* Gold hits one week high at $ 2,009.89 / oz * Silver jumps to 3.5% * Interactive graphical tracking worldwide spread of coronavirus: open in an external browser (Prices updated) By Eileen Soreng Aug 18 (Reuters) – Gold rose more than 1% on Tuesday to climb back above the …

GENEVA / MANILA (Reuters) – Nations that may preserve COVID-19 vaccines while excluding others will deepen the pandemic, Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday, issuing a final closes call for countries to participate in a global vaccine pact. The WHO has an August …

Rep. Ross Spano lost the GOP nomination to Scott Franklin, the Lakeland City Commissioner, who attacked Spano over an investigation into allegations of potential campaign funding violations in the race for Central Florida’s 15th Congress District. Last November, Spano said it intended to “cooperate fully with the Department of Justice” …

There’s a newer strain of the coronavirus – it’s called D614G. It is currently making its way across Southeast Asia, and the concern among Malaysian health officials is that it may be even more infectious than COVID-19. KXAN Austin reported that “the tribe has been seen in several countries across …

Trichoderma reesei fungus RUT-C30 strain, which was created to produce high-yielding enzymes. Credit: LNBR-CNPEM Researchers from the Brazilian Center for Energy and Materials Research (CNPEM) have genetically engineered a fungus to produce a cocktail of enzymes that ferment the carbohydrates in biomass, such as sugar residues (tops and leaves) and …