Australia says international borders might not fully reopen until mid-to-late 2022
SYDNEY — Australia’s international borders might not fully reopen until the middle or second half of 2022, Trade Minister Dan Tehan said on Friday,...
US backs giving poorer countries access to COVID-19 vaccine patent
WASHINGTON — President Joseph R. Biden on Wednesday threw his support behind waiving intellectual property rights for COVID-19 vaccines, bowing to mounting pressure from Democratic lawmakers and more than 100 other countries, but angering pharmaceutical companies.
Moderna booster increases antibodies against new coronavirus variants, early data shows
MODERNA, INC. said on Wednesday early human trial data shows that a third dose of either its current COVID-19 shot or an experimental new vaccine candidate increases immunity against variants of COVID-19 first found in Brazil and South Africa.
Kusama’s dots, flowers breathe life into pandemic New York
NEW YORK — Dots are everywhere — on buildings, trees, water and more — as Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama brings her signature motif to the New York Botanical Garden.
Where can you fly right now? Americans jet to Caribbean beaches
THE US is spearheading a nascent revival in overseas air travel as people jump at the chance to fly to destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean without quarantines or other Covid-related restrictions.
China suspends economic dialogue with Australia as relations curdle
BEIJING - China "indefinitely" suspended on Thursday all activity under a China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue, its state economic planner said, the latest setback for...
COVID curbs reinstated in Sydney as Australian officials trace mystery case
By Renju Jose
SYDNEY - Australian officials reinstated social distancing measures across greater Sydney on Thursday, as they scrambled to find missing tranmission links in a COVID-19...
Blue Origin opens up bidding for first ‘spectacular’ space tourism trip in July
By Eric M. Johnson
SEATTLE - Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, said on Wednesday it is targeting July 20 for its first suborbital sightseeing trip on...
Investor group in exclusive talks to acquire Forbes for $650 mln – source
By Echo Wang and Krystal Hu
An investor group led by U.S. merchant bank GSV's CEO Michael Moe has entered into exclusive negotiations to acquire business news and information publisher...
US proposes G7 coordination to counter China’s might
THE GROUP of Seven (G7) nations is considering a US proposal to counter what the White House sees as China’s economic coercion.
Prize winners may live, work in UK under relaxed visa requirements
LONDON — Prize winners in the sciences and arts will have their applications to be able to live and work in Britain fast-tracked from Wednesday, the interior ministry said, pressing its post-Brexit pledge to attract only the “best and brightest.”
Japan faces longer state of emergency, casting doubt on Olympics
TOKYO — Japan is considering extending a coronavirus-spurred state of emergency in the capital, Tokyo, and other major urban areas, sources said on Wednesday, a move that could cast doubt on the planned Summer Olympics.