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BYD logs record EV sales in 2025

It sold 2.26m EVs vs Tesla's 1.22 by Sept end.

Google to invest $6.4bn

The investment is its biggest-ever in Germany.

Pfizer poised to buy Metsera

The pharma giant improved its offer to $10bn.

Ozempic maker lowers outlook

The company posted tepid Q3 results.

Kimberly-Clark to buy Kenvue

The deal is valued at $48.7 billion.
  • Turkey, the last G20 country that ratified the Paris climate agreement, faces criticism for how it treats its water.

    Microplastics pollution in the Mediterranean Sea poses a threat to marine life

    Turkey’s southern shores on the Sea of Marmara has witnessed the largest outbreak of ‘sea snot’

  • The red palm weevil is said to be a highly destructive pest that blights palm trees.

    The tripartite agreement has been signed by the UAE’s Ministry of Climate Change and Environment

    The other signatories are the Khalifa Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization

  • The backing material of the device is made of suitable flexible plastics or polymer material, which can conform to the...

    The university is looking to start marketing the patent as the next step, said Prof Ahmed Ali Murad, Associate Provost for Research.

    A second application of the device is its functionality for vaccine development.

  • According to WHO, the existing vaccines might prove less effective against the new Omicron variant as it counts more than...

    Omicron is better at infecting those who are vaccinated or those earlier had Covid-19

    According to the South African data, the new variant of Covid-19 is likely more transmissible than previous variants

  • The WHO has made a ‘strong recommendation’ against the use of blood plasma in people who do not have serious...

    Convalescent plasma is the liquid part of blood from a recovered Covid-19 patient that contains antibodies

    It was one in an array of potential treatments investigated early in the pandemic, but has shown limited benefit

  • Saudi Arabia has granted approval for people vaccinated with Russia's Sputnik jab to enter the country in a move that...

    Foreign tourists vaccinated with Sputnik will still be required to quarantine for 48 hours and take a PCR test

    The coronavirus outbreak has for a second year forced Saudi authorities to dramatically downsize the hajj

  • There had been a spike in the number of children under five admitted to hospital since Omicron emerged.

    Mild symptoms as headaches, sore throat, and coughs reported on those afflicted of Omicron

    The first detected in South Africa omicron variant of COVID-19 has now reached to 38 countries

  • Seven jabs used as boosters against Covid-19 mostly produced a strong immune response, though results varied depending on the vaccine...

    Last June researchers in the UK looked at about 3,000 people to compare various combinations of jabs and their effects after a third dose

    Patients in the study, published in leading medical journal The Lancet, had been fully vaccinated either with AstraZeneca or Pfizer/BioNTech

  • Nations with high vaccination rates are also struggling to contain rising infection numbers of Covid-19.

    Dozens of countries have imposed travel restrictions mostly targeting southern African nations

    Omicron threatens the world’s recovery and lowered growth estimates from 5.7% to 5.6%

  • Overall, the US contributed around 42 million metric tons in plastic waste in 2016 — more than twice as much...

    On average, every American generates 130 kilograms of plastic waste per year

    Britain is next on the list at 99 kg per person per year, followed by South Korea at 88 kg per year

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