By: New York Times | Updated: December 18, 2020 10:26:27 am The headquarters of the pharmaceutical firm Moderna in Cambridge, Mass., on Nov. 19, 2020. Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine has the …
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China is planning to vaccinate 50 million people in the high-priority group against the coronavirus before the start of the peak Lunar New Year travel season early next year, the …
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The Japanese government has a supply deal with Pfizer for 120 million vaccine doses of the vaccine made by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech Drugmaker Pfizer Inc said on Friday …
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U.S. stock index futures were modestly lower in overnight trading on Thursday, after the major averages closed at new highs. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell …
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Other fast-food chains might have the Whopper or the Big Mac — Slutty Vegan has the One Night Stand, loaded with vegan cheese, vegan bacon, caramelized onions, lettuce and tomato, …
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Pence is to be vaccinated publicly on Friday, and other top Washington figures will soon follow.
Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen Pence, will receive a coronavirus vaccine on Friday, according to the White House, a move that the Trump administration says is intended …
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It’s rare that anything lives up to its hype. And yet the often astronomically high expectations that consumers set still persist, and sometimes even appear warranted. That seemed to be …
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A Florida scientist whose Tallahassee home was raided by gun-brandishing cops early this month after she insisted on revealing accurate COVID-19 data has defiantly vowed to continue to “speak truth to …
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Cryptocurrency Bitcoin breaks above $20,000 barrier for the first time ever while ethereum and XRP also gain – World News , Firstpost
It has gained more than 170 percent this year, buoyed by demand from larger investors attracted to its potential for quick gains, purported resistance to inflation and expectations it will …
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By: AP | Maiduguri, Nigeria | December 18, 2020 8:57:01 am Shoes of the kidnapped students from Government Science Secondary School are seen inside their class room Kankara, Nigeria, Wednesday. …
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Neither President Donald Trump nor President-elect Joe Biden has gotten vaccinated for Covid-19, a fact that’s beginning to draw some attention days after the first shots in the US were …
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Morning Digest: Government, BJP firm on farm laws; Biden taps native American Deb Haaland as interior secretary, and more
On a day when the Supreme Court asked the Union government if it was possible to suspend executive action on the three farm related laws till the deadlock with agitating …
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A general view of a Australian flag is seen outside the Great Hall of the People on April 9, 2013 in Beijing, China. Feng Li | Getty Images SINGAPORE — …
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Putin says if Russia wanted to kill opposition leader Navalny, it would have ‘finished’ the job
In his first comments on the investigation, Putin didn’t dispute any details of the findings but essentially confirmed that FSB agents did indeed trail Navalny. Putin claimed without evidence that …
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As the Chinese government tracked and persecuted members of predominantly Muslim minority groups, the technology giant Alibaba taught its corporate customers how they could play a part. Alibaba’s website for …
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‘Tis the season for hot chocolate, and an especially decadent version of everyone’s favorite holiday drink (suck it, cider) is exploding on TikTok and in suburban communities across the country. …
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Dustin Higgs, the last person scheduled to be executed by the Trump administration, has tested positive for the coronavirus, his lawyer said Thursday. The Department of Justice has argued that …
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By: Reuters | Sydney | December 17, 2020 12:39:17 pm NASA:This Tuesday, Dec. 15 2020, satellite image released by NASA Worldview, Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) shows …
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FRANKFORT, Ky.: The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled Thursday that an online poker company must pay more than $1 billion to the state for illegal gambling losses in a court battle …
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A failure to reach a post-Brexit deal would likely lead to chaos on the borders at the start of 2021 as tariffs and other impediments to trade are enacted by …
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Canoo’s van – known as a multipurpose delivery vehicle, or MPDV, because of the ways it can be upfitted – is designed for commercial customers. Canoo Electric vehicle start-up Canoo …
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Moderna is developing eight other vaccines that use mRNA. The company has tested them in animals and in 1,700 people, and has not had cases of anaphylaxis or other severe …
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President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Michael Regan, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, to head the Environmental Protection Agency, according to multiple news reports. Regan has two …
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President-elect Joe Biden has selected New Mexico Representative Deb Haaland to head the Department of the Interior in his administration, outlets are reporting, a historic move that would see Haaland …
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MSNBC’s Brian Williams offered a scathing supercut of Donald Trump on Wednesday, condemning the president for caring more about water pressure than the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have …
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By: Reuters | Updated: December 17, 2020 12:52:50 pm U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft speaks next to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross during a news conference to announce …