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A Hong Kong court has terminated a trial arising from a deadly shooting during a botched robbery three decades ago after the defendant died in custody earlier this week. The High Court on Wednesday discharged a seven-member jury presiding over the trial of Wen Wenye, who allegedly took part in the m
South China Morning PostChina
[OCHA] Opening remarks at press briefing on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Julien Harneis, Senior Ebola Coordinator
AllAfricaCongo
In today’s newsletter: It is hard to tell fact from fiction when it comes to AI. What is really going on – and what should the government do about it? Good morning. As a general rule, it pays to be suspicious of any gigantic company that claims it’s developing a tool capable of destroying humanity.
Guardian TechnologyUk
One in every 60 adults in Fiji is now living with HIV.
RNZ New Zealand
Russian Post had suspended regular mail deliveries to North Korea in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Moscow TimesRussia
Kennedy will keynote a Children's Health Defense event, and hospitals are disappointed by GOP's rural health fund.
STAT News
A recently launched Medicare experiment that pays for technology to help people manage chronic conditions is expanding.
STAT News
Scientists have uncovered sweeping changes in how the human brain controls and organizes its genome beginning in midlife, offering new clues to why aging sharply increases the risk of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. One of the biggest shifts occurred between about ages 50 and 75, w
Science Daily
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could grant full administrative control of the device, allowing an attacker to view live and recorded surveillance, alter device configurations, and use the device as a network pivot point. The following versions of Digital Watchdog
CISA AdvisoriesUnited states
Last year Ruxandra Teslo, a policy analyst who focuses on clinical trials, posted an idea for supercharging medical AI systems: Use data from failed biotech companies. By bidding at their bankruptcy proceedings, she proposed, it might be possible to obtain detailed regulatory filings, manufacturing
MIT Technology Review
Clinical researchers will probe complications that can arise after immunization, but some worry about political influence
Science Magazine
Affected animals include hippos, elephants, buffalo and a crocodile, all of which died after consuming the toxic, naturally occurring bacteria.
Global News Canada
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, today concluded the first day of his two-day State visit to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, underscoring the strong partnership between WHO and Jordan across the areas of universal health coverage (UHC), mental he
WHO NewsJordan