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According to a report by NPR, "For the first time, scientists have used genetically modified viruses to treat a patient fighting an antibiotic-resistant infection.
Isabelle Carnell-Holdaway, 17, began the experimental treatment after doctors lost all hope. She was struggling with a life-threatening infection after a lung transplant. With the new treatment, she has not been completely cured. But the Faversham, England, teenager has recovered so much that she has resumed a near-normal life."
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An analysis published by Quartz explains how American automobile manufacturing declined over the past 50 years.
"Coupled with the slumping small-car sales, that's why GM's announcement in November 2018 that it would end production of the Cruze and most of its other sedans was not particularly surprising. Indeed, GM's not alone: Ford announced the end of new sedan production for the US market last spring, and Fiat Chrysler threw in the towel on US passenger car production in 2016."
The new "Big Three" of passenger-car manufacturing is Honda, Nissan, and Toyota. Honda produces the Accord and the Civic. Nissan produces the Altima and the Sentra. Toyota produces the Camry and the Corolla. The Accord, the Civic, the Altima, the Camry, and the Corolla are "Made in the United States".
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According to a report by NPR, "the former chairman and two vice presidents of the Tokyo Electric Power Co. should spend five years in prison over the 2011 flooding and meltdown at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, Japanese prosecutors say, accusing the executives of failing to prevent a foreseeable catastrophe."
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According to a news article just published by the "New York Times" (NYT), Washington and the Kremlin have finalized an agreement on limiting nuclear weapons and related hardware. Notably, the agreement does not restrict American development of an anti-missile shield.
The NYT reports, "The new treaty will reduce the binding limit on deployed strategic nuclear warheads by more than one-quarter, and on launchers by half. It will reestablish an inspection and verification regime, replacing one that expired in December. But while the pact recognizes the dispute between the two countries over American plans for missile defense based in Europe, it will not restrict the United States from building such a shield. ... The specific arms reductions embedded in the new treaty amount to a continuing evolution rather than a radical shift in the nuclear postures of both countries. According to people in Washington and Moscow who were briefed on the new treaty, it will lower the legal limit on deployed strategic warheads to 1,550 each, from the 2,200 allowed as of 2012 under the previous treaty. It would lower the limit on launchers to 800 from the 1,600 now permitted. Nuclear-armed missiles and heavy bombers would be capped at 700 each."
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According to a report just published by the "New York Times", although methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is the most well-known antibiotic-resistant germ, it is less dangerous than a new class of gram-negative bacteria which have become resistant to all safe antibiotics. "The bacteria, classified as Gram-negative because of their reaction to the so-called Gram stain test, can cause severe pneumonia and infections of the urinary tract, bloodstream and other parts of the body. Their cell structure makes them more difficult to attack with antibiotics than Gram-positive organisms like MRSA."
The only anbtibiotics — colistin and polymyxin B — that still have efficacy against gram-negative bacteria produce dangerous side effects: kidney damage and nerve damage. Patients who are infected with gram-negative bacteria must make the unsavory choice between life with kidney damage or death with intact kidneys.
Recently, some new strains of Gram-negative bacteria have shown resistance against even colistin and polymyxin B. Infection with these new strains typically means death for the patient.
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According to a report just published by the "Wall Street Journal", since 2006, Apple regularly audits its manufacturing partners to ensure that they conform to Apple's Supplier Code of Conduct (ASCC), which essentially codfies Western ethical standards with regards to the environment, labor, business conduct, etc. Core violations of ASCC "include abuse, underage employment, involuntary labor, falsification of audit materials, threats to worker safety, intimidation or retaliation against workers in the audit and serious threats to the environment. Apple said it requires facilities it has found to have a core violation to address the situation immediately and institute a system that insures compliance. Additionally, the facility is placed on probation and later re-audited."
Apple checks 102 facilities, of which most is located in Asia, and these facilities employ 133,000 workers. The most recent audit of Apple's partners revealed 17 violations of ASCC. The violations include hiring workers who were as young as 15 years of age, incorrectly disposing hazardous waste, and falsifing records.
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According to an alarming report just issued by the "Wall Street Journal", a Nigerian man had successfully boarded an American airplane and had taken the initial steps toward detonating some explosives. An American noticed the act of terrorism and tackled the African thug to the floor. The hero dragged the thug to the front of plane and saved all the passengers from a horrific fate.
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According to a report just published by the "Wall Street Journal", SkyGrabber — a computer program that can be easily purchased for $25.95 off the Internet — can read and store the data transmitted on an unsecure channel by an unmanned drone. Drones are crucial to American military operations, for these aerial vehicles enable Washington to conduct war with a reduced number of soldiers.
The Iranians have taught Islamic thugs in Iraq how to read the intercepted data. " ... the intercepts could give America's enemies battlefield advantages by removing the element of surprise from certain missions and making it easier for insurgents to determine which roads and buildings are under U.S. surveillance. ... Some of the most detailed evidence of intercepted feeds has been discovered in Iraq, but adversaries have also intercepted drone video feeds in Afghanistan, according to people briefed on the matter. These intercept techniques could be employed in other locations where the U.S. is using pilotless planes, such as Pakistan, Yemen and Somalia, they said."
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According to a startling report just issued by the "New York Times", "senior staff members of the United Nations nuclear agency have concluded in a confidential analysis that Iran has acquired 'sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable' atom bomb." In 2007, American intelligence erroneously concluded that Tehran in 2003 stopped further research into designing nuclear bomb. This conclusion was contradicted by Germany, French, and Israeli intelligence. Recently, London has concluded that the American assessment is incorrect.
So, here we are. The Iranians have the knowledge to build a nuclear bomb and have been working relentlessly to perfect its design. Tehran is now creating the parts (e. g., enriched unranium) that can be assembled into such a weapon.
Meanwhile, Jerusalem is justifiably on the verge of ordering its military to bomb the Iranian nuclear facilities. Will Paris offer military support to the Israelis? A bombing mission against Iran is a difficult military operation and needs the assistance of the French superpower.
