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Anti-cancer jab taking 7 minutes to administer rolled out in England

August 31, 2023 admin

Currently, cancer patients receive the life-extending immunotherapy atezolizumab in hospital directly into their veins via a drug transfusion, which can take from 30 minutes to up to an hour to administer. Image for representation purpose only. File | Photo Credit: Zappys Technology Solutions/Flickr An anti-cancer jab that can cut down treatment time for some by…

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At least 52 dead in fire at a building in Johannesburg

August 31, 2023 admin

People walk past a building after a deadly blaze in the early hours of the morning, in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday, August 31, 2023. | Photo Credit: REUTERS At least 52 people died when a fire ripped through a multi-story building in Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city, emergency services said Thursday, August 31, 2023….

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China’s Baidu Launches ChatGPT Rival ERNIE Bot As AI Race Heats Up

August 31, 2023 admin

Beijing: China’s Baidu rolled out its ChatGPT rival ERNIE Bot to the public on Thursday, in a major leap for the country’s tech sector as it aims to cash in on the artificial intelligence gold rush. The Chinese government introduced fresh regulations this month for AI developers, aiming to allow them to stay in the…

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63 Killed After Massive Fire At 5-Storey Building In S Africa’s Johannesburg

August 31, 2023 admin

It was not immediately clear what caused the blaze, which broke out overnight. Johannesburg: More than 60 people have died in a fire that engulfed a five-storey building in central Johannesburg on Thursday, the South African city’s emergency services said. Another 43 were injured, some suffering from smoke inhalation, and were taken for treatment at local…

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Trump dismissive as New York attorney general accuses him of inflating his net worth by $2 billion

August 31, 2023 admin

Donald Trump defended his real estate empire and his presidency in a face-to-face clash with the New York attorney general suing him for fraud, testifying at a closed-door grilling in April that his company is flush with cash — and claiming he saved “millions of lives” by deterring nuclear war when he was president. Mr….

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Donald Trump Big Praise For Indian-American Rival Vivek Ramaswamy

August 31, 2023 admin

Vivek Ramaswamy led the largest biotech IPOs of 2015 and 2016. New York: Donald Trump, running to be US President again, heaped big praise on his Indian-American rival Vivek Ramaswamy saying that he would make a “very good” vice-president. During an interview, Trump said, “He (Vivek Ramaswamy) is a very, very, very intelligent person. He’s…

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In latest violence, Israeli police kill Palestinian teen assailant and West Bank bomb hurts Israelis

August 31, 2023 admin

Israeli police on Wednesday shot and killed a 14-year-old Palestinian boy who stabbed a man in a Jerusalem light-rail station, officials said, while Palestinian militants detonated a bomb near a convoy of Israeli troops escorting Jewish worshippers to a holy site in the occupied West Bank, wounding four Israeli troops. The attacks came hours after…

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In latest violence, Israeli police kill Palestinian teen assailant and West Bank bomb hurts Israelis

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Ukrainian drones strike deep in Russian territory, Moscow says, while a barrage in Kyiv kills two

August 31, 2023 admin

Ukraine sent waves of drones deep into western Russia in more than four hours of nighttime attacks that struck military assets, Russian officials and media reports said on August 30. The drones hit an airport near Russia’s border with Estonia and Latvia, causing a huge blaze and damaging four Il-76 military transport planes, the Russian…

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Ukrainian Military Says 6 Servicemen Killed In Helicopter Incident

August 30, 2023 admin

There was no indication what happened involving two widely-used Mi-8 helicopters on Tuesday. Kyiv: Six Ukrainian servicemen were killed aboard two helicopters while they were “carrying out missions” in eastern Ukraine, the military said on Wednesday. There was no indication what happened involving two widely-used Mi-8 helicopters on Tuesday. A military statement on Telegram aid…

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