Britain's COVID-19 response inquiry enters a second phase with political decisions in the spotlight
Britain's inquiry into the response to the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on the nation has entered the second phase with political decision-making taking center stage
2023-10-04 01:28
South Africa culls about 7.5M chickens in effort to contain bird flu outbreaks
The South African government and the national poultry association say about 7.5 million chickens have been culled in an effort to contain outbreaks of two separate strains of bird flu that have threatened to create a shortage of eggs and meat for consumers
2023-10-04 00:28
Tunisia rejects European funds and says they fall short of a deal for migration and financial aid
Tunisia has announced it would reject an installment of funds sent by Europe to help the debt-ridden country patrol the Mediterranean Sea as migrant boat crossings spike to levels not seen in several years
2023-10-03 21:52
Biden says that all 10 drugs targeted for the first Medicare price negotiations will participate
President Joe Biden has announced that the manufacturers of all of the first 10 prescription drugs selected for Medicare’s first price negotiations have agreed to participate
2023-10-03 21:50
Stock market today: Unrelenting rise in Treasury yields drags Wall Street lower
Wall Street quietly turned lower as pressure from rising bond yields continued to undercut stocks
2023-10-03 20:57
Maldives president-elect says he's committed to removing the Indian military from the archipelago
The president-elect of the Maldives says he's sticking to his campaign promise to remove Indian military personnel stationed in the archipelago state, promising he will initiate the process
2023-10-03 15:27
China Evergrande soars after property developer's stocks resume trading
Shares of debt-laden property developer China Evergrande Group have soared after they resumed trading in Hong Kong following a suspension last week
2023-10-03 12:48
Columbia Journalism Review editor leaving to encourage news outlets to devote more time to climate
The leader of the Columbia Journalism Review says he's leaving that job to work at an organization that encourages news outlets to devote more attention to covering climate change
2023-10-03 12:46
Police raid on Kansas newspaper appears to have led to a file on the chief, bodycam video shows
Body camera video from a central Kansas police department’s raid of a weekly newspaper shows that an officer rifled through a desk drawer of a reporter who was investigating its chief
2023-10-03 08:50
Fed's Powell gets an earful about inflation and interest rates from small businesses
Federal Reserve officials typically gather many of their insights and observations about the economy from some of the top Ph.D. economists in Washington
2023-10-03 04:20
Years of research laid the groundwork for speedy COVID-19 shots
The Nobel Prize in Medicine has been awarded to two scientists whose work led to mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
2023-10-03 00:54
All Oneboard electric skateboards are under recall after 4 deaths and serious injury reports
All models of Onewheel self-balancing electric skateboards are under recall after at least four deaths and multiple injuries were reported in recent years, federal regulators say
2023-10-03 00:22