ZURICH, (Reuters) – First indications of the effectiveness of a potential vaccine against coronavirus may be available in the autumn, the head of the GAVI vaccine alliance told a Swiss newspaper, forecasting a long road from there to broad availability.
HONG KONG/BEIJING, (Reuters) – China’s foreign ministry branch in Hong Kong dismissed concerns that its proposed national security laws for the city would harm foreign investors, hitting back at “meddling” countries as Beijing’s ties with Washington soured further.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – Americans excited about what for many was their first big break from coronavirus shutdowns flocked to beaches and outdoor areas yesterday, snarling roadways and forcing some closures on the Memorial Day weekend that signals the start of the U.S.
(Reuters) – The first tanker from a flotilla of five Iranian fuel cargoes reached Venezuela’s exclusive economic zone yesterday, according to vessel tracking data from Refinitiv Eikon.
(Reuters) – The University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine trial has only a 50% chance of success as the coronavirus seems to be fading rapidly in Britain, the professor co-leading the development of the vaccine told the Telegraph newspaper https://bit.ly/2LQTNos.
LONDON, (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resisted calls yesterday from opposition parties to sack senior adviser Dominic Cummings after he travelled 400 km (250 miles) to northern England while his wife showed COVID-19 symptoms.
LONDON (Reuters) – Children have milder COVID-19 symptoms than adults and the balance of evidence suggests they may also have lower susceptibility and infectivity than adults, scientists advising the British government have said.
SAO PAULO (SciDev.net) – Simultaneous dengue and COVID-19 epidemics could lead to the collapse of Brazil’s health system, scientists are warning.
LONDON (Reuters) – Stuck at home with the kids? Meryl Streep, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Cate Blanchett may be able to help.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A previously unreleased version of 2017 superhero movie “Justice League” by director Zack Snyder will debut on the HBO Max streaming service in 2021, executives said on Wednesday, in response to a years-long campaign by fans.
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – From collapsing supply chains to power grabs by populist leaders, the coronavirus pandemic has revealed how a crisis can swiftly ramp up wider security risks – a clear warning as climate change looms large, security experts warned on Thursday.
LONDON (Reuters) – With lockdown measures more relaxed, social lives are slowly becoming possible.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Astronomers have gazed into what appears to be a planetary maternity ward, observing for the first time within a huge disk of dense gas and dust surrounding a newly formed star a planet in the process of being born.
BOGOTA (Reuters) – This time there are no lights, cameras, dressing rooms or the hundreds of people who usually crowd a film shoot.
LONDON, (Reuters) – A COVID-19 test that gives results in just over an hour and which requires no laboratory, potentially allowing for swifter testing of much larger numbers of people, is being rolled out at a number of London hospitals after getting regulatory clearance.
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) – Nearly 200 political figures from around the world today decried Beijing’s proposed national security laws for Hong Kong, including 17 U.S.
KARACHI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – A Pakistan International Airlines Airbus jet with 99 people aboard crashed into a crowded residential district of the city of Karachi yesterday afternoon after twice trying to land at the airport, a witness said.
(Reuters) – A flotilla of five tankers carrying Iranian fuel for gasoline-starved Venezuela is approaching the Caribbean, with the first vessel expected to reach the South American country’s waters tomorrow, according to Refinitiv Eikon tracking data.
LONDON, (Reuters) – Britain will introduce a COVID-19 quarantine for travellers arriving from abroad from June 8, interior minister Priti Patel said yesterday, a measure that airlines have warned will devastate their industry.
NEW YORK, (Reuters) – The more than a century old car rental firm Hertz Global Holdings Inc filed for bankruptcy protection yesterday after its business all but vanished during the coronavirus pandemic and talks with creditors failed to result in needed relief.
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