A modified jumbo jet carrying a Virgin Orbit rocket took off from southwestern England Monday, marking the first attempt to launch satellites into orbit from Western Europe.Hundreds gathered for the launch cheered as the repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boei…
Luanda – Southern African Development Community (SADC) announced the three Angolan winners of the 23rd edition of 2022 Secondary School Essay Competition on Friday.The SADC Secretariat has allocated USD 1000 as prize money for national winners of the c…
GENEVA — A United Nations study finds 222 million children and adolescents worldwide have had their education disrupted by multiple crises.Education Cannot Wait, the United Nations global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, produce…
After two years of crippling with COVID-19 pandemic, the introduction of vaccines had shown the light into a better future, a better future for the economy, social life and academic life of every country.Schools were highly disrupted by the pandemic to…
Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia are the first African countries to receive technology needed to produce mRNA vaccines from the World Health Organization. Two of the vaccines used in the fight against COVID-19 are mRNA vaccines….
The risk of dying from cancer in the United States has fallen by nearly a third in three decades, thanks to earlier diagnoses, better treatments and less smoking, an analysis said Wednesday.The cancer death rate for men and women fell 32% from its peak…
The Senate narrowly approved a resolution Wednesday to nullify the Biden administration’s requirement that businesses with 100 or more workers have their employees be vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing.The vote was 52-48. Th…
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention projects that 100,000 Americans died of drug overdose between May 2020 and April 2021 — a nearly 30% increase over the previous year.While not an official count, the CDC says it can confirm 98,000 dea…
U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced Friday its new COVID-19 pill showed an 89% reduction in risk of COVID-19-related hospitalization or death in clinical trials and they plan to submit the drug to U.S. regulators for emergency use approval.In …