Around 3,000 British volunteers are being sought to take part in a new study for Moderna’s Omicron booster vaccine. The jab, which is one of the world’s first to tackle the variant, will be trialled at various sites across the UK thanks to a partnership between Moderna and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). … Read more
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Biden administration released a report on Tuesday detailing recommendations to boost competition in its defense industrial base because rapid consolidation has created a national security risk. The number of aerospace and defense prime contractors to the Defense Department – a group known as the defense industrial base – has shrunk from … Read more
AUSTIN, Texas — Four years ago in the U.S. Senate race, Beto O’Rourke was the darling of the Texas Democratic Party, energizing progressives across the country by positioning himself as a moderate pragmatist with a vision to turn Texas from a deep red state into a purple hue. After serving six years representing the El … Read more
Retired Pope Benedict XVI asked forgiveness Tuesday for any “grievous faults” in his handling of clergy sex abuse cases, but admitted to no personal or specific wrongdoing after an independent report criticized his actions in four cases while he was archbishop of Munich, Germany. “I have had great responsibilities in the Catholic Church. All the … Read more
North Korea has continued to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile programs including its capability to produce nuclear fissile materials in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, UN experts said in a new report. The panel of experts said in the executive summary of the report obtained Saturday night by The Associated Press that … Read more
Sajid Javid is to announce a call for evidence on a new 10-year Government plan to improve cancer care in England after 50,000 fewer diagnoses were made across the country during the pandemic. The health secretary will reiterate promises to wage a “national war on cancer” in a speech presenting the proposals at the Francis … Read more
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan will try to leverage his strategic position in NATO and his report with Russia’s Vladimir Putin when he visits Kyiv on Thursday in a bid to head off war in Ukraine. The veteran Turkish leader hopes mediation between Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky can avert a Russian offensive that … Read more
Sickening video shows a man violently slugging a tot in a Harlem restaurant — and the NYPD is asking the public’s help in identifying the abuser, cops said. The footages shows the unidentified attacker walk into the Red Star restaurant at 147th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in Manhattan carrying “a small child” at … Read more
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will push the nation’s top defense companies to speed their development of hypersonic weapons in a high-level meeting next week. The United States has “a lot of catching up to do very quickly,” US Space Force Gen. David Thompson told CNN, after weapons tests by China and Russia took US national … Read more
