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2 weeks ago | 
aljazeera.com | Areesha Lodhi |Alia Chughtai
Millions of Canadians are queuing up to cast their ballots on Monday in the country's 45th election to select a new government. The elections are taking place in the shadow of a trade war with the United States, and at a time of economic uncertainty in the world's second-largest nation by area. Recommended Stories As of Friday, a record 7.3 million out of 28.9 million eligible voters had already cast their advance votes, according to Elections Canada.
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1 month ago | 
aljazeera.com | Areesha Lodhi
Have you ever been convinced that you remember being a baby? A moment in a crib, or the taste of a first birthday cake? Chances are, those memories aren't real. Decades of research suggest that most people cannot recall personal experiences from the first few years of life. Recommended Stories However, even though we can't remember being a baby, a new study has found new evidence that babies do take in the world around them and may also begin forming memories far earlier than once thought.
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2 months ago | 
aljazeera.com | Areesha Lodhi
For decades, aspirin has been known as a go-to painkiller. New research reveals how it may also help fight cancer. While previous research hinted at a link between aspirin use and improved cancer survival, a study published in Nature last week explains why. However, experts caution that aspirin is not a cure - and it carries risks like increased potential for internal bleeding. Recommended Stories So, how might aspirin keep cancer from spreading? And what does this mean for future treatments?
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2 months ago | 
aljazeera.com | Areesha Lodhi
Scientists are exploring the production of artificial blood amid shortages of blood and the need for safe transfusions. Millions of people die globally each year due to lack of access to blood, studies by the World Health Organization (WHO) have shown. Blood carries oxygen throughout the body and removes waste products, among many other critical functions. Laboratory-grown blood was used on humans in the first clinical trial in 2022, particularly in patients with rare blood groups.
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
msn.com | Areesha Lodhi
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
flipboard.com | Areesha Lodhi
1 hour agoUS president’s call for mass displacement in Gaza risks renewing the fighting in the devastated enclave, analysts say. Washington, DC – Donald Trump has been claiming credit for the ceasefire deal that halted the war in Gaza, but the United States president’s proposal to forcibly displace the …
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Feb 8, 2025 | 
aljazeera.com | Areesha Lodhi
Pakistan's most populous Punjab province has imposed a complete ban on kite flying before the centuries-old Basant festival - which marks the arrival of spring - over public safety concerns. Legal amendments passed by the provincial assembly impose heavier fines and longer jail terms for violators that were in force previously, in a disappointment to revellers who fly kites as part of an age-old tradition to welcome spring - a celebration that stands for joy, colour and the beauty of nature.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
aljazeera.com | Areesha Lodhi
California has been placed in a state of emergency and two people have been reported dead as wildfires which began on Tuesday rip across metropolitan Los Angeles, triggering evacuations and power outages. The third-largest state in the United States, California has frequently been swept by wildfires, especially in the south. Here is what we know about the fires, their impact and the latest news on the ground. Where and when did the wildfires in Los Angeles begin?
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
aljazeera.com | Areesha Lodhi |Sarah Shamim |Alia Chughtai
Hospitals in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, are brimming with chikungunya virus patients. Major government hospitals throughout the city are reporting 500 to 750 suspected cases of the mosquito-borne disease every day, as noted by local media earlier this month, further straining an already struggling public health system. But what is chikungunya, how does it spread, and why has it hit Pakistan’s most populous city so badly? What is chikungunya?
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Sep 30, 2024 | 
aljazeera.com | Areesha Lodhi
EXPLAINERA brief ban on export of the fish used as a diplomatic tool by former PM Hasina has caused diplomatic tensions – and a culinary crisis. Hilsa is Bangladesh’s national fish. Locally known as ilish, it is cherished as the queen among fish and forms part of the culinary identity of both Bangladesh and the bordering Indian state of West Bengal.
