Global News
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In a first, surgeons attach a pig kidney to a human—and it works
The transplanted kidney was obtained from a pig genetically engineered to grow an organ unlikely to be rejected by the human body
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Thousands flee Myanmar for India amid fears of a growing refugee crisis
In the eight months since the army seized control, roughly 15,000 people in Myanmar have fled for India, according to the United Nations
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As Evergrande teeters, Chinese media walks a fine line
The name "Evergrande" has barely been mentioned by top state-run news outlets in recent weeks, even as the company's uncertain fate has rattled global financial markets
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Hello? This is Colombia's anti-machismo hotline.
The idea of the Calm Line, as it is called, is not just to prevent violence, but to address what many experts say is one of its root causes: machismo, the often ingrained belief that men must be dominant
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Nuclear fusion edges toward the mainstream
Investor interest in fusion energy continues to slowly rise, and the number of startups in the field is multiplying, with an estimated 1,100 people in several countries making their living at these firms
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Will new Covid-19 treatments be as elusive for poor countries as vaccines?
Nearly a year after the first Covid-19 vaccination campaigns began, the vast majority of the shots have gone to people in wealthy nations, with no clear path toward resolving the disparity
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China's economy continues to slow, rattled by real estate and energy
The National Bureau of Statistics announced that China's economy increased by 4.9 percent in the third quarter, compared to the same period last year
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China's power problems expose a strategic weakness
China's electricity shortage is rippling across factories and industries, testing the nation's status as the world's capital for reliable manufacturing
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This pristine beach is one of Japan's last. Soon it will be filled with concrete
The sea wall project demonstrates how not even the most precious ecological treasures can survive Japan's construction obsession, which has long been its answer to the threat of natural disaster
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In a Blue Origin rocket, William Shatner finally goes to space
Shatner, the actor best known as the heroic Captain James T. Kirk in "Star Trek," and three other passengers returned safely from a brief trip to the edge of space Wednesday
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Private equity funds, sensing profit in tumult, are propping up oil
Since 2010, the private equity industry has invested at least $1.1 trillion into the energy sector, double the combined market value of three of the world's largest energy companies, Exxon, Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell