Floods in
Vietnam trigger landslides that kill six people, and leave two injured and five missing.
(VnExpress)
21 people are killed after a boat capsizes in
Nigeria's northwestern state of
Sokoto.
(Xinhua)
Health and environment
Researchers at the
University of Texas Medical Branch in
Galveston report the first successful transplant of a bio-engineered lung. The lung, taken from a donor pig, was reduced to a protein scaffold, and replaced with the subject pig's own cells over the course of a month.
(BBC)
Greek Civil Protection Minister
Nikos Toskas resigns after a
wildfire that killed 88 people and led to wide criticism of the government for its handling of the disaster.
(Reuters)
Floods in
Vietnam trigger landslides that kill six people, and leave two injured and five missing.
(VnExpress)
21 people are killed after a boat capsizes in
Nigeria's northwestern state of
Sokoto.
(Xinhua)
Health and environment
Researchers at the
University of Texas Medical Branch in
Galveston report the first successful transplant of a bio-engineered lung. The lung, taken from a donor pig, was reduced to a protein scaffold, and replaced with the subject pig's own cells over the course of a month.
(BBC)
Greek Civil Protection Minister
Nikos Toskas resigns after a
wildfire that killed 88 people and led to wide criticism of the government for its handling of the disaster.
(Reuters)