Hurricane Milton returns to Category 5 as Florida braces

Storm-battered Florida braced for a direct hit from Hurricane Milton which strengthened back to a Category 5 storm, as US President Joe Biden begged residents to flee what he warned could be the worst natural disaster to hit the state in a century.

China: Balloon in US airspace for research, expresses regret for straying into US - Blinken postpones next week’s China trip - video

China said on Friday an “airship” that is flying over the United States is for civilian meteorological and other scientific purposes and voiced regret that it strayed into US airspace.

Russia won’t allow World War III to break out but can ‘repulse any aggression’ - Dmitry Medvedev

Moscow must constantly remind others of its ability to “give an immediate and overwhelmingly powerful response to an attack on our country,” Russia’s former prime minister and deputy chairman of its security has said.

US man recovering after pig-heart transplant - RTE

An American man with terminal heart disease was implanted with a genetically modified pig heart in a first-of-its-kind surgery, and three days later the patient is doing well, his doctors have reported.

Fact vs. fake – why don’t we trust science any more? | DW Documentary

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Countdown to disaster: Doomsday Clock now 2 minutes to midnight

A global catastrophe is but two minutes away, according to the Doomsday Clock, which measures, metaphorically, how long the world has left before it succumbs to a man-made disaster.

China criticises US for "hyping up" issue of seized drone. China decides to return it

China's Defence Ministry said today it had been in talks with the United States about returning an underwater drone taken by a Chinese naval vessel in the South China Sea, but it said the US was not helping by "hyping up" the issue.

China Seizes US Navy Underwater Drone in South China Sea

The Chinese Navy has seized a U.S. naval underwater drone from international waters in the South China Sea.

All weapon systems are safe, secure, and effective: U.S. Air Force conduct two successful joint flight tests of new nuclear bombs

In collaboration with the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command, NNSA conducted successful surveillance flight tests using joint test assemblies (JTA) of the B61-7 and B61-11 nuclear bombs earlier this month. Analysis and flight recorder data from the tests indicate that both were successful.

Tehran executes Iranian nuclear scientist for spying for US: judiciary

Iran has executed a nuclear scientist convicted of handing over "top secret" information to the United States, a judicial spokesman said on Sunday.

S.Korea refutes DPRK's claim to have miniaturized nuke warheads

South Korea's defense ministry on Wednesday refuted claims by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) that it has successfully miniaturized nuclear warheads small enough to mount on ballistic missiles.

Kim Jong-Un says N. Korea has miniaturized nuclear warheads

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un says his scientists have successfully miniaturized nuclear warheads to place on a ballistic missile and create a "true" deterrent, state media said Wednesday.

Japan whaling fleet heads to Antarctic to hunt amid criticism from int'l community

Japanese whaling vessels on Tuesday departed from a port in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan to join a fleet that will begin hunting whales for "scientific research" in a controversial move that marks the first hunt since an international court ruled against the practice a year ago.

A minister lacking Paedia

When you state that the concept of genocide is degenerated because it is used improperly by nations which have only suffered ethnic cleansing, what is it then, when you yourself talk about genocided opinion?

NASA: 99.9% chance of new earthquake in Los Angeles area

A new study of U.S. space agency NASA claimed there was a 99.9 percent chance that La Habra in Los Angeles area, California, will experience an earthquake of 5.0 magnitude or greater in the next two and half years.

Australia fights sharks

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Doomsday Clock moved closer to midnight: We are closer to doom than any time since the Cold War, say scientists

The end of the world has come a lot closer in the past three years, with every single person now in danger as climate change and nuclear weapons pose an escalating threat - according to the scientists behind the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic measure which counts down to armageddon.

Turkey may woo Greek doctors to fill vacancies. (Health Minister Mehmet Müezzinoğlu)

Turkey is considering employing foreign doctors in order to fill vacancies in public hospitals, with Greek professionals being one of their main targets, Health Minister Mehmet Müezzinoğlu has said.

“We are thinking of employing doctors from Greece and other countries, who we believe would fulfill the needs of our people and who will be accredited by YÖK [the Turkish Higher Education Board] after the related legal regulations have been made,” Müezzinoğlu told journalists during an Eid al-Fitr visit to an Istanbul hospital on July 29.

“We [Turkey] have been increasing the capacity of our medical faculties since 2007, but such efforts will only start yielding results this year,” Müezzinoğlu added.

25% of Americans think that Sun circles Earth - poll

Americans are enthusiastic about the promise of science but lack basic knowledge of it, with one in four unaware that the Earth revolves around the Sun, said a poll out Friday.

The survey included more than 2,200 people in the United States and was conducted by the National Science Foundation.

Ten questions about physical and biological science were on the quiz, and the average score - 6.5 correct - was barely a passing grade.

Just 74 percent of respondents knew that the Earth revolved around the Sun, according to the results released at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting in Chicago.

Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu: Greek doctors can work in Turkey. -7.000 doctors needed employment in Greece according to the news, and Turkey needs them also

Greek doctors who seek employment abroad can serve in Turkey, Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu stresses during a groundbreaking ceremony of a Dental Center in Istanbul (Constantinople).

 

- Turkish Health Minister Mehmet Muezzinoglu said Greek doctors are welcome to work in Turkey, during the groundbreaking ceremony of Oral and Dental Health Center in Kucukcekmece in Istanbul (Constantinople) on Sunday.

Muezzinoglu said that seven thousand doctors needed employment in Greece according to the news, and Turkey needs them also.