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Rouhani rejects uranium enrichment bill

TEHRAN, Dec 02 (AP): Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Wednesday rejected a bill approved by parliament that would have suspended U.N. inspections and boosted uranium enrichment, saying it was "harmful" to diplomatic efforts aimed at restoring the 2015 nuclear deal and easing U.S. sanctions.The tug-of-war over the bill, which gained...

Scientists developing nasal spray to prevent corona

WASHINGTON, Dec 02 (AFP): Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania and the biotech firm Regeneron are investigating whether technology developed for gene therapy can be used to make a nasal spray that will prevent infection with the new coronavirus.The idea is to use a weakened virus as a delivery truck...

China's moon mission probe touches down

BEIJING, Dec 02 (BBC): China has successfully put another probe on the Moon.Its robotic Chang'e-5 mission touched down a short while ago with the aim of collecting samples of rock and dust to bring back to Earth.The venture has targeted Mons Rümker, a high volcanic complex in a nearside region...

NATO chief calls for renewed US-Russia deal on N arms

BRUSSELS, Dec 02 (Xinhua): The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) deemed it necessary to have a renewed agreement between the United States and Russia on the limitation of nuclear warheads, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday.Stoltenberg made the remarks at a press conference concluding the first day of...

Covid-19 might be in US in mid-Dec 2019, says study

WASHINGTON, Dec 02 (Xinhua): COVID-19 infections were present in the United States as early as mid-December 2019, weeks before it was first identified in China and about a month earlier than the first case was officially confirmed in the United States, according to a new study by the U.S. Centers...

S Africa makes progress in tackling HIV

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 02 (Xinhua): South Africa, with the highest number of HIV infections in the world, is making progress in its fight against the virus, a United Nations official said Tuesday.South Africa has around 7 million people living with HIV, including about 1 million children and young people under the...

Mother locks up her son for 28 years

STOCKHOLM, Dec 02 (AP): Police in Stockholm are investigating a woman in her 70s suspected of having kept her son locked up - reportedly for 28 years - in an apartment south of the Swedish capital, investigators said Tuesday.Prosecutor Emma Olsson, who heads the preliminary investigation, said the woman who...

Floods leave five dead in Vietnam

HANOI, Dec 02 (Xinhua): Downpours and floods in Vietnam's central and central highlands regions have left at least five people dead and one missing in the past few days.The five deaths include three people in the same family in Khanh Hoa province and two female tourists who were on a...

News in Brief (03-12-2020)

Hong Kong jails three pro-democracy activistsHONG KONG, Dec 02: Hong Kong democracy activists Joshua Wong, Agnes Chow and Ivan Lam have been sentenced to jail for their involvement in mass protests last year. The trio had been found guilty of unlawful assembly. The pro-democracy movement has been stifled since Beijing...