ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan unveiled an ambitious 10-year space program for his country Tuesday that includes missions to the moon, sending Turkish astronauts into space and developing internationally viable satellite … [Continue reading] about Turkey unveils space program including 2023 moon mission
The Latest: Spain surpasses 3 million coronavirus cases
MADRID — Spain has surpassed 3 million confirmed coronavirus cases, the seventh highest total in the world. The Health Ministry announced 16,402 new infections since Monday, one of the lowest daily increases of recent weeks. However, the ministry … [Continue reading] about The Latest: Spain surpasses 3 million coronavirus cases
Facebook steps up vaccine misinfo efforts. Will it work?
As inoculation efforts for the coronavirus ramp up around the world, Facebook says it’s going all in to block the spread of bogus vaccine claims. In practice, that means the social network plans to ban a new bunch of false claims in addition to the … [Continue reading] about Facebook steps up vaccine misinfo efforts. Will it work?
New variants raise worry about COVID-19 virus reinfections
Evidence is mounting that having COVID-19 may not protect against getting infected again with some of the new variants. People also can get second infections with earlier versions of the coronavirus if they mounted a weak defense the first time, new … [Continue reading] about New variants raise worry about COVID-19 virus reinfections
Russian statistics soar for virus-linked deaths in 2020
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia issued updated statistics Monday on coronavirus-linked deaths which showed that 162,429 people with COVID-19 died last year, a number far higher than previously reported by government officials. The state statistics agency, … [Continue reading] about Russian statistics soar for virus-linked deaths in 2020