WASHINGTON – The Biden administration plans to allow a Trump-era blanket rule aimed at combating Chinese tech threats to take effect next month, despite objections from American companies, according to people familiar …
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MOSCOW – Russian diplomats trapped in North Korea for more than a year due to the coronavirus pandemic this week embarked on a remarkable odyssey to get home, traveling by bus, train …
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Researchers at the World Health Organization are seeking information on a second food market in the Chinese city of Wuhan after the first officially confirmed Covid-19 case, dubbed patient zero, told them …
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As vaccine launches gain momentum, governments around the world are looking for ways for people to prove they are vaccinated against the coronavirus, raising logistical and ethical concerns about whether others will …
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board accepted the resignation of CEO Mark Machin, a day after The Wall Street Journal reported that he had traveled to the United Arab Emirates and received …
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Johnson and Johnson‘s JNJ -2.01% The single-dose Covid-19 vaccine was effective “in all demographic subgroups” in a late-stage study, as scientists from the US Food and Drug Administration plan to report to …
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Federal officials are sending emergency aid to Texas for its energy crisis, though long-term efforts to shore up the power grid are likely to run into political hurdles and challenges to Washington’s …
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American household income increased 10% in January as the government delivered stimulus payments to households and consumer spending increased 2.4%, setting the economy for a burst of growth this year . The …
Read More »Pfizer Vaccine May Reduce Transmission After 1 Dose, New Study Finds
A single dose of the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer PFE, + 0.21% and its partner BioNTech BNTX, -1.61% reduces infections and reduces the risk of transmission, according to …
Read More »More than 300 girls abducted in latest school kidnapping in Nigeria
Gunmen abducted 317 girls from a boarding school in northwestern Nigeria, police said in a statement on Friday, the latest in a growing wave of high school kidnappings in Africa’s most populous …
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