UK stocks fell on Tuesday as Royal Dutch Shell’s warning that it could take a $ 22 billion redemption dragged down the FTSE 100 UKX, -0.75% lower. The UK economy also suffered its worst decline since 1979, as gross domestic product fell 2.2% between January and March, according to the …
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Researchers in China discovered a new type of swine flu that is capable of triggering a pandemic, according to a study published Monday in the American scientific journal PNAS. Called G4, it genetically descends from H1N1 strain that caused a pandemic in 2009. It has “all the essential characteristics of …
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Mark Hubbard … When a course like the Detroit Golf Club turns around for eagles and birds, anything can happen, but statistically you are no more familiar with the low level than the 31-year-old who is making his 100th start as a member of the PGA TOUR this week. He’s …
Read More »Beijing approves CanSino Biologics Covid-19 experimental vaccine for use in the Chinese military
The vaccine, known as Ad5-nCoV, was jointly developed by the Beijing Biotechnology Institute, part of the Chinese government’s Academy of Military Medical Sciences, and the vaccine company CanSino Biologics. In a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Monday, CanSino announced that the Chinese Central Military Commission had granted …
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(Reuters) – The United States experienced a 46% increase in new COVID-19 cases in the week ending June 28 compared to the previous seven days, and 21 states reported above-positivity test rates that the World Health Organization has marked as envelope. FILE PHOTO: People prepare to tube the Salt River …
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