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Israeli nationalist hardliner Naftali Bennett said Sunday he would join a potential coalition government that could end the rule of the country’s longest-serving leader, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.   Lawmakers opposed to right-wing Netanyahu have been in intense talks ahead of a Wednesday deadline, as a ceasefire held following the latest deadly military conflict in the Gaza Strip.   Netanyahu, 71, who faces trial on fraud, bribery, and breach of trust charges, which he denies, has clung to power throughout a period of the political turmoil that has seen four inconclusive elections in under two years.   A March vote saw Netanyahu’s Likud party gain the most seats but he again failed to form a government.   Opposition leader and former TV anchor Yair Lapid now has until Wednesday evening to build a rival coalition.   Lapid, 57, is seeking a diverse alliance with the Israeli media has dubbed a bloc for "change", which would include Bennett as well as Arab-Israeli lawmake

  Gunmen kidnapped scores of children from an Islamic seminary in central Nigeria, officials said, the latest in a string of such incidents plaguing the populous African nation. Some 200 children were at the school in Niger state on Sunday during the attack, the local government tweeted, adding "an unconfirmed number" was taken. The abduction came a day after 14 students from a university in northwestern Nigeria were freed after 40 days in captivity. Niger state police spokesman Wasiu Abiodun said the attackers arrived on motorbikes in Regina town and started shooting indiscriminately, killing one resident and injuring another, before kidnapping the children from the Salihu Tanko Islamic school.   One of the school's officials, who asked not to be named, said the attackers initially took more than 100 children "but later sent back those they considered too small for them, those between four and 12 years old".   The state government, in a series of tweets, said t

  Under pandemic, this new property buying spree in Dubai is a new wave of recovery and boom for Dubai. People from all over the world especially from the European sector are making a huge investment in Dubai’s property. The sale and purchase of Dubai’s property are being done like hotcakes. The hottest segment of the market is the Luxury villas in which people from Europe has been showing keen interest in specific interest in Dubai's signature Palm Jumeirah man-made island, as well as golf course estates. Since 2014 the Dubai’s property   has been on the decline which was compounded by last year’s pandemic but now all of a sudden the lockdown in most of the countries, Dubai has proved to be a heaven for investors from the world over.   Zhann Zochinke, chief operating officer of consultancy Property Monitor said because of corona Dubai has slammed its doors shut but now after that lockdown period we started to see transaction volumes increase, and they really haven´t stopped

     The theory that Covid-19 might be the result of scientific experiments have thrown a spotlight on the work of the world´s most secure Biolabs. While the evidence linking SARS-CoV-2 to the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China is strictly circumstantial, a number of experts want tougher controls on such facilities over fears that accidental leaks could touch off the next pandemic. Here´s what you should know. - 59 top facilities - The Wuhan lab belongs to the most secure class, commonly referred to as biosafety level 4, or BSL4. These are built to work safely and securely with the most dangerous bacteria and viruses that can cause serious diseases for which there are no known treatment or vaccines. "There are HVAC filtration systems so that the virus can´t escape through exhaust; any wastewater that leaves the facility is treated with either chemicals or high temperatures to make sure that there´s nothing alive," Gregory Koblentz, director of the Biodefense

 Like many cultures, food is a central part of Chinese heritage and identity. Unfortunately, many loved and commonly eaten Chinese dishes are high in fat and drenched in sodium-packed sauces. That’s not to say you can’t indulge every once in a while, but it’s important to know your best bets for preparing or ordering a healthy Chinese food meal. During holidays, such as Chinese New Year, deep-fried meats, egg rolls, dumplings, and cakes are served, making it difficult to eat healthfully during the holiday season. Plus, anytime you walk into a Chinese food restaurant in the United States, the menus are full of meat-centered, oily meals served with heaps of carbohydrates. But these choices do not represent the traditional Chinese diet. Traditionally, steamed vegetables have been the main staple of Chinese food. These steamed vegetables and tea, combined with only occasional red meat and minimal fried food, led to immense health benefits for Chinese people. Their traditional plant-bas

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revised earlier guidelines regarding mask use and vaccinations at summer camps. The updated guidelines, released Friday, now say that at camps where everyone has been fully vaccinated, campers can sing, play sports and weave baskets mask-free – except where required by local law.   "In a camp setting where everybody is fully vaccinated, there's no need for masking, there's no need for distancing. There's no need for screening, testing," said Cmdr. Erin Sauber-Schatz, lead of the CDC's Community Interventions and Critical Populations Task Force, which wrote the guidance. "There is the potential, towards mid-to-late summer, [for campers] to have a pre-pandemic camp experience when everyone is fully vaccinated, if that is offered," she added. Confused By CDC's Latest Mask Guidance? Here's What We've Learned SHOTS - HEALTH NEWS Confused By CDC's Latest Mask Guidance? Here's What We&

A data-driven "fourth industrial revolution" has long been predicted. Now, the backbone for that platform is finally becoming a reality. The long-promised benefits of cyber-physical industrial systems are within sight. SHARE ON LINK The year 2019 will be remembered as the year that true cellular connectivity for the Internet of Things (IoT) finally got going. Nowadays not a week goes by without a new announcement of a new 4G NB-IoT / LTE-M network rollout. Yet the future for industry is already racing towards the fifth generation (5G) of wireless communication technology. 5G promises lightning-fast speed, barely noticeable latency (or communication response time) and vastly increased capacity. All four major U.S. carriers have green-lighted test networks and partial implementations in some cities. The benefits of marrying the physical world with digital technologies have been discussed for what seems like a generation. Many industries could use the intelligence gleaned from c

  Coronavirus vaccine producers promised billions of doses for poorer countries at a G20 health summit Friday, where leaders vowed to expand access to jabs is the only way to end the pandemic.   The bosses of Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson announced they would supply around 3.5 billion vaccine doses at cost or discount too low- and middle-income countries this year and next. Meanwhile, the European Union pledged to donate 100 million doses and invest in regional manufacturing hubs in Africa to reduce the continent´s reliance on imports. World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the "generous announcements", but warned, "in the coming months, we will need hundreds of millions more doses." In their summit declaration, the Group of 20 most powerful countries emphasized the importance of open supply chains and equitable access to tools to tackle COVID-19. "It is a very clear 'no' to health nationalism,&quo