The World Health Organization's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan says while the new coronavirus variant omicron appears to be very transmissible, the right response is to be prepared, cautious and not panic.
The International Space Station (ISS) had to swerve away from a fragment of a U.S. launch vehicle on Friday, the head of Russia's space agency said, the latest in a series of incidents in which space debris have forced astronauts to respond.
NASA announced on Thursday it has awarded $415.6 million US to billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, stalwart contractor Northrop Grumman Corp and venture-backed Nanoracks to develop privately owned and operated commercial space stations.
Lamine Diack, the controversial former president of world athletics, has died, his family said Friday. He was 88.
A Canadian diplomatic blitz hit Washington in a late-hour plea for U.S. lawmakers to adjust a plan that Ottawa fears could devastate the auto sector. The challenge: Getting Americans' attention in an abnormally busy week for a distracted capital. Some argue tariff threats might do the trick.
