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UK Authorities Allege Russian Hackers Targeted the 2020 Olympics
As if the 2020 Olympics haven’t had enough hurdles to contend with, it looks like we can add cyberattacks to the list. Earlier today, UK officials put out a memo noting that hackers working with the GRU — Russia’s military intelligence agency — had carried out numerous cyberattacks against major sponsors, organisers, and other key…
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Hundreds of Dead Animals Washing Up on a Beach Is Russia’s Latest ‘Ecological Catastrophe’
Hundreds of sea creatures’ bodies have washed up onto the shore in Russia’s Far East. All signs point to water pollution in what is the latest in a series of environmental catastrophes to befall Russia this year.
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Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine Shows Promise in Early Trial — But We Don’t Know Yet if It Really Works
New research released on Friday is the first bit of evidence supporting a vaccine for covid-19 being developed by scientists in Russia. The pair of early clinical trials suggest that the vaccine is safely tolerated and can create an immune response to the coronavirus that causes covid-19 in people. But as with other experimental candidates,…
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Australia Probably Won’t Use Russia’s ‘Sputnik V’ COVID-19 Vaccine
Russia announced it’s sending a coronavirus vaccine into mass production just two months after it first entered human trials. It’s raised the eyebrows of the world’s health authorities and Australia’s own body will need to take a long, hard look at this proposed solution to the world’s woes. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said a…