Perkinsus marinus is a protozoan that causes Dermo, a serious disease of American oysters that can cause significant mortality and reduce the production and harvest of both cultured and wild oysters.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted 147 km E of Hicks Bay, New Zealand at 22:03:53 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 jolted 1 km N of Marawa, Philippines at 21:58:45 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.

NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted Luzon, Philippines at 21:58:46 GMT on Wednesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a ...

JERUSALEM, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has conducted aerial strikes on 12,500 Hezbollah targets across Lebanon since the beginning of the conflict last October, IDF spokesperson ...

BEIRUT -- Calm prevails over the border areas in southern Lebanon on Wednesday as a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon took effect at 4:00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT), according to Lebanese security ...

Under the ceasefire, which took effect on Wednesday at 4:00 a.m. local time (0200 GMT), the Lebanese army will take control of the territory near its border with Israel over the next 60 days.

According to the study, Black women had the highest earnings ratio in 2016, at 83.9 cents for every dollar Black men earned, and Japanese women had the lowest earnings ratio, at 59 cents for every ...

The drone crossing into Israeli territory was carrying four rifles, five cartridges, and hundreds of bullets, the IDF said, adding the weapons and ammunition were transferred to security forces for ...

DAMASCUS, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) rebel group and allied factions launched a major offensive on Syrian military positions in the western countryside of Aleppo province on ...

On the first day of the ceasefire, amid plunging temperatures, 11 trucks from the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) delivered emergency supplies to more than 3,000 people in Baalbek, including blankets, ...

PRAGUE, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- The Czech coalition government failed to reach an agreement on the need to appoint a national coordinator for the euro adoption, Deputy Prime Minister Vit Rakusan said on ...