Toxic: How the search for the origins of COVID-19 turned politically poisonous

The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring that it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investiga ... Read More

National and World news stories | Newsday

Read the latest national and world news, including stories from Newsday's reporters in Washington, D.C. Young brother and sister dead, several hurt when vehicle crashes into Michigan birthday ... Read More

Scientists fear the world has reached a new tipping point

This came as a surprise to climate scientists. Never miss a story ... not as fast as the atmosphere,” said Celeste Saulo, the secretary general of the World Meteorological Organization at a ne ... Read More

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By Steven Erlanger For residents of Ukraine’s second-largest city, daily Russian attacks have escalated fears but have not brought life to a standstill ... a team in the world’s richest ... Read More

Italian woman’s alleged visions of Virgin Mary, including warning of COVID-19 pandemic, not supernatural: bishop

according to the Catholic News Agency. The statue weeps blood, multiplies food and sends her daily messages, including one where Mary warned her of the then-impending COVID-19 pandemic ... Read More

‘Humbling, and a bit worrying’: Scientists fail to fully explain record global heat

But last year’s sudden spike in global temperatures blew far beyond what statistical climate models had predicted, leading one noted climate scientist to warn that the world may be entering ... Read More

What is Disease X and do we need to worry about it?

Disease X is the label that the World Health Organization uses to ... There is some good news: the covid-19 pandemic may have made it easier to stop any future Disease X. Covid-19 spurred the ... Read More

"Guardian angel" drives strangers in need, asks for nothing in return

An internet post that brought together strangers is reminding people of how much good there is in the world ... Filled with love, Story's own story is life changing for so many. Read More

Scientists eager to see how animals react to eclipse

While researchers already have some idea, they’ll nevertheless spend those four-and-a-half minutes of darkness not looking up ... t largely anecdotal. But scientists did learn quite a bit ... Read More

One Ukrainian war amputee's return to civilian life

"You've got to get to know the world from scratch." Revtiukh, who has a prosthetic leg, is one of tens of thousands of Ukrainian combat amputees who are having to adapt to a new life as civilians ... Read More

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A young man from South Korea has been handed a 14-month prison sentence for the brutal killing of 76 cats, marking a disturbing case of animal cruelty in the nation. The individual, in his 20s ... Read More