DAKAR, Senegal — The global vaccine alliance Gavi will buy 500,000 doses of mpox vaccine to battle outbreaks of the disease in African countries, the organization said on Wednesday. The vaccine doses — manufactured by the Danish company Bavarian Nordic — will be available this year, Gavi said, without giving any specific dates. Gavi said … Read more
Caitlin Clark scored 11 points Sunday during her WNBA postseason debut. That’s well below the Indiana Fever star’s season average of 19.2 points a game. She made only 24% of her shots and 15% from three-point range, also well below her season averages of 42% and 34%. At one point during the third quarter of … Read more
Human rights in Russia have “severely deteriorated” since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, culminating in a “systematic crackdown” on civil society, a UN report has found. The investigation details police brutality, widespread repression of independent media and persistent attempts to silence Kremlin critics using punitive new laws. Mariana Katzarova, the UN’s special rapporteur on human … Read more
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Stacy Rasgon, Bernstein senior analyst; Daniel Newman, CEO of the Futurum Group; and Michael Kantrowitz, Piper Sandler chief investment strategist, join CNBC’s ‘Power Lunch’ to discuss expectations for Intel. Source link
When I told a friend who lives in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware that I was blogging about the roses I saw blooming there last week she said, “Oh, all the Knockouts”? Because there SURE are a lot of them! Sometimes to a nice effect, like this pond-side garden, or to a really boring effect, like the … Read more
I miss our backyard garden – the battle with the red clay, the monster zucchinis and tomatoes, plentiful peppers, and even the dispirited cantaloupe. The last remnants of it were wiped away when the yard was re-graded a few years back. So there’s this large backyard with nothing to do. It’s a shame, having the … Read more
Getty Images Amazon workers in Coventry narrowly rejected union recognition in July Amazon should be at risk of losing taxpayer-funded contracts if it fails to “treat workers with respect”, a union boss has said. GMB general secretary Gary Smith accused the online giant of using “despicable” tactics to stop workers at its Coventry base from … Read more
Amid an outbreak of recent wildfires in California, Google announced a commitment to spend $13 million to improve satellite imaging to help track and detect wildfires, starting as early as next year. FireSat, a constellation of more than 50 satellites, will be able to detect wildfires as small as the size of a classroom, about … Read more
In a nondescript garage in Connecticut, a New Haven man manufactured hundreds of thousands of counterfeit pills containing methamphetamine, a powerful opioid and other illicit drugs that he shipped around the U.S. and gave to local dealers to sell on the streets, new federal grand jury indictments allege. Federal law enforcement officials announced the criminal … Read more
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas quarterback Quinn Ewers practiced Monday but remains questionable to play with an abdomen strain when the No. 1 Longhorns face Mississippi State in their Southeastern Conference opener, coach Steve Sarkisian said. Ewers sat out last weekend’s 51-3 win over Louisiana-Monroe, and Arch Manning threw two touchdowns and two interceptions in earning … Read more