NEW YORK: Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca on Tuesday (Sep 8) said it has paused global trials, including large late-stage trials, of its experimental coronavirus vaccine because of an unexplained illness in a study participant. The vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, has been widely seen as one of the leading […]
Year: 2020
WELLINGTON: Jacinda Ardern’s ruling Labour Party said it would raise taxes for top income earners if it is returned to power in the polls next month, as the government looks to pay off debt accumulated due to its COVID-19 pandemic response. Ardern’s Labour Party, comfortably ahead in the election contest […]
SYDNEY: Australia is not worried about AstraZeneca Plc’s decision to put on hold its Covid-19 vaccine trial, its deputy chief medical officer said today, as daily cases nudged higher in the country’s coronavirus hot spot. AstraZeneca yesterday said it has paused a late-stage trial of one of the leading Covid-19 […]
NEW YORK: Tesla shed about US$80 billion of its market value on Tuesday (Sep 8), an amount that overshadows the combined value of General Motors and Ford Motor, after its surprise exclusion from the S&P 500 index. Tesla’s shares recorded their worst single-day percentage drop ever and added to the […]
NEW YORK: Beyond Meat is looking to take a bite out of the massive Chinese market, announcing plans on Tuesday (Sep 8) to produce its plant-based beef, pork and chicken in the Asian nation. The US substitute meat startup said it plans to open two facilities near Shanghai, after reaching […]
NEW YORK: Apple Inc on Tuesday (Sep 8) scheduled a special event for Sep 15, with fans and investors expecting a refresh in the lineup of some of the company’s core products. While Apple uses its September events to showcase its most important products, new versions of iPhone handsets might […]
MIAMI: Paul George scored 32 points and the Los Angeles Clippers turned up the heat defensively Monday in a 113-107 victory over the Denver Nuggets for a 2-1 lead in the NBA Western Conference semi-finals. Kawhi Leonard added 23 points, 14 rebounds and six assists for the Clippers, coming up […]
TAIPEI: Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen called today for an alliance of democracies to defend against “aggressive actions” and protect freedom, alluding to Chinese actions in the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait as major threats to regional stability. China, which claims democratic Taiwan as its own, has ramped up its […]
MUMBAI: India recorded its highest daily deaths from the coronavirus in more than a month today, even as new infections slowed, data from the health ministry showed. The health ministry said 1,133 people had died of Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, the highest since July, taking total mortalities to […]
SYDNEY: The Australian state at the centre of the country’s second wave coronavirus outbreak is deepening its contact tracing programme to try to maintain a steady decline in daily new cases, amid criticism of its handling of the crisis. Victoria state, home to a quarter of Australia’s 25 million population, […]