CHICAGO: Early data from trials of three potential COVID-19 vaccines released on Monday (Jul 20), including a closely watched candidate from Oxford University, increased confidence that a vaccine can train the immune system to recognise and fight the novel coronavirus without serious side effects. Whether any of these efforts will […]
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SYDNEY: Australia will extend record stimulus spending into next year, the government announced on Tuesday (Jul 21), outlining multi-billion-dollar measures to shield the labour market from the ravages of the rolling coronavirus crisis. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that supplements both to the unemployed and businesses struggling to retain staff […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida: A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Burger King of deceiving vegan, vegetarian and other customers into thinking it cooked the plant-based patties for its “Impossible Whopper” on different grills than those used to cook beef and chicken. In a decision on Monday (Jul 20), US […]
Logitech International reported a more than 75per cent increase in non-GAAP operating income in its first quarter as rise in homeworking boosted demand for its webcams, video conferencing products and headsets during the coronavirus lockdowns. REUTERS: Logitech International reported a more than 75per cent increase in non-GAAP operating income in […]
Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday, trapped in the narrow trading band of the past three weeks as investors gauged hopes for a recovery in oil demand against fears of new lockdowns due to a growing number of coronavirus cases. TOKYO: Oil prices were little changed on Tuesday, trapped […]
ASUNCION: Former South American football boss Juan Angel Napout, who is serving a nine-year corruption sentence in a US prison, has contracted coronavirus, his lawyer said on Monday (Jul 20). “He could barely speak when his wife called him. His throat was very sore” and he was struggling to breath, […]
MAGDEBURG, Germany: A German man goes on trial on Tuesday (Jul 21) for a deadly shooting targeting Jews in the eastern city of Halle last year, one of the worst acts of anti-Semitic violence in Germany’s postwar history. Stephan Balliet, 28, is accused of shooting dead two people in October […]
LOS ANGELES: The reigning World Series champion Washington Nationals announced on Monday (Jul 20) that top infectious disease specialist Anthony Fauci will throw out the first pitch on Major League Baseball’s opening day. Fauci accepted the invitation by the club to be part of the festivities surrounding Washington’s first game […]
WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Monday (Jul 20) said he would send law enforcement to more US cities, as a federal crackdown on anti-racism protests in Oregon with unmarked cars and unidentified forces angered people across the country. Trump, a Republican, cited New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore and Oakland, […]
WASHINGTON: A US couple who became Internet infamous for drawing an assault rifle and a handgun on protesters outside their Missouri mansion were charged on Monday (Jul 20) with a felony. In a viral video, Mark McCloskey and his wife Patricia McCloskey, both lawyers, stand barefoot in their garden in […]