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Jan312021 by adminNo Comments

WHO teams visits Wuhan food market in search of virus clues

Health

A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic is visiting a market known to be the food distribution center for the Chinese city of Wuhan during the 76-day lockdown last yearBy EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA and ZEN SOO Associated PressJanuary 31, 2021, 9:23 AM• 2 min readShare to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this articleWUHAN, China -- A World Health Organization team looking into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday visited the seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan that was linked to many early infections.The team members visited the Huanan Seafood Market for about an hour in the afternoon, and one of them flashed a thumbs up sign when reporters asked how the trip was going.The market was the site of a December 2019 outbreak of the virus. ...

Jan242021 by adminNo Comments

Google threatens to block search engine in Australia if forced to pay for news

Technology

Google has threatened to block its search engine in Australia if it is forced to pay media outlets for their news content.Both Google and social media giant Facebook - which also opposes the rules and has threatened to remove news from its feed for Australian users - are fighting government plans for a new digital news code. It would make tech giants negotiate payments with local publishers and broadcasters, and a government-appointed arbitrator would decide the price if they fail to strike a deal. Image: Facebook also opposes the new digital news code in Australia "Coupled with the unmanageable financial and operational risk if this version of the code were to become law, it would give us no real choice but to stop making Google Sear...

Jan222021 by adminNo Comments

Google threatens to withdraw search engine from Australia

Technology

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Nov162020 by adminNo Comments

Launching the search for the Gretas of the future

Science

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Oct312020 by adminNo Comments

Turkey-Greece quake: Search for survivors under rubble

World

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