U.S. government scientists have begun efforts to create a strain of the new coronavirus that could be used in human challenge tests of vaccines, a controversial type of study in which healthy volunteers would vaccinate and then deliberately infect with the virus, according to the Reuters news agency. The work …
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The Trump administration has seized the cargo of four tankers it was aiming to transport Iranian fuel to Venezuela, officials said on Thursday as it launched its campaign of maximum pressure against the two heavily sanctioned allies. Last month, federal prosecutors in Washington filed a civil defiance complaint alleging that …
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The FBI will cooperate with Lebanese and other international investigators in the probe of the enormous explosion at the port of Beirut that killed more than 170 people, causing thousands of wounded and widespread destruction, a U.S. diplomat said on Thursday. Lebanese authorities have invited the FBI to take part, …
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The United Arab Emirates has become the first Gulf Arab country to reach a deal on normalizing relations with Israel, exposing years of discrete contacts between the two countries in trade and technology. The so-called “Abraham Agreement “, announced by US President Donald Trump on Thursday, secures an Israeli commitment …
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Ilhan Omar, the first Somali-American member of the US Congress, survived a stiff Democratic primary challenge from a well-funded opponent, who sought to make an issue of her national fame, the latest in a string of victories by a new generation of progressive legislators. Omar, who was seeking her second …
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