Novavax underdelivers on COVID vaccine promises
NOVAVAX, INC. has delivered just a small fraction of the 2 billion COVID-19 shots it plans to send around the world in 2022 and has delayed first-quarter shipments in Europe and lower income countries such as the Philippines, public officials involved in their government’s vaccine rollouts told Reuters.
US accuses couple of laundering $4.5 billion in bitcoin tied to 2016 hack
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK — The US Justice Department said on Tuesday it has unraveled its biggest-ever cryptocurrency theft, seizing a record-shattering $3.6 billion in bitcoin tied to the 2016 hack of digital currency exchange Bitfinex and arresting a husband-and-wife team on money laundering charges.
Discovery of Omicron in deer raises concern over possible new variants Use file pic...
NEW YORK — The discovery of the Omicron variant in white-tailed deer in New York has raised concerns that the species, numbering 30 million in the United States, could become hosts of a new coronavirus strain, a lead researcher said on Tuesday.
‘No to the IMF’: thousands protest in Argentina against debt deal
By Miguel Lo Bianco and Horacio Soria
BUENOS AIRES - Thousands of Argentines marched through the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday to protest against a likely deal with the International...
Meta, Chime file lawsuit against alleged phishing scam on Facebook, Instagram
By Elizabeth Culliford
Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it had filed a joint lawsuit with digital banking company Chime against two Nigeria-based individuals who engaged...
U.S. December trade data reveals massive shortfall in China’s ‘Phase 1’ purchases
By David Lawder
WASHINGTON - U.S. goods exports to China fell in December, cementing a massive shortfall in Beijing's two-year purchase commitments under the "Phase 1" trade...
Global COVID response program ‘running on fumes’ amid budget shortfall
By Jennifer Rigby
A global initiative to get COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines to poorer nations has only received 5% of the donations sought to deliver on...
Net-zero plans of global companies do not add up to net zero — report
WHAT do Unilever Plc, Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Amazon.com, Inc. have in common? Their net-zero promises do not add up to net zero, a new report says.
Vegetable shortage adds to Hong Kong’s COVID woes
HONG KONG — Supplies of vegetables were running low in Hong Kong on Tuesday, with shoppers scrambling to buy whatever they could find, as the government blamed a resurgence of COVID-19 for a drop in deliveries of fresh produce from the mainland.
S.Korea’s president prioritizes tackling inflation, rising household debt
SEOUL — South Korea’s economic policies should focus on stabilizing consumer inflation and managing household debt as higher interest rates have made repayments more onerous, President Moon Jae-said on Tuesday, with just a few months left in office.
11-member Japanese family shows allure of frugality, limits of stimulus
TOKYO — When Japan handed Tokyo bus driver Keiki Nambu and his wife, Takako, $870 for each of their nine children, they spent it exactly as the government had feared: paying down a mortgage instead of going shopping.
UK PM Johnson says sanctions will be ready if Russia attacks Ukraine
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said sanctions and other measures will be ready in the event of a Russian attack on Ukraine, and his...