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The European Central Bank (ECB) said Monday it plans to conduct several “climate stress tests” on banks between March and July next year to assess the resilience of the euro financial zone against environmental disturbances. European banking watchdogs want to “identify vulnerabilities, best management practices and challenges” faced by the …

Doctors and midwives urged expectant mothers to be vaccinated. New data from the UK’s National Health Service reveals nearly 20 per cent of people with critically ill COVID-19 are pregnant women who have not been vaccinated. There are also concerns about the large number of pregnant women in intensive care …

A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan’s northwest coast Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued, Japanese and American authorities said. The quake shook as far as the northeast coast and was also felt in Tokyo, but there have been no reports of any damage from the quake. The United States …

A new study from the UK reveals that smokers are at a higher risk of becoming seriously ill from COVID-19 and also more likely to die from the disease. Scientists from the genetic research group UK Biobank looked at more than 420,000 volunteers between January and August 2020, and extracted …

The UN’s human rights chief said Thursday that Myanmar faces the worrying prospect of a rising possibility of civil war as the insurgency against the military junta expands. Michelle Bachelet told the UN Human Rights Council that time is running out for other countries to step up efforts to restore …