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Two years after the outbreak of Covid-19, Europe could soon enter a "long period of tranquility" due to high vaccination rates, the milder Omicron variant and the end of winter, the WHO said Thursday.WHO Europe director Hans Kluge said the respite was "a ceasefire that could bring us ...
World,Front Page
Researchers estimate there are significantly more species of trees on Earth than currently known, with more than 9,000 species yet to be discovered, according to a study published Monday."Estimating the number of tree species is essential to inform, optimize, and prioritize forest conservation ...
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday that it has granted full approval to Moderna's Covid-19 "Spikevax" vaccine, which had previously received an emergency use authorisation in the United States."The public can be assured that Spikevax meets the FDA's hig...
Merck's anti-Covid pill remains "active" against the Omicron variant, the US drugmaker said Friday, citing results from six laboratory studies. The oral treatment, called molnupiravir, is taken within five days of symptom onset and was shown in a pre-Omicron trial of 1,400 partic...
The Pentagon said Friday that the destruction and human cost of a full-scale incursion by Russian forces into Ukraine would be "horrific," but that there was still time for diplomacy to avoid a war. "If that was unleashed on Ukraine, it would be significant, very significant, and...
Business & Commerce
Ratings agency Fitch upgraded Ireland's debt rating on Friday to "AA-" from "A+," citing its economicrecovery from the Covid-19 pandemic and increased revenue from business and income taxes.While Ireland will continue to have a substantial debt burden, Fitch said it expects i...
AFP, WashingtonUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Chinese counterpart that Russian aggression against Ukraine threatened security and the global economy, Washington said Wednesday."Secretary Blinken underscored the global security and economic risks posed by further Russian aggressio...
China should begin to "recalibrate" its aggressive anti-Covid policy as other countries are doing, to try to ease the negative impact the pandemic continues to have on global supply chains and economic growth, a senior IMF official said on Tuesday.Speaking in an interview with AFP, Gita Go...
Waving signs denouncing President Joe Biden and calling for "freedom," several thousand people demonstrated in Washington Sunday against what some described as the "tyranny" of Covid-19 vaccine mandates in the United States.Speaker after speaker -- including notorious anti-vaxxer...
Millions of Americans hunkered down on Sunday (Jan 16) as a major winter storm hit the eastern United States with heavy snow and ice, knocking power out to an estimated 235,000 people and counting.The National Weather Service (NWS) said the storm was bringing a miserable combination of heavy snow, f...
Russian officials on Thursday signalled that they might abandon diplomatic efforts to resolve the security crisis surrounding Ukraine, bringing a whirlwind week of European diplomacy to an ominous end and deflating hopes that negotiators could forge a path toward easing tensions in Eastern Europe.On...
The United Nations found thousands of weapons recently seized in the Arabian Sea likely came from a single port in Iran, evidence Tehran is exporting arms to Yemen and elsewhere, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.Yemen has been wracked by civil war since 2014, pitting Iran-backed Huthi rebel...
World,Back Page
The United States said Friday a diplomatic solution was possible with Russia but that it would not give in to its demands in talks next week, as NATO warned of real risks Moscow will invade Ukraine.Top Russian and US diplomats meet Monday in Geneva after Moscow amassed tens of thousands of troops on...
Bank & Insurance
The World Bank has approved $90 million in additional financing for Iran, to help fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, a spokesperson said Friday.The Washington-based development lender's board of directors approved the aid on December 21, a World Bank spokesperson said, which "will be util...
President Joe Biden on Monday said some US hospitals could be "overrun" by Covid cases, but the country is generally well prepared to meet the latest surge and Americans need not panic. In a virtual meeting hosted by the White House with several state governors and top health advisors, Bid...
The International Monetary Fund said Thursday it will extend its flexible access to emergency funding for an additional 18 months to help nations severely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.The IMF's executive board agreed on Monday to "temporary increases to the cumulative access limits und...
The US Senate on Wednesday voted to block President Joe Biden's vaccine-or-test mandate for large private employers, in a symbolic win for conservatives that will have little tangible effect. The measure passed 52-48 with the support of all 50 Republicans in the upper chamber and two centri...
The United States will swiftly determine whether Tehran is acting in "good faith" in talks about reviving the Iran nuclear accord, a State Department spokesman said Wednesday, one day before negotiations were due to resume."We should know in pretty short order if the Iranians are goin...
As a former national team cyclist who'd fix her own bikes, and before that as a child helping out on her family's cattle farm, NASA trainee astronaut Christina Birch has plenty of experience working with her hands.With America's sights now set on returning to the Moon -- this time establ...
The new Omicron variant of Covid-19 could slow the global economic recovery, just as the Delta strain did, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva said Friday. "A new variant that may spread very rapidly can dent confidence and in that sense, we are likely to see some downgrades of our October pro...
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