NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Final results from Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine trial showed its shot had a 95 per cent success rate and two months of safety data, paving the way for the drugmaker to apply for an emergency US authorization within days, it said on Wednesday.
The vaccine’s efficacy rate, the highest of any candidate in late-stage clinical trials so far,...
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
The Children’s Climate Prize is an international prize annually awarded to children age 12-17 who have made extraordinary efforts for the climate and environment. The prize is awarded by the Children’s Climate Foundation, Stockholm, Sweden.
This year three teenagers from India are among the seven finalists selected for the International Children’s Climate Prize which received more than 70...
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
In what can be considered a major event today and a big success at the same time, US President-elect Joe Biden spoke to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the phone and he had a number of things to say and discuss. The exchange between Biden and Modi went off in a brilliant manner and indications are...
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
It's hard to blame anyone who's feeling a little pandemic fatigue — by now, aren't we all?
But experts warn that people should be careful not to fall into risky behavior just because they're sick of being cooped up at home.
COVID-19 cases are on the rise in all 50 states, according to NBC News data. Dr....
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. are seen onstage ahead of President Donald Trump's acceptance speech for the Republican Party nomination for reelectionon the South Lawn of the White House, Aug. 27, 2020. - Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images
False and misleading election-related claims, already running rampant on social media in the wake of this year's race,...
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
A Wisconsin National Guard member helps test Milwaukee residents for the virus at a drive-up test center on Tuesday. - Scott Olson/Getty Images
More than 3 million people in the United States have active coronavirus infections and are potentially contagious, according to a new estimate from infectious-disease experts tracking the pandemic. That number is significantly larger than...
NOVEMBER 18, 2020
FILE - In this Sept.14, 2020, file photo released by India Government Press Information Bureau, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the media as he arrives at the Parliament in New Delhi, India. Modi held his first phone conversation with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, and they agreed to work closely to further advance the Indo-U.S. comprehensive global...
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) puts on a mask Tuesday as he arrives at a committee hearing on the 2020 election. - Bill Clark/Pool/Reuters
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) started off the day by saying he had talked with the secretaries of state in Arizona and Nevada, in addition to the conversation he had acknowledged earlier with Georgia’s...
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
CISA Director Christopher Krebs testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
President Trump on Tuesday fired a top Department of Homeland Security official who led the agency’s efforts to help secure the election and was vocal about tamping down unfounded claims of ballot fraud.
In a tweet, Trump fired Christopher Krebs, who headed the Cybersecurity and...
NOVEMBER 17, 2020
President Donald Trump's order of a further withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan and Iraq is the latest foreign policy move on a growing list in his final weeks in office that are meant to limit President-elect Joe Biden's options before he takes office in January.
The White House has directed newly installed acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller...
