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[ad_1] DUBAI (Reuters) – The United Arab Emirates will expand its “golden” visa system, which grants a 10-year residency in the Gulf state, to certain professionals, specialized graduates and others, the UAE vice president said on Sunday. Foreigners in the UAE generally have renewable visas valid for only a few …

[ad_1] AFTER several months of pandemic and disaster after disaster, we are increasingly desperate to see some silver lining. That’s why the news that the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech appeared to be more than 90% effective was very well received around the world, according …

[ad_1] BioNTech’s vaccine works with a new technology known as messenger RNA, which consists of injecting strands of genes into the body that dictate to the cells the defense mechanism that must be made against a disease. FRANKFURT: Progress on a Covid-19 vaccine has propelled the modest husband and wife …

[ad_1] In the Biden White House, the first lady wants to keep her job as a teacher and the second gentleman plans to resign from his law firm to support the vice president’s career. When it comes to political marriages, we have reached a new moment. Doug Emhoff, the 56-year-old …

[ad_1] LONDON / NEW YORK (Nov 11): Short sellers betting against travel, entertainment and bank stocks in Europe and the US lost billions of dollars on Monday, following news of a COVID vaccine -19 will trigger a rally in the shares of companies that have suffered for months from restrictions …

[ad_1] LONDON / NEW YORK: Short sellers betting against travel, leisure and bank stocks in Europe and the US lost billions of dollars on Monday after news of a COVID-19 vaccine triggered a rebound in stocks of companies that have suffered months of virus-driven restrictions and shutdowns. Investors positioned to …

[ad_1] * The candidate vaccine was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants with no evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis * Analysis evaluated 94 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in trial participants * The study recruited 43,538 participants, of whom …

[ad_1] © Bloomberg. BEIJING, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 24: A worker checks syringes of the potential CoronaVac vaccine on the Sinovac Biotech production line, where the company is producing its potential COVID-19 CoronaVac vaccine during a press tour on September 24, 2020 in Beijing, China. Sinovacs’ inactivated candidate vaccine, called CoronaVac, …

[ad_1] Former surgeon general Vivek Murthy has been named co-chair of Biden’s Covid-19 advisory council. (AP Image) WASHINGTON: US President-elect Joe Biden on Monday named the scientists who will lead his administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, outlining his plans to prioritize Covid-19 from the start. The advisory board will …

[ad_1] NEW YORK / CHICAGO (Nov 9): Pfizer Inc said today that its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19 according to initial data from a large study, a major victory in the fight against a pandemic that has killed more than one. millions of people, it …