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…Michael Gonzales says transparency, accountability could only be attained if leaders in government undertook to declare their assets as a tool of preventing conflict of interest, corruption

By NATION REPORTER

ASSET declaration by leaders in government, including the President, the Vice-President, Cabinet Ministers and Permanent Secretaries is one of the best tools to prevent conflict of interest, corruption and to build public trust and integrity of government officials, the United States has observed.

Babies as young as four months old can make sense of how their bodies interact with the space around them, according to new research from the University of Birmingham.

Using artificial intelligence technology and mathematical modeling, a research group led by Nagoya University has revealed that human behavior, such as lockdowns and isolation measures, affects the evolution of new strains of COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, developed to become more transmissible earlier in its lifecycle. The researchers’ findings, published in Nature Communications, provide new insights into the relationship between how people behave and disease-causing agents.

A newly developed artificial intelligence (AI) system that analyzes specialized MRIs of the brain accurately diagnosed children between the ages of 24 and 48 months with autism at a 98.5% accuracy rate, according to research being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

Soccer fans exhibit different patterns of brain activation while watching a match that may trigger positive and negative emotions and behaviors, according to research being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). The researchers say the implication of these findings could extend beyond sports to fanaticism in other areas, such as politics.

By NATION REPORTER

PRESIDENT Hakainde Hichilema has urged foreign investors to collaborate with local partners and investors in Zambia, emphasizing that such collaborations are a key avenue for sustainable economic development and business growth.

By LUCY PHIRI

FORUM for Democracy and Development (FDD) president, Edith Nawakwi has been dragged to court for abduction and threatening violence.

Even though it’s known that people who have a higher genetic risk for obesity generally have a higher body mass index (BMI), researchers have unveiled a new methodological approach to find out why some individuals are more susceptible to weight gain than others for reasons not related to their genetic liability to obesity, according to a study published in Obesity.

…warns Emmanuel Mwamba could be arrested for falsely alarming the nation that the UPND administration is to undertake constitutional amendments to extend presidential term, remove 50%+1, running mate clauses

By NATION REPORTER

GOVERNMENT has described as frivolous, malicious, vexatious, mischievous and fallacious assertions by the Patriotic Front (PF) that the Hakainde Hichilema administration is about to make constitutional changes  that would see the elongation of the presidential term to seven years from five and the removal of the 50%+1 and running mate clauses.

…submits to the ConCourt that the court had already ruled on his eligibility and that he had not yet served two presidential terms

By GRACE CHAILE

FORMER President Edgar Lungu has contended that he has not yet served two terms to warrant the Constitutional Court to bar him from contesting future elections.