Bavarian Nordic monkeypox vaccine wins EU approval
OSLO — Danish biotechnology company Bavarian Nordic said on Monday the European Commission had given permission for its Imvanex vaccine to be marketed as protection against monkeypox, as recommended last week by the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
Musk denies ‘romantic’ affair with Google co-founder Brin’s wife
TESLA, INC. boss Elon Musk said late on Sunday on Twitter that he and Google co-founder Sergey Brin remain friends and denied a report that he had been involved in an affair with Brin’s wife Nicole Shanahan.
Record number of COVID-hit Australians in hospital as Omicron surges
SYDNEY — The number of Australians admitted to hospitals with COVID-19 hit a record of about 5,450 on Monday, official data showed, as the spread of highly contagious new Omicron sub-variants strains the healthcare system nationwide.
China Belt & Road spending dips in H1, with no investment in Russia —...
SHANGHAI — China’s finance and investment spending in Belt and Road countries fell slightly in the first half compared to a year earlier, with no new coal projects and investments in Russia, Egypt, and Sri Lanka falling to zero, new research showed.
China’s population expected to start to shrink before 2025
HONG KONG — China’s population has slowed significantly and is expected to start to shrink ahead of 2025, the state backed Global Times reported, citing a senior health official.
‘God, give us rain’ — Romanian monastery prays for end to drought
DRAGANESTI-VLASCA, Romania — Iulia Coleasa, an 81-year-old who relies on her small plot for food, traveled 15 kilometers in searing heat to a monastery in southern Romania on Sunday to join a service praying for rain.
US economy slowing, but recession not inevitable, Yellen says
WASHINGTON — US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Sunday that US economic growth is slowing and she acknowledged the risk of a recession,...
Ukraine works to resume grain exports, flags Russian strikes as risk
KYIV — Ukraine pressed ahead on Sunday with efforts to restart grain exports from its Black Sea ports under a deal aimed at easing...
Monkeypox outbreak is now a global health emergency — WHO
THE RAPIDLY spreading monkeypox outbreak represents a global health emergency, the World Health Organization’s highest level of alert, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Saturday.
China heightens warning to US over possible Pelosi visit to Taiwan
CHINA has issued stark private warnings to the Biden administration about a possible trip to Taiwan in August by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.
Russian missiles hit Ukraine’s southern port
KYIV — Russian missiles hit Ukraine’s southern port of Odesa on Saturday, the Ukrainian military said, threatening a deal signed just a day earlier to unblock grain exports from Black Sea ports and ease global food shortages caused by the war.
Russian oligarchs’ citizenship bids face scrutiny in Portugal
LISBON — Portugal is analyzing the citizenship applications of two Russian oligarchs — one of whom is under US sanctions, the government said late on Friday, as a law granting passports to descendants of Sephardic Jews faces growing scrutiny.