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January 26, 2025

CIA says Covid ‘likely’ leaked from lab

A health worker performs a Covid-19 test in the Kennedy neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia. – AFP/file WASHINGTON: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has shifted its official stance on the origin of Covid-19, saying on Saturday that the virus was “more likely” to have leaked from a Chinese laboratory than to have been spread by animals. The new assessment came after John Ratcliffe was confirmed Thursday as CIA director under Donald Trump’s second White House administration. “The organization is going to come off the ledge,” Ratcliffe—who believes Covid-19 broke out from the Wuhan Institute of Virology—told Outle Breitbart. Ratcliffe, who served

January 26, 2025

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Lab leak or natural leak?

In this file photo, a researcher works in a lab developing tests for the Covid-19 coronavirus in Nutley. – AFP/file Whether Covid-19 was released in a lab accident or shed from animals remains an enduring, hotly contested mystery. Here are the top arguments that fuel both sides of this debate, AFP reflects the impact of the virus five years after the reshaping of the world. The lab spill case Lab-Leak proponents point out that the first known cases of Covid-19 appeared in Wuhan, China—home to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV), a major hub for coronavirus research—located about 1,000 miles

January 26, 2025

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CIA suggests lab leak as possible origin of Covid, but confidence remains low

Listen to the article The CIA has released a new assessment of the origins of the Covid-19 pandemic, saying it is “more likely” that the virus leaked from a Chinese lab than arose naturally from animals. However, the agency noted that this determination is made with “low confidence,” indicating a lack of conclusive and definitive intelligence. The assessment, released Saturday, marks an early decision by new CIA director John Ratcliffe, who was appointed by President Donald Trump earlier this week. Ratcliffe, who served as director of national intelligence during Trump’s first term, has been a proponent of the lab leak

December 13, 2024

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International

The discovery of a massive Syrian drug lab reveals secrets of the illicit trade

Containers of chemicals stand on top of boxes inside a building said to be a captagon factory according to fighters loyal to Syria’s new ruling administration, on the outskirts of Damascus, Syria, December 12, 2024. — Reuters DUMA: The industrial-scale drug lab was just up a hill from a main road on the western edge of Damascus, the city that has been the seat of power for the Assad family, which has long denied any connection to the drug trade. President Bashar al-Assad’s government in Syria has been accused by Washington and others of profiting from the production and sale

CIA says Covid ‘likely’ leaked from lab

Lab leak or natural leak?

The discovery of a massive Syrian drug lab reveals secrets of the illicit trade

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