Pig kidney transplanted into living human for the first time.

Doctors have performed the first transplant of a genetically modified kidney from a pig into a living human, they announced Thursday. The four-hour surgery was performed Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital, which was also the first hospital to perform a kidney transplant in 1954. The patient, Rick Slayman, a 62-year-old manager with the Massachusetts Department…

French Senate rejects EU-Canada free trade deal.

France’s Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly voted against a free-trade agreement between the EU and Canada thanks to an unusual alliance in the upper house between left and right-wing opponents of French President Emmanuel Macron.  The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement(CETA) has been in force provisionally since 2017 but requires ratification in all European Union member countries to…

Ethiopian Bank has lost  $40 Million due to Computer Glitch.

Bank in Ethiopia lost a whopping $42 million due to a computer glitch wherein people were able to withdraw massive sums of money far beyond what they actually had in their accounts. The odd incident reportedly unfolded early Saturday morning when it was discovered that the Commercial Bank of Ethiopia was experiencing the peculiar technical…

“Am  not responsible for Choas ln Senegal ” President Macky Sall .

Senegal’s president has told the BBC he does not regret delaying this year’s elections, a move that sparked deadly protests. Macky Sall said he did not make the decision alone – he was responding to concerns raised by parliamentarians. After a violent backlash, many feared the relatively stable nation was slipping into political crisis. But…

Sudan risks famine without an immediate cessation of hostilities.

Civilians caught up in Sudan’s civil war have given graphic accounts to the BBC of rape, ethnic violence and street executions. Our journalists have managed to make it to the front line of the fighting close to the capital, Khartoum. Top UN officials have said the conflict has plunged the country into “one of the…

US identifies Alabama soldier killed in WW2.

The US says it has identified the remains of an Alabama-born soldier nearly 80 years after he was killed fighting in Germany. The 26-year-old soldier, private first class Noah C Reeves, was killed by German forces near the town of Vossenack on 6 December 1944. Unidentified remains found in the area in 1948 and interred…

Biden warns Netanyahu against invading Rafah.

The United States has issued its strongest public warning yet to Israel against invading the crowded city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, saying that such a ground operation would deepen the humanitarian crisis in the besieged enclave. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters on Monday that, while President Joe Biden remains committed to the goal of…