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San Francisco win World Series

San Francisco Giants clinch their second World Series title in three years, sweeping Detroit Tigers 4-0.




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World 'bikes results

The latest bike results from around the world.




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World results

Motor racing updates from around the world, including the United States.




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GB women smash pursuit world record

Joanna Rowsell, Dani King and Laura Trott follow their male counterparts in defeating Australia for world team pursuit gold.




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Wounded Pendleton wins world gold

Track cyclist Victoria Pendleton overcomes a bruising collision with Australia's Anna Meares to win world sprint gold in Melbourne.




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GB Boxing picks women for Worlds

Britain's three female Olympic boxing hopefuls are chosen for next month's World Championships in Qinhuangdao, China.




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Groves out of world title fight

George Groves pulls out of his WBO super-middleweight world title fight against Robert Stieglitz because of injury.




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Jenkins second in World Triathlon

Britain's Helen Jenkins finishes second in the opening round of the World Triathlon Series, behind Australia's Erin Densham.




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Monterosso wins Dubai World Cup

Monterosso, ridden by Mickael Barzalona, eases to victory in the Dubai World Cup, the world's richest horse race.




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World Pneumonia Day 2024: A Global Call to Action

Highlights: Pneumonia is the single largest infectious killer worldwide, especially affecting young children and ol




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Water Cycle poster for SL Schools launched for World Environment Day

Colombo. 5 June 2013 – The Colombo based International Water Management Institute (IWMI), together with partner organization Lanka Jalani, launched a poster for schools to mark world environment day and 2013, the UN Year of Water Cooperation. Depicting the water cycle in Sri Lanka, the poster (23.5cm x 30 cm) is a colourful illustration of […]

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Press Release: IWMI commits to a water-secure world

IWMI commits to a water-secure world as it has announced a new five-year strategy aimed at boosting the center’s research and its influence in tackling global water challenges.

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Press Release: New “pay-monthly” poop removal system could revolutionize sanitation in developing world, says new study

Research conducted in Bangladesh could have dramatic implications both for poor households and the entire wastewater value chain.

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Agriculture climate science in Zambia gets boost with launch of new World Bank-backed grant

The World Bank and IWMI will rapidly scale climate science to support agri-business in Zambia, tackling the climate challenge head on through the new AICCRA-Zambia Accelerator Grant.

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World Breastfeeding Week: Support for Working Nursing Mothers Urged

Health experts emphasized that employers must enhance support for medlinkbreastfeeding/medlink mothers returning to work, as part of medlinkWorld Breastfeeding Week/medlink.




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World Music Day 2024: Turn Up the Tune, Tune Up Your Health

Every year on June 21st, we celebrate World Music Day, a time to honor the power of music and its impact on our lives. But music's influence goes beyond




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Tips to Keep Your Teeth in Shape for World Oral Health Day

In our daily lives, immense importance is given to body hygiene, physical appearance, and how we present ourselves when we go to our workplace or social gatherings.




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World First Drug to Address Deadly 'Bad Cholesterol'

A novel medicine, muvalaplin provides a ground-breaking, world's first-ever treatment for lipoprotein(a), a predisposed form of medlinkcholesterol/medlink




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Paw-sitively Purrfect: World's First Genetic Footprint-Free Feline (Cat) iPSCs

While cats are often seen as adorable internet memes, they frequently suffer from medlinkkidney disease/medlink. In a significant breakthrough, researchers




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What the attempts to clean the Seine reveal about water pollution worldwide

Paris’s efforts highlight the difficulty cities face in cleaning waterways to preserve human, animal and ecosystem health.

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Professor Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi: How is climate change affecting the future of the world?

Professor Tafadzwa Mabhaudhi, IWMI Research Group Leader - Sustainable and Resilient Food Production Systems, discusses the impact of climate change on the world's future, highlighting its effects and implications.

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Panel at ‘World Water Week’ highlights water security in Tibet and Himalayas

The World Water Week panel, co-hosted by IWMI and the US State Department, discussed Tibet's vital role in Himalayan water systems, highlighting China's environmental impact.

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Solar-powered farming is quickly depleting the world’s groundwater supply

Tushaar Shah, a Scientist Emeritus at IWMI, comments on the rapid spread of solar pumps among rural communities in many water-starved regions, including India.

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World's First Whole-Eye Transplant Restores War Veteran's Vision

bHighlights:/bul class="group-list punch-points"li The world's first-ever complete eye transplant coupled with a partial face transplant conducted




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World's First Pig Kidney Transplant Patient Dies Two Months After Surgery

Richard "Rick" Slayman became the first person to undergo a genetically modified pig kidney transplant. However, two months post-surgery, Slayman succumbed,




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World's First CRISPR-Based Gene Therapy for Blood Disorders

Nobel Prize-winning inventors of CRISPR, awarded in 2020, have seen their gene-editing tool gain approval in the UK for the first-ever therapy targeting




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One-Third of Men Worldwide Infected With Genital HPV

Twenty percent of individuals carry one or more high-risk or oncogenic types of human papillomavirus (HPV), stated a new study published in iThe Lancet Global Health.




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World Pneumonia Day 2024: A Global Call to Action

World Pneumonia Day emphasizes the urgency of tackling pneumonia, the leading infectious killer, and unites efforts to prevent millions of deaths globally.




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Initiative Towards World Kidney Day: Ranbir Kapoor And Alia Bhatt Pledge To Donate Their Kidney!

World Kidney Day marks a virtual walkathon this week as it's celebrated on March 11. In an attempt to support the note, b Ranbir Kapoor, /b the grand-nephew




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World AIDS Day 2022: Let's Address Inequalities that Fuel HIV

When it comes to HIV response, however, inequalities still persist for the most basic services like testing, treatment, and preventive measures, and even more so for new technologies, say experts.




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World AIDS Day 2023 Emphasizes Community Leadership's Power to End HIV Crisis

Today, December 1 marks World AIDS Day, dedicated to raising awareness and showing support for individuals living with medlinkHIV/AIDS/medlink while




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A World Without AIDS? CRISPR Technology Ignites Hope for HIV Cure

In a monumental leap forward in the battle against medlinkHIV/AIDS/medlink, researchers at the University of Amsterdam have reported a success in




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World's First Historic Face and Whole-Eye Transplantation!

World's first combined face and whole-eye transplantation was made possible through innovations in managing blood flow, including the use of personalized




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Swedish Cancer Institute and Elekta Launch Renewed Partnership Agreement to Continue the Flow of World-Class Technology, Services to Cancer Patients in the Pacific Northwest and Beyond

Swedish Cancer Institute and Elekta Launch Renewed Partnership Agreement to Continue the Flow of World-Class Technology,




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Crucell Announces New Award of (Dollor) 110 Million for Paediatric Vaccine Quinvaxem(R) by UNICEF to Support Vaccination Programs in the Developing World

Crucell Announces New Award of (Dollor) 110 Million for Paediatric Vaccine Quinvaxem(R) by UNICEF to Support Vaccination Program




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Stay Energized in a World of Videoconferences

With videoconferencing still a major part of life post-pandemic, as people work remotely, socialize online, and attend virtual events, minimizing exhaustion




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World's Rarest Kidney Disease Diagnosed: Lipoprotein Glomerulopathy

A sensational medical discovery has been reported in Kurnool, where a four-year-old boy was detected with Lipoprotein Glomerulopathy (LPG), a disease




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Yoga's Role in Helping World Recover from Pandemic, Emphasize UN Leaders

Leaders at the United Nations stated yoga can help the world recover from its ravages. "As we take steps to recover from the pandemic, let yoga




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New App 'WHO M-Yoga' Aims To Help Spread Yoga World Over

The new app 'WHO M-Yoga' app launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi aims to help spread yoga around the world and contribute to the efforts of the 'One World, One Health' motto.




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International Day of Yoga: A Worldwide Celebration of Mind and Body

The International Day of Yoga (!--ref1--) is being celebrated in numerous countries worldwide, including Japan, New Zealand, Thailand, and Malaysia,




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California-Based Company to Roll Out World's First Stem Cell Therapy On Parkinson's Disease

A California-based company has received approval for trying out the world's first stem therapy on patients affected with mild to severe Parkinson's disease.




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Effects of Trans-Pacific Partnership on Pharmaceutical World

The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a multi-national trade agreement now being considered by 12 countries. The ramifications of major components of