, causing many civilian casualties. At least 53 people have been killed, according to survivors, in one of the deadliest airstrikes by the Myanmar military in
Brazil’s Lula visits China
China is Brazil’s biggest export market, each year buying tens of billions of dollars worth of soybeans, beef, iron ore, poultry, pulp, sugar cane, cotton and crude oil. Brazil is the biggest recipient of Chinese investment in Latin America, according to Chinese state media. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has flown off to
America regime rejected in Iran
Iranians’ perception of U.S. commitment to self-determination is similar to that of democracy with 80% of Iranians saying that the U.S. will not allow them to fashion their own political future. A recent poll by an American polling company revealed that U.S. standing in the Muslim world has deteriorated to a new level, with Iranians
Israel not a “a threat” to Iran
The commander of the Iranian Army, on Monday mocked the notion that the Zionist regime could invade Iran without U.S. assistance, asserting that Israel is too little to even be contemplated as a danger to the Islamic Republic. The top commander made the remarks in response to recent remarks by Herzi Halevi, chief of staff