Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko Visits Military Fire Program at Grodno, Belarus 22 August 2020. Andrei Stasevich / BelTA / Handout via REUTERS MOSCOW (Reuters) – Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko said on Saturday he would close factories that had seen workers’ protests, the Russian news agency RIA reported, its latest attempt …
Read More »China approves human tests for coronavirus vaccine grown in insect cells
PHILO PHOTO: A woman holding a small bottle labeled “Vaccine COVID-19” and a medical syringe in this illustration April 10, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration BEIJING (Reuters) – China has approved human tests for a potential coronavirus vaccine that is cultured inside insect cells, local government in the …
Read More »Exclusive: Approximately one-fifth of Pfizer subscribers, BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine study are Black or Latino
CHICAGO / NEW YORK (Reuters) – Approximately one-fifth of the 11,000 people enrolled in a 30,000-volunteer U.S. trial of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine (PFE.N) and German partner BioNTech (22UAy.F) are Black as Latino, groups among the hardest hit by the coronavirus virus pandemic, said a top Pfizer executive. PHILO PHOTO: …
Read More »US House adopts Post reforms that are seen as a threat to emails
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives will vote on Saturday on providing the $ 25 billion cash-strapped Postal Service and blocking policies that worry about post-in balloting for the 3 elections. PHILO PHOTO: A woman reached out to cast her vote for Maryland’s primary election at a …
Read More »A Taco Bell employee saved a man’s life after he went through the drive-out
Sonja Nixon Frazier, the night shift manager at a Taco Bell restaurant in Clarksville, does not normally work during the day. But on August 12, in a lucky turn of events, she was accidentally hit when she and two colleagues noticed a car in the wrong direction. “We saw the …
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