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World Plant Milk Day 2026 celebrates plant-based milks and invites people to explore dairy alternatives that are kinder to health, animals, and the planet. Each year more consumers swap cow’s milk for plant-based...
World Mosquito Day 2026 will be observed on 20 August 2026. The day raises awareness about the health risks posed by mosquitoes and the diseases they spread, and encourages simple prevention steps communities and...
A joint China-Nepal scientific expedition has completed the first full-depth ice core extraction from the summit of Mount Everest to gather samples for climate and environmental research.
New Delhi, May 24, 2026 — India has dispatched the first tranche of urgent medical supplies and protective kits to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) in response to the emerging Ebola...
Washington DC, May 22 — The chair of the US House Select Committee on China, Representative John Moolenaar, has asked Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to designate biotechnology as a prohibited technology under the...
Geneva — The WHO regional director for Africa warned Friday that the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo should not be underestimated, saying a single case could allow the virus to spread beyond...
Singapore recorded about 12,700 new Covid infections between May 10 and 16, up from roughly 8,000 the previous week — a 58.8 percent increase, the Communicable Diseases Agency (CDA) reported. Average daily Covid...
Researchers have identified two humpback whales that made separate, record-setting crossings between eastern Australia and Brazil. Scientists matched distinctive tail fluke patterns in photographs taken years apart...
Geneva, May 20 — The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that as of May 18 a total of 528 suspected Ebola cases, including 132 deaths, have been recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda.
Dubai — Video and satellite images show an oil spill from a wartime strike on an Iranian refinery smearing waters around a nearby protected island and killing marine life, raising fresh alarm about environmental damage...
Geneva — World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he is deeply worried about the speed and scale of a new Ebola outbreak as case numbers rise.
Milk labeled A1 or A2 refers to a small but important difference in one of its main proteins, and that difference can affect how some people digest milk.
