Bogota Colombia A Massachusetts-based biotechnology company has been testing a possible vaccine against the new coronavirus that shows early signs of success. Moderna Therapeutics announced an estimated start date for the Phase 3 trials, their final trial phase. The trial involved 45 volunteers aged 18 to 55 years who received …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised US police departments and downplayed police violence against blacks, saying “more white people” are killed by police officers. During a CBS News interview, the Republican president was asked why blacks continued to die at the hands of law enforcement. “And also …
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DETROIT (Reuters) – Autopilot, ProPilot, CoPilot: Carmakers have many names for new systems that enable hands-free driving, but there are no safety or performance standards to follow as they implement the most significant changes in technology of the vehicle in one generation. A GM test driver sits in a 2021 …
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Read More »Ivanka Trump tweets support for Goya Foods amid boycott campaign
(Reuters) – United States presidential adviser Ivanka Trump visited Twitter on Tuesday to support Goya Foods after the largest Hispanic-owned food company in the United States became the target of a boycott campaign in the Social media sparked by the gushing praise of its CEO by President Donald Trump. FILE …
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