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  • Study confirms accuracy of blood test for early Alzheimer’s detection in Asian populations

    Study confirms accuracy of blood test for early Alzheimer’s detection in Asian populations

    A study in Alzheimer’s & Dementia, a leading journal in dementia research, has demonstrated the high accuracy of plasma p-tau217 as a blood-based biomarker for detecting abnormal brain beta-amyloid (Aβ) pathology, a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). More significantly, the study validates its effectiveness even in individuals with cerebrovascular disease (CeVD), which is highly prevalent in Asian populations. This finding can enhance early diagnosis, improve patient risk stratification,…

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    News Source: www.sciencedaily.com

  • Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,125 | Russia-Ukraine war News

    Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,125 | Russia-Ukraine war News

    These are the key developments on day 1,125 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

    Here is the roundup of key events on Tuesday, March 25.

    Ceasefire

    • United States and Russian officials wrapped up daylong talks in Saudi Arabia on Monday focused on a narrow proposal for a maritime ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow in the Black Sea, allowing the free flow of shipping, part of a diplomatic effort that Washington hopes will help pave the way for broader peace negotiations.
    • A White House source said…

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  • Humanitarian aid cuts could cause more children to die: UN

    Humanitarian aid cuts could cause more children to die: UN


    ADDIS ABABA: Eight survivors of the devastating conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have accused 12 high-ranking Ethiopian and Eritrean civilian and military officials of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the legal rights group representing them said on Monday.


    The Tigray region, bordering Eritrea, endured a war between 2020 and 2022 that claimed up to 600,000 lives, according to some estimates.


    The conflict pitted Tigray People’s…

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    News Source: www.arabnews.com

  • China’s missed emissions target poses challenge to global climate efforts | Climate News

    China’s missed emissions target poses challenge to global climate efforts | Climate News

    Taipei, Taiwan – China’s failure to meet a key carbon emissions target has raised concerns about its ability to achieve carbon neutrality, a potentially decisive factor in global efforts to avert the worst effects of climate change.

    China’s carbon intensity – a measurement of carbon emissions per unit of gross domestic product (GDP) – fell 3.4 percent in 2024, missing Beijing’s official target of 3.9 percent, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

    China is also behind…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Al Jazeera condemns Israel’s killing of journalist Hossam Shabat in Gaza | Gaza News

    Al Jazeera condemns Israel’s killing of journalist Hossam Shabat in Gaza | Gaza News

    Media network condemns ‘assassination’ of Gaza correspondent by Israeli forces.

    Below is Al Jazeera Media Network’s statement on the killing of Hossam Shabat.

    Al Jazeera Media Network strongly condemns the Israeli Occupation Forces’ assassination of Hossam Shabat, Al Jazeera Mubasher correspondent, who was brutally killed today, in an air strike targeting his car in Jabalia.

    Hossam joined the Network’s journalists and correspondents killed during the ongoing war on Gaza, including…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • US appeals court weighs Trump’s deportations under Alien Enemies Act | Donald Trump News

    US appeals court weighs Trump’s deportations under Alien Enemies Act | Donald Trump News

    The administration of United States President Donald Trump has turned to a federal appeals court to lift a block on its ability to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to deport undocumented immigrants.

    But at a tense hearing in Washington, DC, on Monday, one judge on the court appeared to baulk at the lack of due process given to undocumented people under Trump’s use of the law.

    “Nazis got better treatment under the Alien Enemies Act than has happened here,” Judge Patricia Millett told…

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    News Source: www.aljazeera.com

  • Trump’s portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was ‘distorted’

    Trump’s portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was ‘distorted’


    ADDIS ABABA: Eight survivors of the devastating conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have accused 12 high-ranking Ethiopian and Eritrean civilian and military officials of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the legal rights group representing them said on Monday.


    The Tigray region, bordering Eritrea, endured a war between 2020 and 2022 that claimed up to 600,000 lives, according to some estimates.


    The conflict pitted Tigray People’s…

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    News Source: www.arabnews.com

  • Oscar-Winning Palestinian Film Co-Director Attacked by Israeli Settlers, Detained

    Oscar-Winning Palestinian Film Co-Director Attacked by Israeli Settlers, Detained

    Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, Hamdan Ballal, was brutally attacked by Israeli settlers. (Design: Palestine Chronicle)

    By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

    Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, Hamdan Ballal, was brutally attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by Israeli forces in the West Bank.

    Hamdan Ballal, the Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, was attacked by illegal…

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    News Source: www.palestinechronicle.com

  • New IVF method mimics fallopian tube environment, increasing sperm viability

    New IVF method mimics fallopian tube environment, increasing sperm viability

    The success of in vitro fertilization depends on many factors, one of which is sperm viability. A recent study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign documents a new way to select viable sperm and prolong their viability in the laboratory, reducing one source of variability during the process.

    “The fallopian tube in women, or the oviduct, has an ability to lengthen sperm lifespan that, until now, we couldn’t recreate in IVF. In 2020, we discovered that complex sugars called glycans…

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  • ’Nazis got better treatment,’ judge says of Trump admin deportations

    ’Nazis got better treatment,’ judge says of Trump admin deportations

    WASHINGTON: A federal judge on Monday sharply criticized the Trump administration’s summary deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members, saying “Nazis got better treatment” from the United States during World War II.
    President Donald Trump sent two planeloads of Venezuelan migrants to a prison in El Salvador on March 15 after invoking an obscure wartime law known as the 1798 Alien Enemies Act (AEA).

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