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Behind the power crisis in petroleum center Texas

by John BIERS and Daniel HOFFMAN Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Some 2.7 million households in Texas…

Perseverance rover lands on Mars this week

  by Lucie AUBOURG Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- After a seven-month journey, NASA's Perseverance rover prepares…

NASA wants to fly a helicopter on Mars for the first time

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- More than a century after the first powered flight on Earth, NASA intends to prove…

Ebola: profile of a prolific killer

  PARIS, France (AFP) -- A factfile on the Ebola virus that has plunged Guinea into an "epidemic situation" according…

UK top court allows Nigeria spill claims against Shell

by Callum PATON Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — Britain's Supreme Court ruled on Friday that more than 40,000…

No end to pandemic without equal vaccine access: experts

  by Patrick GALEY Agence France Presse Developing new Covid-19 vaccines will fail to end the pandemic unless all countries…

Virus expected to last long-term despite global vaccine rollout

by Marc Preel with Agence France Presse bureaus STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AFP) -- The head of the EU's disease control agency…

Museums bet on paid virtual tours during pandemic but will they catch on?

by Thomas URBAIN Agence France Presse Take a guided tour of Elvis Presley's home from your sofa or marvel at…

UK scientists develop urine test to detect womb cancer

  LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British scientists announced on Friday they had developed a test to detect womb cancer…

Tokyo 2020 chief to resign, but successor choice criticized

  by Kyoko HASEGAWA Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo 2020 chief Yoshiro Mori is expected to resign…

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