LONDON (Reuters) – Russia’s plan to roll out its “Sputnik-V” COVID-19 vaccine, even before full studies show how well it works, requires concern among virus experts, who warn of a partially effective shot at the new encourage coronavirus to mutate. PHILO PHOTO: A handout photo provided by the Russian Direct …

TOPLINE With the global tourism sector hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, French hotel company Accor is considering a possible merger with British rival InterContinental Hotels – a move that would make it the largest hotel group in the world, daily Le Figaro reported. Shares of both Accor and InterContinental …

Maine farmers have blamed the recent changes to the U.S. Postal Service after they received thousands of dead baby chicks due to shipping delays. The state’s postal workers blamed the delay on a bill passed by sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, that “weakened the Postal Service” – and is facing a …

Click here if you have trouble viewing the slideshow on a mobile device. Lick Observatory, the historic telescope beneath the majestic white steel dome atop Mount Hamilton, escaped narrowly by consuming Wednesday as firefighters worked overnight to repel flames in the pedestrians above east San Jose. UC Observatories, which operates …

} Reuters Shares of CureVac, a German biotech company backed by Bill Gates, went as much as 18% into premarket trading on Thursday after the company said it was in talks with the European Commission to supply doses of its potential coronavirus vaccine. The potential contract with the European Commission …