WHO convenes experts to identify new pathogens that could spark pandemics
By Newsdesk
The World Health Organization (WHO) is working to compile an updated list of priority pathogens that can cause future outbreaks or pandemics, the UN agency announced on Monday. WHO is convening over 300 scientists who will consider the evidence on over 25 virus families and bacteria, as well as “Disease X”, which indicates an unknown pathogen
https://www.europeantimes.news/2022/11/who-convenes-experts-to-identify-new-pathogens-that-could-spark-pandemics/

Tajikistan, Release of Jehovah’s Witness Shamil Khakimov, 72, after four years in prison
By Willy Fautre
Jehovah's Witness Shamil Khakimov, 72, was released from prison in Tajikistan after serving the full term of his four-year sentence. He had been imprisoned on spurious charges of “inciting religious hatred.”
https://www.europeantimes.news/2023/05/tajikistan-release-of-jehovahs-witness-shamil-khakimov-72-after-four-years-in-prison/

Corruption, a lucrative business for the pharmaceutical industries

Corruption, a lucrative business for the pharmaceutical industries
By Gabriel Carrion Lopez
pharmaceutical - In August 2013, three months after Xi Jinping entered the Chinese government, a corruption scandal broke out in the national medical system, skilfully exercised by the multinational pharmaceutical companies based in that country
https://www.europeantimes.news/2023/05/corruption-a-lucrative-business-for-the-pharmaceutical-industries/

Sudan violations in spotlight at UN Human Rights Council

Sudan violations in spotlight at UN Human Rights Council
By United Nations News

https://www.europeantimes.news/2023/05/sudan-violations-in-spotlight-at-un-human-rights-council/

Locust outbreak in Afghanistan threatens wheat harvest

Locust outbreak in Afghanistan threatens wheat harvest
By United Nations News

https://www.europeantimes.news/2023/05/locust-outbreak-in-afghanistan-threatens-wheat-harvest/

Germany brought to ECtHR for denying accreditation to a Christian school
By Juan Sanchez Gil
A Christian hybrid school provider, based in Laichingen, Germany, is challenging the German state’s restrictive educational system. After the initial application in 2014, the Association for Decentralized Learning was denied approval to offer primary and secondary education by German authorities, despite fulfilling all state-mandated criteria and curricula
https://www.europeantimes.news/2023/05/germany-brought-to-ecthr-for-denying-accreditation-to-a-christian-school/

Diesel patented his engine 130 years ago
By Gaston de Persigny
German scientist and inventor Rudolf Diesel patented the famous engine that bears his name on February 23, 1893. The first functioning engine was made by Diesel at the Augsburg Engineering Works (since 1904 MAN) in 1897. The engine power was 20 hp. c. at 172 rpm, efficiency 26.2% at a weight of 5 tons. In
https://www.europeantimes.news/2023/02/diesel-patented-his-engine-130-years-ago/

Patriarchate of Alexandria: We are discontinuing the mention of the Patriarch of Moscow
By Newsdesk
On November 22 the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria met under the chairmanship of Patriarch Theodore II in the Patriarchal Monastery “St. George” in Old Cairo and discussed the problems in church life arising from the non-canonical entry of the Moscow Patriarchate into the jurisdiction of the Alexandrian Church in Africa. The Patriarch
https://www.europeantimes.news/2022/11/patriarchate-of-alexandria-we-are-discontinuing-the-mention-of-the-patriarch-of-moscow/

Relics in 23 lead boxes were found in a cathedral in Mexico’s capital
By Newsdesk
Relics - The Metropolitan Cathedral was built over the course of centuries – in the period between 1573 and 1813
https://www.europeantimes.news/2023/02/relics-in-23-lead-boxes-were-found-in-a-cathedral-in-mexicos-capital/

New Treatment for Hereditary Blindness Possible Using Nanoparticles and mRNA
By Newsdesk
Hereditary Blindness – Researchers developed nanoparticles that are able to penetrate the neural retina and deliver mRNA to the photoreceptor cells whose proper function makes vision possible. Scientists from the Oregon State University College of Pharmacy have demonstrated in animal models the possibility of using lipid nanoparticles and messenger RNA, the technology underpinning COVID-19 vaccines,
https://www.europeantimes.news/2023/01/new-treatment-for-hereditary-blindness-possible-using-nanoparticles-and-mrna/

Brazil election: victorious Lula faces an uphill struggle – a damaged economy and a deeply divided country
By The Conversation
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has achieved a remarkable political comeback by regaining the presidency of Brazil.
https://europeantimes.news/2022/11/brazil-election-victorious-lula-faces-an-uphill-struggle-a-damaged-economy-and-a-deeply-divided-country/