GSK to produce one billion doses of adjuvant vaccine booster in 2021
British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline Plc will expand production of vaccine efficacy boosters, or adjuvants, to produce 1 billion doses in 2021 for use in shots for...
Trump to sign social media order: White House
On Wednesday White House officials said U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order on social media companies Thursday, but gave no further details,...
UK employers should pay wages of those asked to isolate by COVID-19 trace system: minister
Employers should pay the wages of anyone told to stay at home by England’s COVID-19 test and trace system, British health minister Matt Hancock said...
Texas Supreme Court blocks ruling that expanded voting by mail
The Texas Supreme Court blocked on Wednesday a decision that allowed mail-in balloting for voters who feared for their health because of the novel coronavirus...
Britain’s easyJet to axe up to 30% of its workforce
British low cost airline easyJet said it planned to cut up to 30% of its staff and shrink its fleet, to fit the smaller market...
On this day: Born May 29, 1939: Al Unser Sr., American racing driver
When Al Unser took a show car off the floor of a hotel lobby and drove it to victory at the 1987 Indianapolis 500 he...
Asian stocks turn red as Hong Kong tensions sour mood
Asian shares erased gains and the yuan languished on Thursday on growing worries China’s planned security law for Hong Kong would spark a broader diplomatic...
Trump’s executive order targets political bias at Twitter and Facebook: draft
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to order a review of a law that has long protected Twitter , Facebook and Alphabet’s Google from being...
Gum, mints and snack bar sales slump, as U.S. consumers order online amid COVID-19 crisis
Impulse purchases – gum, mints and snack bars tossed into a shopping basket as one snakes through the supermarket checkout line – are falling as...
Australia’s Stawell Gift cancelled for first time since WW2
The Stawell Gift, Australia’s oldest and richest handicap footrace, has been cancelled for the first time since 1945 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, organisers said...