"The next deadly disease that will cause a global pandemic is coming, Bill Gates said on Friday at a discussion of epidemics. We're not ready. An illness like the pandemic 1918 influenza could kill …
India cities dominate world air pollution list
"Fourteen Indian cities are among the world's 20 most polluted, according to World Health Organization (WHO) data." Source: India cities dominate world air pollution list - BBC News …
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Sandstorm slams Egypt
"A dust storm has swept across southern Egypt, bringing traffic to a standstill. Known as 'haboobs', these types of dust storms are usually caused by a collapsing thunderstorm." Source: Sandstorm …
Mosul post-ISIL: A city struggling to rebuild
"It has been more than eight months since the defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq in the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS). While rebuilding efforts have begun, Iraq's second-largest city continues to …
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U.S. officials: Blood samples show nerve agent, chlorine in Syria gas attack
"The U.S. now has blood and urine samples from last Saturday's deadly attack in Syria that have tested positive for chemical weapons, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the …
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Turkey Faces ‘New Refugee Wave’ After Nearly 30,000 Afghans Arrive
"Turkey says nearly 30,000 Afghans have entered the country since the start of the year, in what Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu called 'a new refugee wave.'" Source: Turkey Faces 'New Refugee Wave' …
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Experts Say AI Could Raise the Risks of Nuclear War
"A new RAND report says ideas like mutually assured destruction and minimal deterrence strategy offer a lot less assurance in the age of intelligent software" Source: Experts Say AI Could Raise the …
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Chemical Weapons: A Deadly History
"Research into chemical weapons has resulted in a thousandfold increase in lethality in less than a century. This chart compares the minimum concentrations of various chemical weapons for a lethal …
Artificial Intelligence and Health Care
This study centers on how computer-based decision procedures, under the broad umbrella of artificial intelligence (AI), can assist in improving health and health care. Although advanced statistics and …
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Zimbabwe sacks thousands of nurses on strike
"Zimbabwe's government has sacked more than 10,000 nurses who went on strike on Monday, in an apparently hardline attempt to quell labour unrest." Source: Zimbabwe sacks thousands of nurses on strike …
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