Fifteen #Asia-Pacific economies formed the world’s largest free trade bloc on Sunday, a #China-backed deal that excludes the United States, which had left a rival Asia-Pacific grouping under Donald Trump. FRANCE...
In new breakthrough, Moderna’s Covid vaccine nearly 95% effective
US biotech firm #Moderna on Monday announced its experimental #vaccine against #Covid-19 was almost 95 percent effective, marking a second major breakthrough in the quest to end the #pandemic. Moderna released early...
One giant leap for space privatization
Monday’s successful Crew Dragon capsule launch heralds the culmination of nearly two decades of efforts to privatize US space missions, as SpaceX and Boeing compete to take over low Earth orbit transit duties from...
Ethiopia says town seized in Tigray, conflict embroils Eritrea
#Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s government said on Monday it had captured another town in the northern #Tigray region after nearly two weeks of fighting in a conflict already spilling into #Eritrea and...
Ethiopia fighting: Refugees fleeing across the border into Sudan
The number of people who have fled into Sudan from the conflict in northern #Ethiopia has risen to at least 20,000, the UN #refugee agency and local officials said on Sunday. The head of Sudan’s refugee commission...
Coronavirus pandemic: Business owners strip off to protest lockdown measures
While #France has been under a second nation-wide #lockdown since the end of october, bars, restaurants and all shops except those selling essential items, have been closed. People working in these #businesses say they...