PHOTO PHOTO: Members of the United Nations Security Council attend a meeting on the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York, US, December 18, 2018. REUTERS / Shannon Stapleton NEW YORK (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council on Thursday began voting on a US bid to extend an …
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TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese bulk carrier cut off a coral reef off the Indian Ocean nation of Mauritius on July 25, spilled some 1,000 tons of steel oil and declared a state of “environmental distress”. A general view shows the bulk carrier MV Wakashio, which ran on a reef, …
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The stock market may fall if a COVID-19 vaccine receives formal FDA approval. I know I’m advancing myself because it does not guarantee that an effective vaccine will ever be produced. But with eight faxes now in Phase III studies, and with Russia claiming bragging rights by being the first …
Read More »Governor of Georgia to drop lawsuit over Atlanta’s mask mandate
Brian Kemp, Georgia, says he is suing the city of Atlanta over a dispute over the city’s requirement to wear masks in public and other restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic 13 August 2020, 18:58 hours 2 min read Share on FacebookShare on TwitterEmail this article ATLANTA – Gov. Georgia’s …
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