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Pfizer Inc. recently carried out a large trial for its Covid-19 treatment, the oral antiviral treatment Paxlovid. However, on Friday, they said the drug failed to prevent coronavirus infections in people living with someone infected with the virus. At the start of the trial, up to 3000 adults who were household contacts to an individual experiencing symptoms and had recently ...

In unfortunate events, two drunk soldiers gunned down a total of 15 civilians in different attacks in DR Congo according to authorities on Monday. Apparently, one of the soldiers murdered eight passengers and injured seven others aboard a boat on lake Tanganyika. South-Kivu province’s Fizi territory administrator Aime Kawaya Mutipula said all the victims were civilians including men, women and ...

Three people have been reported dead in China in the latest Covid outbreak in the country. The three people, aged between 89 and 91, had several comorbidities and were unvaccinated. This report was released by the city’s health commission. Officials also said the city recorded 22,248 cases on Monday. Since March, these are the first Covid deaths the country has ...

North Korean hackers have been linked to a huge cryptocurrency heist worth $615. It apparently happened to the players of the popular online game Axie Infinity in March. The game allows players to earn crypto through game play or trading their avatars. However, this hack is most probably one of the biggest ever to hit the crypto world. According to ...

On Tuesday, two separate attacks near border Niger and Burkina Faso and Libya left seven police officers and four soldiers dead. According to the country’s government, unidentified armed bandits attacked the Petelkole police station near Burkina Faso in western Niger and a military base in Djado in the country’s desert-covered far north. Besides the dead police officers, 10 others sustained ...