(For a live blog on the US stock market, click or type LIVE / in a news window) * Hasbro falls after loss of earnings * Modern as the late-stage study begins for the COVID-19 vaccine * United States Republicans likely to reveal $ 1 trillion aid proposal * Walgreens …
Read More »This country recovered its lost forest. Can the world learn from that?
At 57, García has worked on his seven-hectare plot, El Jícaro, in the Sarapiquí region, northeast Costa Rica, for 36 years. In his hands he has gone from being a bare pasture for cattle to a densely wooded wildlife refuge, where the aroma of vanilla floats in the air and …
Read More »GLOBAL MARKETS: Gold roars to record levels, dollar dives again
* Gold hits record, silver joins 30% rise in July * Dollar in the 22-month low, the euro rises to $ 1.17 * Asia tech stock gains after Intel crash * Tensions between the United States and China keep investors on edge * Earnings, US stimulus talks in focus * …
Read More »Tom Cotton: US Republicans Call Slavery “The Necessary Evil On Which This Union Was Built”
The Independent employs journalists from around the world to bring you truly independent journalism. To support us, consider a contribution. A Republican senator who said the United States relied on slavery has called the practice a “necessary evil.” Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton told the Arkansas Democratic Gazette on Sunday that …
Read More »Vaccine trials in Brazil offer hope to the world
Abranches was the first of 5,000 Brazilian key health care workers to receive a test coronavirus vaccine from the University of Oxford and the pharmaceutical multinational AstraZeneca, along with volunteers in the UK and South Africa. Across the city, frontline doctors like her have signed up for a Phase 3 …
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