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Brutal. US to test Active Denial System energy weapon for potential use along border with Mexico - report The energy weapon shoots electromagnetic waves at targets up to just over half a mile away, causing burning sensations on the skin.

Nonlethal heat ray weapon approved for testing by US pending border deployment | The Jerusalem Post

Despite being nonlethal, potential use of the weapon system on the US-Mexico border has raised concerns over potential direct and indirect harm to its targets.

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'Cling to their hopes' Getting prosthetic limbs from Jordan, Gazan teen amputees cling to their hopes. -TOI More than 450 Palestinian amputees, including 15-year-old Mahmoud Abou Nusair, who dreams of playing soccer again.

Getting prosthetic limbs from Jordan, Gazan teen amputees cling to their hopes

Jordan's Restoring Hope Society is treating more than 450 Palestinian amputees, including 15-year-old Mahmoud Abou Nusair, who dreams of playing soccer again

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Louis L’Hôte, PhD candidate at University College Dublin (UCD) and lead author of the study. “It is possible that archives and libraries around the world also contain the genetic traces of disease outbreaks in animals in the past.”

Ancient sheep virus traced through DNA preserved in medieval manuscripts | The Jerusalem Post

“People around the world are still fighting against this pathogen, there is currently an outbreak of sheeppox in Greece, causing much economic damage,” said L’Hôte.

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