Islamabad, SEP 15, (Online): Music therapy works, but no one is really sure how. Now, a novel type of brain scan may provide key insight. Music is a powerful thing. In fact, it forms the basis of a type of therapy, the aptly named “music […]
Islamabad, SEP 15, (Online): New research analyzes the effect of cigarette smoke on MRSA strains and finds that it makes the bacteria more persistent, more invasive, and more resistant to certain antibiotics. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death across the world, with tobacco […]
Houston, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):Tropical storm Nicholas weakened as it moved inland Tuesday, lashing Texas after flooding coastal towns with dangerous storm surges in the southern US state and leaving nearly half a million homes without power. Nicholas barreled ashore overnight and raked the coastline as […]
New York, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):US shares reversed course after an early bout of enthusiasm, closing sharply lower on Tuesday despite data indicating inflation pressures are easing. After breaking a five-day losing streak Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 0.8 percent to finish the day […]
Tripoli, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):Forces loyal to eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar carried out an operation Tuesday against a Chadian armed opposition group along Libya’s southern border, media close to Haftar reported. Special forces of the Tarek ben Ziyad battalion, one of the units loyal to […]
Hong Kong, Sept 15 (AFP/APP):Hong Kong stocks sank at the open of trade Wednesday morning, in line with a retreat across Asian markets that was fuelled by Wall Street losses as investers fret over the global economic recovery. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.73 percent, […]
Montreal, Sept 15 (AFP/APP):As soon as his news conference ends, Jagmeet Singh pulls out his phone, gathers the crowd for an Instagram video and leads them in song, jumping and spinning in place while filming. As he campaigns ahead of next week’s snap elections, Singh, […]
San Francisco, Sept 15 (AFP/APP):Instagram on Tuesday defended itself against a report that the social network harms the mental health of young girls, saying it plans to play down posts promoting myths about beautiful bodies. Instagram head of public policy Karina Newton pushed back against […]
Geneva, Sept 14 (AFP/APP):Africa wants to buy Covid-19 vaccines, rather than keep waiting for donor-funded doses to arrive, the African Union said Tuesday, imploring producers to give the continent a fair shot at market access. The AU also urged manufacturing nations to lift export bans […]
Mexico City, Sept 15 (AFP/APP):Gunmen on Tuesday abducted around 20 migrants, mostly Haitians and Venezuelans, from a hotel in central Mexico, authorities said. “A search was immediately launched to find out what happened and to locate the whereabouts of these people,” the prosecutor’s office in […]
