Mayday! SA scientists identified hantavirus outbreak in 24 hours

JOHANNESBURG: When South African infectious disease specialist Lucille Blumberg checked her email on the morning of May 1, while the country was celebrating the Labour Day holiday, an urgent message caught her attention.A UK-based colleague, who monitors diseases in remote British overseas territories in the South Atlantic Ocean, had written about a passenger from a…

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SpaceX’s Starship flight hits most targets in pre-IPO test

STARBASE: SpaceX completed a largely successful test flight of its next-generation Starship rocket on Friday, deploying a clutch of mock satellites and executing a controlled splashdown in the Indian Ocean in a high-stakes debut of the newly upgraded vehicle as Elon Musk’s company prepares to go public.The latest uncrewed launch of Starship – designed to…

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China mine blast: Death toll rises to 82; Beijing orders crackdown as rescue ops continue — top developments

A deadly gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has killed at least 82 people, with rescue operations still under way and authorities launching a nationwide crackdown on illegal mining activities after the country’s worst mining disaster in 17 years, AFP reported.The blast took place on Friday evening at the Liushenyu coal mine…

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JD Vance makes unplanned return to Washington, claims report triggering speculations over Iran

Reports claimed JD Vance made an unscheduled return to Washington Saturday. Conservative commentator Nick Sortor claimed that Vice President JD Vance made an unplanned return to Washington DC Saturay as President Donald Trump called an emergency meeting of his national security team to deliberate on Iran. Nick Sorter also cited a Fox News report claiming…

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Is United States on verge of a Maduro-like military intervention in Cuba?

The United States under President Donald Trump is intensifying pressure on Cuba in ways that analysts say increasingly resemble Washington’s approach towards Venezuela before the dramatic January operation that removed Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from power. Yet despite comparisons between Caracas and Havana, experts believe Cuba presents a far more complex, risky and potentially costly…

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