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Gene-editing scientist claims ʼanother potential pregnancyʼ Chinese scientist He Jiankui on Wednesday told a conference on genetic editing in Hong Kong that there was a "another potential pregnancy" involvinggenetically edited embryos. He has come under fire from the scientific community for claims thathe genetically engineered twins to resist HIVusing a procedure known asCRISPR. The US-trained scientist said the twins were born earlier this month. "For this case, I feel proud. I feel proudest," He told some 700 people attending the Human Genome Editing Summit. Nine couples, all of them with HIV-positive fathers, were claimed to have participated in Heʼs gene-editing experiment. However, he said he would suspend such procedures for now. "The clinical trial was paused due to the current situation," He said. "This study has been submitted to a scientific journal for review."
Germany: CeBIT, worldʼs largest IT conference, canned Despite turning the trade fair into a fun fair, organizers could not save the beloved but struggling trade fair. CeBIT once boasted 850,000 visitors a year, but that heyday has long since passed. Organizers announced on Wednesday that the worldʼs largest IT conference will be no more. CeBIT, held every year in Hanover, Germany, has been canceled for 2019 facing declining visitor numbers and decreases in exhibition space rentals. "There will be no more CeBIT in Germany in the future," said Onuora Ogbukagu of Deutsche Messe AG, which ran the trade fair that hosted the likes of Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and data privacy advocate Edward Snowden.
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British government forecasts doomsday nodeal Brexit scenario Staying in the European Union would be a far better option
Bosniaʼs cashstrapped civil society on the brink Ninaʼs and Amarʼs* mother was raped during the Bosnian war. The resulting trauma not only affected her, but also her children, who grew up in a troubled environment. "Nina told us her mum once threw glasses at her," says Lamija Skander, who runs a day care center for vulnerable kids in Zenica, a small city an hourʼs bus ride from Sarajevo. Here, Nina and Amar, both still in primary school, found a safe place to build relationships with their peers and caretakers and learned to open up socially. Around 30 kids with similar backgrounds of violence or poverty visit the center six days a week. "The war happened not long ago, and there is a high percentage of the older population suffering from trauma.
Resurgence of terrorist attacks in Nigeria ahead of elections
A government report says Britain risks severely damaging its economy if lawmakers fail to approve a proposed Brexit deal. The British government on Wednesday published a report that spelled out a devastating scenario for the economy ifBritain leaves the European Union in March 2019 without a deal. The report found that the economy would only be around 2 percent smaller in 15 years time if it exited the bloc under terms similar to the British-EU draft deal agreed to last week. In a no-deal Brexit, the economy would be nearly 8 percent smaller and could shrink by up to 9.3 percent in the event of significant trade barriers. "If the only consideration, the only consideration, was the economy, then the analysis shows clearly remaining in the European Union would be a better outcome for the economy, but not by much," British Treasury chief Philip Hammond told BBC earlier on Wednesday. May managedto secure support from the 27 other EU lead-
ers for the draft dealon Sunday. But during the summit, EU leaders made clear thatLondon could not secure a better dealthan the one they agreed on. Some British lawmakers have threatened to undermine Mayʼs deal, saying a better deal is possible. The governmentʼs report, however, is seen as an optimistic assessment. A study published on Monday by the independent National Institute of Economic and Social Research showed Mayʼs deal having a stronger negative impact on the economy, citing costlier trade with the EU. "GDP in the longer term will be around 4 percent lower than it would have been had the UK stayed in the EU," the research institute said in its report. That difference translates to around 1,000 British pounds (€1,130, $1,270) per person annually, according to the report.
A resurgence of jihadist attacks as general elections approach has Nigerians deeply worried. This includes President Muhammadu Buhari who has staked his political career on pacifying the country. There are reports of at least 17 attempts to overrun army bases since July. Most of them took place in the northeast state of Borno, the epicenter of the nineyear conflict. An attack last weekend on a base in Metele village, near the border with Niger, killed around 100 soldiers. The government concealed the true toll for days, only admitting to the high number of dead after protests by soldiers.
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