Booth displaying coronavirus vaccine candidate from CNBG in Beijing BEIJING (Reuters) – China National Biotec Group (CNBG) and Sinovac Biotech Ltd said on Saturday four more countries have agreed to run late-stage clinical tests of their coronavirus vaccine candidates, as China steps up its efforts in the global race. Serbia and Pakistan are among the […]
Detroit Police officers stand outside the 12th precinct during a protest By Kanishka Singh (Reuters) – A federal judge temporarily barred Detroit police from the use of striking weapons, chokeholds, chemical agents and rubber bullets against demonstrators, medical support personnel and legal observers in the city’s ongoing anti-racism protests. U.S. District Court Judge Laurie Michelson […]
A video produced by U.S. Border Patrol agents and shared across several official government social media accounts this week begins like the cold opening of a true-crime thriller. A Border Patrol vehicle sits parked in what looks like a desert in the dead of night, as the scratchy sounds of a radio being tuned are […]
Several drug makers developing COVID-19 vaccines plan to issue a public pledge not to seek government approval until the shots have proven to be safe and effective, an unusual joint move among rivals that comes as they work to address concerns over a rush to mass vaccination. A draft of the joint statement, still being […]
Three new names will be added to the S&P 500 index this month, but none of them are Tesla Inc. S&P Dow Jones Indices announced Friday afternoon that it will add three companies to the S&P 500 SPX, -0.81% — Catalent Inc. CTLT, -2.83% , Etsy Inc. ETSY, -3.58% and Teradyne Inc. TER, -4.06% Tesla […]
The Force appears to be finally with Microsoft Corp. in its epic duel with Amazon.com Inc. for JEDI. The Department of Defense on Friday said it has completed its re-evaluation of the hotly-contested $10 billion cloud-computing deal and reaffirmed its award to Microsoft. “Microsoft’s proposal continues to represent the best value to the government,” the […]
The numbers: The U.S. regained 1.4 million jobs in August and the unemployment rate posted a surprisingly large drop to 8.4%, suggesting an economic recovery is still plowing ahead even if the pace of growth has slowed since the start of the summer. The increase in hiring last month exceeded Wall Street’s forecast. Economists polled […]
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WASHINGTON — In a contentious interview on the BBC’s “Newshour” on Friday, the president’s new coronavirus adviser, Dr. Scott Atlas, said the United States had actually handled the coronavirus pandemic better than Europe, citing a discredited statistic of unknown origin. In recent days, Atlas has eclipsed Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx as Trump’s […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — President Donald Trump has urged Iran not to execute a popular wrestler who authorities say killed a man during 2018 anti-government rallies. Citing reports on the death sentence for 27-year-old Navid Afkari, Trump said in a Thursday tweet: “… To the leaders of Iran, I would greatly appreciate if you would […]