BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Friday that his group would wait for results of an investigation into the Beirut port explosion, but if it turns out to be a sabotage operation by Israel, it would “pay an equal price”. The leader of the powerful Iran-backed …
Read More »China’s potential COVID-19 vaccine Sinopharm triggers antibodies in clinical trials: Journal
BEIJING (Reuters) – A candidate for coronavirus vaccine developed by a unit of the China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) has been shown to be safe and trigger anti-inflammatory immune responses in early and mid-stage studies, researchers said . FILE PHOTO: The company logo of Sinopharm Group Co Ltd is displayed …
Read More »Facebook criticizes Apple for its commission system
FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook logo is seen placed on a keyboard in this illustration March 25, 2020. REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Friday that Apple Inc (AAPL.O) has rejected his request to waive the 30% commission fee it takes on apps …
Read More »Wildfires have shot more than 100,000 acres in 3 states, and the weather could make things worse
Authorities have issued evacuation orders for areas hit by the Lake Fire and Ranch2 Fire in Los Angeles County, California; the Mosier Creek Fire in Wasco County, Oregon; and the Pine Gulch, Grizzly Creek and Cameron Peak fires in Colorado. The Lake Fire in northern Los Angeles County, just north …
Read More »Protests swell in Belarus, Lukashenko blames foreigners
MINSK (Reuters) – Belarussian leader Alexander Lukashenko on Friday told people to stay home so as not to be “cannon fodder” for what he said were revolutionaries with foreign support after large crowds took to the streets on the seventh consecutive day to demand that he departed. Lukashenko, whose Sunday …
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