Chinese shot takes controversial path to vaccinating the world
Used to operating within China, where public opinion is censored, Chinese vaccine-makers have had a tough time showing their "growth in front of the world," an expert said.
China’s Sinovac shot found highly effective in real world study
Indonesian data adds to signs out of Brazil that the shot is more effective than it proved in the testing phase, which was beset by divergent efficacy rates and questions over transparency.
Tectonic wobbles and muddy deposits: The seismic clues leading up to 3/11
New research is allowing scientists to envision a future where megathrust quakes are not only less unexpected, but perhaps, to a certain degree, predictable.
Chilean faces trial in France over Japanese girlfriend's murder
Nicolas Zepeda, 29, was extradited to France last July for questioning over the disappearance of Narumi Kurozaki, a 21-year-old student who vanished from her university.
Chile regrets panic triggered by mistaken tsunami warning after quake
Authorities in Chile said on Saturday they regretted spreading panic with a mistaken tsunami warning calling for people to get out of coastal areas following an earthquake in Antarctica. The interior ministry said on Twitter that a tremor of magnitude 7.1 struck at 8.36 p.m. ...
France could start trial over Japanese woman's murder in fall
French authorities launched an official murder investigation after the suspect was extradited to France from Chile in July last year.
France charges Chilean with 2016 murder of Japanese ex-girlfriend
Zepeda, the third Chilean to be extradited to France, was charged shortly after his plane landed in Paris.
Extradition of Chilean accused of murdering Japanese ex-girlfriend begins
Nicolas Zepeda's extradition will end a legal process in Chile that began in March when authorities finally accepted a request from French prosecutors to hand him over.
Extradition delayed for Chilean suspected of killing Japanese woman
The extradition of a Chilean suspect to France over the alleged murder of a Japanese woman, who went missing while studying in France in December 2016, is expected to be postponed. French authorities have informed Chilean representatives that the extradition of Nicolas Zepeda Contreras, the ...
Suspect in Japanese woman's murder faces July extradition to France
Chilean authorities are likely to hand over to France in early July a man suspected of killing a female Japanese student in response to an extradition request from French prosecutors, a document from Chilean prosecutors and other sources showed Monday. Four French police officials are ...
Chilean suspect in Japanese woman's murder to be extradited to France
French prosecutors say they're happy the trial can proceed with the suspect present.
'Isolated within isolation': Keeping the coronavirus out of Antarctica
In the frozen and desolate expanse of Antarctica, Alejandro Valenzuela Pena is used to a feeling of isolation. Now, however, that has taken on a new meaning as the only continent still free from the coronavirus looks to keep the pandemic out. The global spread ...
