Aug 3, 2015 Following the widespread outbreak of the Ebola virus in some West African countries, where at least 11,200 people have died, a team of researchers from Oxford, is in the process of creating a vaccine for the deadly virus. The vaccine, which is developed by Bavarian Nordic and Johnson & Johnson, is tagged ... Read More
Aug 3, 2015 Bolivian President Evo Morales has presented a proposed five-year plan to his Chilean counterpart that would put to bed a centuries-old territorial dispute between both countries and grant Bolivia more access to the Pacific Ocean. President Morales during a press conference at the presidential palace in La Paz, directed the proposal to ... Read More
Aug 3, 2015 The current English premier league champions ended their pre-season tour in the United States by defeating European champions Barcelona, after a thrilling 2-2 draw in Maryland. Belgian playmaker, Eden Hazard opened the scoresheet by adding another eye-catching goal to his increasingly impressive collection and the Blues held on to the lead until half-time. ... Read More
Aug 3, 2015 And still on pre-season engagements, French outfit Paris St Germain claimed a 2-0 victory over Manchester United to clinch the International Champions Cup. The match was shrouded in a bubbling controversy due to Manchester United’s winger Angel Di Maria, who is reportedly seeking a move away from the English Premier League side ... Read More
July 31, 2015 The University of Cape Town’s Drug Discovery and Development Centre, H3D, has announced that tests on a potential single-dose cure for malaria have shown encouraging results and are attracting several international interests and funding. The new compound, MMV048, has proved potent and highly successful in curing malaria in its preclinical studies. The ... Read More
July 31, 2015 And to round out the week that was, we share some more bits you might have missed from President Obama’s visit to the continent. In Addis Ababa, the US president arrived at the African Union headquarters to meet the commission’s chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma for discussions on trade and regional security. Also on ... Read More
July 31, 2015 According to China’s Third Military Medical University, the People Republic of China is set to celebrate yet another innovative milestone as its first ever superbug vaccine enters the clinical test stage. The vaccine was developed by a scientific team headed by Zou Quanming, director of the National Engineering Research Center for Immunological ... Read More
July 31, 2015 U.N. human rights experts recently urged the Canadian government to address the issue of the increasing violence against indigenous girls and women According to a report released by Royal Canadian Mounted Police in 2014, Canadian women are disproportionately subject to murders and abduction. While speaking to journalists in Geneva about this, U.N. ... Read More
July 31, 2015 Ahead of the 2020 Summer Games open in Tokyo, hundreds gathered in a downtown Tokyo plaza to witness the official unveiling of the tournament. The officials of the Olympic committee promised to do all in their power to overcome every foreseeable challenge and make the Games a resounding success. Despite the enthusiastic ... Read More
July 31, 2015 Mexico’s football federation has fired its manager Miguel Herrera for allegedly attacking a reporter at the team’s Gold Cup win. According to the president of the Mexican football federation, Decio de Maria, Miguel Herrera allegedly punched a sports journalist for Mexico’s TV Azteca, Christian Martinoli. “I have rationalised and heard and taken ... Read More
