U.S. FDA approves coronavirus vaccines engineered for Omicron variant

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized updated COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna that target the dominant BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron subvariants, as the government prepares for a broad fall vaccination campaign that could begin within days. The new vaccines also include the original version of the virus targeted by all… Read More U.S. FDA approves coronavirus vaccines engineered for Omicron variant

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NASA awards $1.4billion contract to SpaceX for five more astronaut missions

SpaceX will launch five more astronaut missions to the International Space Station for NASA at the end of the decade under a $1.4 billion contract order, the U.S. space agency said Wednesday, taking the company’s total contracted missions for its Crew Dragon astronaut capsule to 14. The latest boost to SpaceX’s NASA contract is part… Read More NASA awards $1.4billion contract to SpaceX for five more astronaut missions

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Several casualties reported as airstrikes hit Tigray region’s capital

Fighting in Ethiopia’s nearly two-year Tigray war has erupted along a new front near Sudan, the government said on Wednesday, after a ceasefire collapsed a week ago. Medics also reported fresh air strikes on Mekelle, capital of northern Tigray region, where local forces have battled Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s national army in a conflict killing… Read More Several casualties reported as airstrikes hit Tigray region’s capital

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At least ten dead as truck crashes outside school in Indonesia

At least 10 people have been killed, including some children, after a truck crashed on Wednesday near a bus stop outside a school in Indonesia’s West Java province, police said. The students were waiting at the bus stop after class in the city of Bekasi, when the truck veered toward them and crashed into two… Read More At least ten dead as truck crashes outside school in Indonesia

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Last Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91

Mikhail Gorbachev, who ended the Cold War without bloodshed but failed to prevent the collapse of the Soviet Union, died on Tuesday at the age of 91, hospital officials in Moscow said. Gorbachev, the last Soviet president, forged arms reduction deals with the United States and partnerships with Western powers to remove the Iron Curtain… Read More Last Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91

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