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  • Researchers in Australia find potential treatment to bypass resistance in deadly childhood cancer-Xinhua

    SYDNEY, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — Researchers in Australia have identified a drug overcoming treatment resistance in relapsed neuroblastoma, the deadly childhood cancer.

    The discovery could improve neuroblastoma treatment, the most common solid…

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  • Researchers in Australia find potential treatment to bypass resistance in deadly childhood cancer-Xinhua

    SYDNEY, Nov. 29 (Xinhua) — Researchers in Australia have identified a drug overcoming treatment resistance in relapsed neuroblastoma, the deadly childhood cancer.

    The discovery could improve neuroblastoma treatment, the most common solid…

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  • Chile’s copper output, manufacturing production fall in October

    Chile’s copper output, manufacturing production fall in October

    SANTIAGO, Nov 28 (Reuters) – Copper output in Chile, the world’s largest producer of the metal, fell 7% year-on-year in October to 458,405 metric tons, statistics agency INE said on Friday.

    Manufacturing production in the Andean nation was slightly down 0.4% in the month on a yearly basis, the agency also said.

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    Editing by Tomasz Janowski

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  • Meteor Activity Outlook for 29 November – 5 December 2025

    Meteor Activity Outlook for 29 November – 5 December 2025

    Jamie McBean captured this brilliant fireball at 20:20 BST (19:20 UT) on September 14, 2025, from Heme Bay, England.  ©Jamie McBean

    During this period, the Moon reaches its full phase on Friday, December 5th. On that date,…

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  • WST World Cup Kitakyushu Street 2025: Akama Liz ushers party of eight into women’s final

    WST World Cup Kitakyushu Street 2025: Akama Liz ushers party of eight into women’s final

    And then there were eight.

    Akama Liz qualified tops for the women’s final at the WST World Cup Kitakyushu Street 2025 in Japan on Saturday (29 November), one of four skateboarders from the host country to reach the contest’s showpiece.

    The

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  • 14 movies and shows that were cancelled just before release

    14 movies and shows that were cancelled just before release

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    It seems that sometimes not even a big budget, well-known cast, and talented production team are enough to save a project from the cutting room floor.

    Take, for example, the Batgirl blockbuster…

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  • MR and Polio campaign achieves up to 99% coverage in Abbottabad: Sarmad Saleem

    MR and Polio campaign achieves up to 99% coverage in Abbottabad: Sarmad Saleem

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    ABBOTTABAD, Nov 29 (APP):Deputy Commissioner Abbottabad Sarmad Saleem Akram chaired a review meeting on the ongoing Measles and Rubella (MR) and Polio vaccination campaign, where the performance of health teams, outreach…

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  • Bird flu viruses dodge the human body’s fever defense

    Bird flu viruses dodge the human body’s fever defense

    Fever is one of the body’s oldest antiviral tactics: turn up the heat to make life hard for invading pathogens. But new research led by the University of Cambridge shows why that strategy falters against avian influenza.

    The team pinpointed a…

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  • Sindh Issues New Winter Rules for Private Schools

    Sindh Issues New Winter Rules for Private Schools

    The Sindh Education Department has barred private schools from forcing students to wear jackets in specific colors or designs during winter. The directive was issued on the instructions of Sindh Education Minister Sardar Shah.

    In a…

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