US black kids die at higher rates than white ones after surgery: Study

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[caption id="attachment_6696" align="alignnone" width="985"] Black children in the United States have a 3.5 times greater risk of dying from an operation than white children, according...

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During COVID-19 lockdowns, some doctors wondered: Where are the premature babies?

July 20, 2020July 21, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6642" align="alignnone" width="943"] File photo of a paediatric nurse holding a premature baby. [/caption] NEW YORK: This spring, as countries around the world told...

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Chevron to buy Noble for US$5 billion in stock, biggest oil deal since price crash

July 20, 2020July 21, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6735" align="alignnone" width="978"] The Homer Ferrington gas drilling rigis seen during President Demetris Christofias' visit in the east Mediterranean, Nicosia [/caption] HOUSTON: Chevron said...

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US adds 11 companies to economic blacklist over China’s treatment of Uighurs

July 20, 2020July 21, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6652" align="alignnone" width="927"] File photo of US Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross. [/caption] WASHINGTON: The US Commerce Department on Monday (Jul 20) added to...

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Top Democrats say US Congress appears to be election interference target

July 20, 2020July 21, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6705" align="alignnone" width="962"] FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) addresses a news conference about coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response on Capitol Hill...

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Colombia’s COVID-19 cases top 200,000, deaths at nearly 7,000

July 20, 2020July 21, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6702" align="alignnone" width="830"] FILE PHOTO: Outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bogota [/caption] BOGOTA: Colombia's confirmed cases of coronavirus topped 200,000 on Monday,...

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Scaled-down Haj pilgrimage to start Jul 29 amid COVID-19 outbreak

July 20, 2020July 21, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6662" align="alignnone" width="959"] A limited number of worshippers perform prayers at the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, in the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia's...

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Climate change on track to wipe out polar bears by 2100

July 20, 2020July 21, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6708" align="alignnone" width="937"] A polar bear in Churchill, Manitoba, Canada, in 2007. [/caption] PARIS: Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to...

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EU leaders in ‘home stretch’ to recovery deal after days of squabbling

July 20, 2020July 21, 2020

FILE PHOTO: European Union flags fly outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, March 6, 2019. BRUSSELS: European Union leaders appeared close to...

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Trump willing to work with China on COVID-19 vaccine for US

July 20, 2020July 21, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6842" align="alignnone" width="944"] FILE PHOTO: Small bottles labelled with "Vaccine" stickers seen near a medical syringe in front of displayed "Coronavirus COVID-19" words in...