FREMONT, California: Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain implant company, has approached the Barrow Neurological Institute, one of the largest US neurosurgery centers, as a potential partner for human clinical trials. The potential agreement is aimed at preparing the company to test its devices on humans, after it attains regulatory approval.Since 2016, Neuralink has been developing brain implants that it hope

Musk-owned Neuralink hopes to begin human trials

Musk's brain implant company Neuralink seeking human trials

Brain implant company Neuralink weighs human trials

DUBLIN, Ireland: Ireland's Health Service Executive will close its remaining Covid-19 testing centers this week.Eileen Whelan, the director of the HSE's Covid-19 test, trace and vaccination program, noted that even as Covid testing centers close, the public should remain vigilant about contracting Covid."Our public health doctors have updated the advice and we have watched what's happening in other countr

Ireland to close final Covid-19 testing centers this week

Ireland says this is final week Covid testing centers to remain open

With high vaccination rates, Ireland closing Covid centers this week

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A tornado raced through Little Rock and the surrounding areas of the state of Arkansas on Friday, splintering homes, overturning vehicles and tossing trees and debris on roadways as people raced for shelter. There were early reports of at least two dozen people hurt, some critically.Another tornado hit the town of Wynne in the eastern part of the state near the Tennessee border, and officials

Tornadoes Injure Dozens in Widespread Severe Weather in Arkansas

Editor's note: Here is a fast take on what the international community has been up to this past week, as seen from the United Nations perch.Vanuatu leads action on climate justiceThe U.N. General Assembly adopted a landmark resolution Wednesday that will ask the International Court of Justice to issue an advisory opinion on the obligations of states under international law to protect the 

UN Weekly Roundup: March 25-31, 2023

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis baptized a baby and greeted children in Rome's Gemelli hospital on Friday as he appeared to make a rapid recovery from a bout of bronchitis that caused him to be hospitalized earlier this week.Francis will return home on Saturday, the Vatican said, and is scheduled to take part in a Palm Sunday service the following day to mark the start of Easter Week celebrations.'After evalu

Pope Francis Visits Children in Hospital, Will Be Discharged Saturday

Aaron Wise announced Friday that he has withdrawn from the upcoming Masters tournament in order to focus on his mental health.

"Regretfully I am withdrawing from The Masters today," Wise wrote on Instragram. "Golf is just as much a mental game as it is one of physical skill, and the mental piece of it has been a struggle for me recently. I don't take the significance of playing at Augusta lightly, but I know that I need 

Aaron Wise WDs from Masters to focus on mental health

Huntington [US], March 31 (ANI): A new study led by Marshall University academics focuses on a unique mechanism for the body's salt balance management.
The kidney plays a central role in the body's ability to maintain an appropriate sodium balance, which is critical for the determination of blood pressure. Disorders of sodium balance contribute to the development and progression of many common diseases, including hyperten

Study sheds new insights into how body handles salt

A disease that typically affects trees has been found to have caused symptoms in a man in IndiaDoctors in India have recorded the first known case of a human becoming infected by a plant fungus that is usually found in trees.Chondrostereum purpureum, which is more commonly known as silverleaf fungus, often affects species of roses and turns their leaves a silvery color before killing bran

Plant fungus infects humans report

New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): Amid the recent spike in COVID cases across the country, Dr Arvind Kumar, chairman of the Institute of Chest Surgery, Medanta Hospital has advised people to wear masks and get a COVID test done in case of symptoms.
Notably, COVID cases are increasing across the country, including in the national capital, so experts are warning people and advising them to wear masks.
Talking to ANI, Dr Ar

Variant is mild...but people should wear masks when they go out: Expert on rising COVID cases

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], March 31 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh logged 184 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the Department of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday.
The State has 16 Covid testing facilities running and a total of 873 active cases of Covid-19.
About 108 COVID patients have recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours.
However, no fresh Covid death has been reported in the last 24 hours.

Himachal Pradesh logs 183 fresh Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

Rome [Italy], March 31 (ANI/WAM): The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) is scaling its operations to help earthquake-hit rural communities in Turkey and the Syrian Arab Republic sustain and recover basic food production while assessing agricultural damage and monitoring the longer-term and indirect impacts.
The devastating earthquakes struck southern Turkey and the northern part of the Syrian A

FAO's initial assessment of Turkey earthquakes indicates over 20 pc losses in food production

Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], March 31 (ANI): Actor Rashmika Mandanna, on Friday, rocked the dance floor with her power-packed dance performance on the Oscar-winning song 'Naatu Naatu' at the IPL 2023 Opening ceremony in Ahmedabad Gujarat.
The IPL 2023 began with a grand opening ceremony at the Narendra Modi Stadium where B-town celebs like Arijit Singh, Tamannaah Bhatia and Rashmika Mandanna entertained the audience with 

Oscar fever grips IPL 2023 opening ceremony as Rashmika Mandanna performs on 'Naatu Naatu'

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], March 31 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu laid the foundation stone for the first PET Block at Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC), Shimla on Friday to be constructed with a cost of Rs 45.68 crore including Rs 21 crore Single Positron Emission Tomography (PET) CT machine, Rs 9 crore for photon emission computerized tomography (SPECT) CT machine and Rs

Himachal CM Sukhu lays foundation stone for first PET block at IGMC in Shimla

Nikita Efremov comes from a famed acting dynasty. However, his life and career, at one point, took a turn for the worse, while his father is currently doing time in a Russian prison. Read about the Russian actor in Jon S. Baird's new movie.In the U.S., Tetris was advertised as the first game "from behind the Iron Curtain". It came out in a red box with St. Basil's Cathedral pictured on it and the letter 'C' styl

Who is Nikita Efremov - the Russian actor in Tetris

by Xinhua writers Huang Xinxin, Si Xiaoshuai, Shao MeiqiCHANGCHUN, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Having engaged in skiing for nearly 30 years, Max Blouin from Canada has spent a busy ski season in China this year.As a ski instructor at Beidahu Ski Resort in northeast China's Jilin Province, Blouin first came to work in China in 2018. Being a veteran snowboard skier, his daily routines include teaching beginners

China&#039;s booming winter sports industry attracts professionals worldwide

Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], March 31 (ANI): Former cricketer and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu will be released from Patiala jail on April 1, said Punjab Minister Brahm Shankar Jimpa on Friday.
The minister said, "Punjab government has no objection to this. The issue of release of prisoners whose sentence has been completed is approved by the cabinet. Those who have completed their sentence will be released."Taking 

Congress leader Navjot Sidhu likely to be released from Patiala jail tomorrow

The exchange list has grown to more than 130 names but Kiev remains silent, Russian ombudswoman Tatyana Moskalkova has saidUkraine appears to be attempting to derail a potential prisoner swap with Moscow, Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova claimed on Friday.In a post on Telegram, Moskalkova said she was "extremely concerned that another prisoner exchange is being disrupt

Ukraine dragging feet on prisoner swap official

Washington [US], March 31 (ANI): According to a systematic review of research, published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a peer-reviewed American Heart Association journal, losing weight with lifestyle changes in an intensive behavioural weight loss program was associated with a decrease in risk factors for cardiovascular disease and Type 2 diabetes for at least five years.
People affected by obesity 

Shedding pounds may benifit your heart, even if some weight regained: Research

The attack outside the capital resulted in property damage, the Syrian military saidThe Syrian Defense Ministry has blamed Israel for firing missiles at an area outside the country's capital Damascus early on Friday.The aerial attack took place at 12:17am local time and targeted a location in the Damascus countryside, the ministry said in a statement on Facebook.It said the missile

Israel carries out airstrike near Damascus Syria

&copy; Provided by Xinhua HAIKOU, March 31 (Xinhua) -- Another 39 drugs were selected in the new round of a bulk-buying program endorsed by the Chinese government, which will be accessible to patients in July at a price 56 percent lower on average.The cent

Centralized bulk procurement halves drug prices, relieves patients&#039; burden

Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 1 (ANI): Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee (HPCC) president Pratibha Virbhadra Singh said that the disqualification of Rahul Gandhi's membership is a murder of democracy.
Pratibha said that Rahul Gandhi was constantly asking questions to the government, so he was disqualified as an MP.
Addressing a media conference in Shimla on Friday, she said, "This has never been seen before i

Rahul Gandhi's disqualification unfortunate, BJP misusing power: HP Cong chief Pratibha Singh

New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): Petroleum and oil marketing companies reduced the price of Commercial LPG cylinders by Rs 91.50 per unit with immediate effect from Saturday, sources said.
A 19 kg of Commercial LPG cylinder will now cost Rs 2,028 in the national capital. However, no changes have been made in the prices of the domestic LPG cylinders, sources said.
The Petroleum and oil marketing companies had on March 1 t

Commercial LPG cylinder prices slashed by Rs 91.50 in National Capital

The EU is facing ?destruction? because its policies are totally subject to those of Washington, the Belarusian president has saidThe world is currently witnessing "the destruction of Europe," Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told the national parliament in an annual address on Friday. The continent is losing its independence because Western nations are turning into US satellites, the Be

Europe needs Russia to survive Lukashenko

johannesburg, south africa - The killing of nine Chinese gold mine workers in conflict-ridden Central African Republic this month highlighted the risks some Belt and Road development projects face in volatile areas.To protect Chinese investments and citizens, Beijing deploys its own private security contractors, but analysts say these companies operate very differently on the continent than Russia's notorious Wa

How Chinese Private Security Companies in Africa Differ From Russia&#039;s

Moscow [Russia], March 31 (ANI): Russia's new foreign policy strategy adopted by President Vladimir Putin on Friday identified China and India as its main allies on the world stage.
The new 42-page document singled out ties with China and India, stressing the importance of "the deepening of ties and coordination with friendly sovereign global centers of power and development located on the Eurasian continent."India and Ru

Russia's new foreign policy strategy identifies China, India as main allies

March 2023 - Manchester Private Hospital, in partnership with Chrysalis Finance, offers multiple financial plans and payment options for breast enlargement surgeries. Breast enlargement Manchester surgery, also known as breast augmentation or boob job, is a form of aesthetic surgery performed to enhance the sha

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