Twitter Accounts Hyped Company Seeking Covid Vaccine Trials: Report
More than 100 Twitter accounts heavily promoted Ocugen stock. A network of Twitter accounts pushed messages to boost the share price of a biotech company as it sought approval to…
US To Reduce Nicotine In Cigarettes To Non-Addictive Levels: Report
Washington: President Joe Biden’s administration is set to announce a new policy requiring cigarette producers to reduce nicotine to non-addictive levels, US media reported Tuesday, a move that would deal…
Biden Congratulates Colombia’s Newly Elected Leftist President Gustavo Petro
Biden and Petro also discussed “bilateral security and counter-narcotics cooperation.” Washington: US President Joe Biden congratulated Colombia’s new leftist president, Gustavo Petro, on his election victory in a phone call…
Russia’s Blockade of Ukraine Is ‘War Crime,’ Top E.U. Official Says
LONDON — The Russian blockade that has stopped Ukraine from exporting its vast storehouses of grain and other goods, threatening starvation in distant corners of the globe, is a “war…
Young U.S. Children Will Start Getting Vaccines, Though Hurdles Remain
Parents who experienced more than two years of anxiety may feel some relief on Tuesday, as much of the United States begins administering coronavirus vaccines to children younger than 5,…
US Recession Not ‘Inevitable,’ Treasury Secretary Says
Washington: A recession in the United States is not “inevitable” but the economy is likely to slow, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday, days after the US Federal Reserve hiked…
Pak Foreign Minister On Financing Watchdog ‘Grey List’: “Will Follow…”
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Sunday that his country was committed to follow international standards related to the counter-terrorism financing and anti-money laundering. The Paris-based global…
Russia To Intensify Fighting, Zelensky Warns As EU Decision On Ukraine Looms
Kyiv: Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky warned Sunday that Russia was likely to intensify its “hostile activity” this week, as Kyiv awaits a historic decision from the European Union on its…
China’s Covid Mass Testing Mantra Is Building A Waste Mountain
Beijing: Hazmat-suited workers poke plastic swabs down millions of throats in China each day, leaving bins bursting with medical waste that has become the environmental and economic levy of a…
The flaws in China’s nuclear power drive
Under Mao Zedong, China’s focus was fully on nuclear weapons. Buoyed by the success in nuclear weapon production, in 1970 Zhou Enlai proposed a turn to nuclear electricity generation. That…