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Representatives from Lao Women’s Union (LWU), the National Commission for the Advancement of Women and Mothers and Children (NCAWMC) and UNFPA Lao PDR joined a virtual tour of the one-stop service centre (OSSC) for survivors of gender-based violence (…

A new study out of South Africa shows that Pfizer’s two-dose COVID-19 vaccine provides a high degree of protection against hospitalization from the fast-spreading omicron variant.The real-world study, conducted by the South African Medical Research Cou…

China’s advances in quantum computing will give a new advantage to its armed forces, already the world’s third strongest, analysts say.Quantum refers to a type of computing that lets high-powered machines make calculations that are too complex for ordi…

The Western U.S. is bracing for the brunt of a major winter storm expected to hit Monday, bringing travel headaches, the threat of localized flooding and some relief in an abnormally warm fall.Light rain and snow fell in Northern California

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday unveiled a White House plan to build 500,000 new electric vehicle (EV) charging stations across the country, part of President Joe Biden’s goal of making the vehicles more accessible for both local and

Six years ago today, nearly 200 nations signed the Paris Climate Accord, where they agreed to keep the rise in global temperatures at 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times. Scientists say that threshold is an absolute minimum to avoid catastro…

Italy’s La Scala has postponed its ballet season premiere after a coronavirus outbreak in its ranks, just days after the famed Milan theater staged its high-profile opera season opener with a full-capacity audience.At least one of the four ballerinas w…