Safra passed away on Thursday of natural causes, according to a statement by Banco Safra, the financial institution that he built with his brother Moise, who died in 2014. Safra also owned the Safra National Bank of New York and the J. Safra Sarasin bank in Switzerland, both of which …
Read More »Canada 2nd in world to greenlight Pfizer’s Covid vaccine, roll-out could start next week
Health Canada, the country’s drug regulator, announced the approval for Canadians aged 16 and over in a statement on Wednesday. “The availability of a safe and effective vaccine will reduce the spread and severity of Covid-19 disease and reduce its social and economic consequences,” the statement said in its justification …
Read More »In world first, Australia moves to force Google & Facebook to pay local news outlets for content
A proposed law that will go before Australian parliament this week requires Google and Facebook to reach a deal with local publishers concerning how much they fork over for news content featured on their online services. A government appointed arbitrator will decide the compensation package if the parties fail to …
Read More »Remember Star Trek’s ‘tricorder’? Scientists develop world’s 1st mobile DNA sequence analyzer app
The mobile lab, which science fiction fans might argue sounds suspiciously like Star Trek’s “tricorder” device, works in tandem with sequencers like Illumina, Ion Torrent, PacBio, or Oxford Nanopore to sample DNA which is then analyzed on the iPhone app called iGenomics. Researchers claim the system precludes the need for …
Read More »‘World’s best tank’: Russian troops can look forward to 1st deliveries of ‘revolutionary’ T-14 Armata next year, developer says
“Serial deliveries of the T-14 Armata tank will begin in 2021,” Chemezov announced. “This is, undoubtedly, the world’s best tank today. In the future, this vehicle will become the main battle tank in the Russian Army.” The T-14 has already been praised by foreign countries, with a UK military intelligence …
Read More »Half the world could get Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, say creators, as Moscow starts distributing doses en masse
At a presentation to the United Nations on Thursday, scientists from the Gamaleya Institute, which developed the formula, said that preliminary orders have been placed for more than 1.2 billion doses. Trials involving 45,000 people across the globe have concluded that 95 percent of those given both doses of Sputnik …
Read More »‘Greatest country in the history of the world’? Mississippi legislators balk at governor’s proposed ‘Patriotic Education Fund’
Reeves’ call for spending $3 million on a “Patriotic Education Fund” has met with a chilly reception even from many in his own party, who pointed out in the days since the governor unveiled his proposal earlier this week that it has long been the job of individual school districts …
Read More »US left out as Asia Pacific nations strike world’s biggest trade deal
The long-discussed agreement, officially known as the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), was signed on the sidelines of the annual ASEAN summit on Sunday. The meeting was virtual this year due the coronavirus outbreak. “The signing of the RCEP Agreement is a historic event as it underpins ASEAN’s role in …
Read More »‘Safer world?’ Stoltenberg calls on international community to get rid of nukes, says NATO members should keep theirs for now
The international community needs to bolster its efforts aimed at getting rid of nuclear weapons in the world, the secretary general said on Tuesday, at NATO’s annual Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) conference in Romania. “Our ultimate goal is a world free of nuclear weapons”, he declared, while calling the …
Read More »Biden administration will find it hard to integrate itself in a world changed by Trump
If the press reports are true, it appears that much of the world joined the roughly 50 percent of Americans who celebrated the news that Joe Biden had passed the Electoral College threshold of the 270 votes needed to become president-elect. While America struggles to find a path where Biden …
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