A cure for HIV could be on the horizon after scientists eliminated the virus from cells in a laboratory.
Using a gene-editing tool known as Crispr-Cas, researchers were able to target HIV DNA and remove all traces of the virus from infected cells.
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The Gambia parliament has voted 42 to 4 to advance the bill to lifting a ban on female circumcision in a move that could see the country the first in the world to reverse legal protections against the practice for women and girls.
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Niger’s military government announced that it has ended an accord with the US that allowed military personnel and civilian staff from the Department of Defense to operate in the country, days after holding high-level talks with US diplomatic and military officials.
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American politicians are being inundated with calls from TikTok users unhappy at plans to force its parent company to sell the social media app. A bill that would mandate the sale within six months or see TikTok facing a ban was approved by a US congressional panel last week.
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The new head of British Vogue is London-born Chioma Nnadi replacing Edward Enninful, who spent more than six years breaking boundaries and championing diversity at the top fashion magazine.
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Following months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, the leaders of the men’s and women’s professional tours are attempting to secure financial viability with at least $1billion of investment from Saudi Arabia.
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Two women have been accused of driving the body of a deceased 80-year-old man to a bank to withdraw money from his account before dropping his body off at a hospital.
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Bola Oyetunji has been appointed the New South Wales auditor-general replacing Margaret Crawford following her eight-year term.
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Media mogul Rupert Murdoch is engaged for a sixth time, it emerged on Thursday, this time to Elena Zhukova, a retired scientist.
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A group of United Nations experts has urged Britain to repatriate a woman stripped of her citizenship after leaving the country aged 15 to marry a Daesh fighter.
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