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The US government made another giant gamble on Wednesday on a promising candidate for the coronavirus vaccine from biotech giant Pfizer (PFE) and its partner BioNtech (BNTX) raising a collective of $ 1.95 billion for their efforts. The new contract from the US Department of Health and Human Services and …

(Reuters) – US coronavirus cases were approaching 4 million on Thursday, with more than 2,600 new cases every hour on average, the highest rate in the world, according to a Reuters count. FILE PHOTO: Emergency medical technicians clean their supplies outside Memorial West Hospital, where patients with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) …

WASHINGTON – Republican silence on what’s happening in Portland is jarring: If you’ve followed American policy for the past 10 years, you might be surprised that Republicans are more outraged at Liz Cheney than by federal armed agents who simply fired tear gas to a city mayor. What happened to …

(Reuters) – The U.S. demand this week that China close its consulate in Houston is the latest in a series of disputes that have pushed the relationship between the world’s two largest economies to their lowest point in decades. FILE PHOTO: The flags of China, the United States, and the …

It didn’t take long for Jurgen Klopp to get his wish. The Liverpool manager was a moment withdrawn from lifting the Premier League title, the club’s first championship since 1990, on Wednesday night, when he reiterated a special request made the day before. “Then it’s true,” said Klopp. “We are …