Moderna said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine is proving to be highly effective in a major trial, a second dash of hope in the global race for a shot to tame a resurgent virus that is now killing more than 8,000 people a day worldwide. The company said its vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective, according...
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Northern India chokes on toxic smog day after Diwali festival
Hundreds of millions of Indians in north India woke up on Sunday to toxic air following Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, after many revelers defied bans on using firecrackers to celebrate. The capital New Delhi was blanketed with a thick haze, with the average pollution level over 9 times what is considered safe by...
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SpaceX is sending its first full team of astronauts to spaceSpaceX is sending its first full team of astronauts to space
Four astronauts climbed aboard a SpaceX rocket Sunday for a night ride to the International Space Station, although the prospects of good weather were just 50-50 and the company’s leader was sidelined by COVID-19. Vice President Mike Pence was expected at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center for the long-awaited start of regular crew rotations aboard privately...
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Collins Dictionary’s word of the year for 2020 is pandemic-related
In case there was any doubt about what we’d remember 2020 for, Collins English Dictionary has helpfully reminded us — opting to name “lockdown” its word of the year. The term, a once-obscure noun that has wormed its way into many of our conversations recently, was recognized by the linguistic authority after its meaning evolved...
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Aussie scientists discover two new marsupial species
If you take a walk through the forests of Australia’s east coast, you might come across the greater glider — a possum-sized marsupial with big ears and a long furry tail, that glides from tree to tree. Until last week, the glider was classified as a single species, but a new study found that it...
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Trump says Defense Secretary Mark Esper has been ‘terminated’
President Donald Trump announced Monday on Twitter that he has “terminated” Defense Secretary Mark Esper, replaced by Christopher C. Miller, director of the National Counterterrorism Center. The announcement came about five months after he and his Pentagon chief had a public break over how to handle civil unrest in America’s cities. “Mark Esper has been terminated,”...
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Global coronavirus cases surpass 50 million
More than 50 million people around the world have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the first cases of COVID-19 were identified in China last December, according to data from Johns Hopkins University in Maryland. The grim milestone was reached on Sunday as that number rose to 50,052,204 — while 1,253,110 people are reported...
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Chinese state media says Biden win will opens door for improved predictability in China-U.S. relations
Chinese state media struck an optimistic tone in Monday in editorials reacting to Democrat Joe Biden’s win of the U.S. presidential elections, saying relations could be restored to a state of greater predictability and could start with trade. While acknowledging the United States was unlikely ease pressure on China on issues such as Xinjiang and...
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Media Projections Show Former VP Joseph R. Biden Jr. Elected as 46th U.S. President
Several major American television networks like CNN, NBC and ABC News have called the recent U.S. Presidential race in favor of Democrat Joseph R. Biden Jr. as the 46th President of the world’s largest economy. Projections from the major US TV news networks on Saturday have shown to be in favor of the former U.S....
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Business groups urge Trump, others to be patient until U.S. election votes are counted
Business groups across the United States on Wednesday urged Republican President Donald Trump, his Democratic challenger Joe Biden, the media and all Americans to allow time to count all valid ballots cast in the close 2020 election. Trump declared victory early Wednesday, made unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud, and called for the counting of ballots...