Coronavirus Live Updates: EU Agrees To Buy 300 Million Pfizer-BioNTech Doses; Russia Touts Its Own Vaccine Data
The Covid vaccine-powered stock market rally looks to be entering its third day, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average set…
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This $1 Made-In-Africa Covid-19 Test Kit Could Revolutionize Testing On The Continent
(CNN)For the first time since the Covid-19 outbreak began, Africa may be poised to reshape rapid testing for the virus…
Yen Claws Back Some Ground Lost On COVID-19 Vaccine News
The yen recouped some losses against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, after the safe currency took a drubbing on news…
Fauci: U.S. Could Begin Distributing COVID Vaccine By End Of Year
Anthony Fauci, director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, on Monday greeted news about the vaccine…
Pfizer, BioNTech Say Their COVID-19 Vaccine Is More Than 90% Effective
Pfizer Inc PFE.N on Monday said its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on initial…
Biden’s New Plan For H-1B Visas, Green Cards Likely To Benefit Thousands
With Kamala Harris as his deputy, Biden is expected to reverse the move of the outgoing Trump administration to revoke…
Propriety Of Visa-For-Good-Behaviour In Elections
During the last election in Edo and Ondo States, the ambassadors of the European Union, the United States and the…
Turkish Finance Minister Resigns In Second Surprise Departure After Lira Slide
Turkish Finance Minister Berat Albayrak said on Sunday he was resigning for health reasons, the second surprise departure of a…
Reps May Not Grant Buhari’s Request To Borrow $1.2bn From Brazil
There are strong indications that the House of Representatives may not support the new move by the government of President…
US Election 2020 Results: How Nigeria Will Benefit If Biden Defeats Trump
The candidate of the Democratic Party, Joe Biden, is almost certain to become the 46th US President. At the time…
COVID-19: China Bars Nigerians, Others From Entry
The Chinese authorities have temporarily suspended entry into China by Nigerians and other nationals in Nigeria holding valid Chinese visas…
U.S. Senate Gets First Nigerian-American Congressman
Mr. Oye Owolewa cruised into victory on Tuesday night to become the first Nigerian-American to be elected to the U.S.…
Nigeria Government To Ban Passports For Travelers Refusing For Compulsory PCR Test
The Government of Nigeria has decided to ban passports for travelers who refuse to make themselves available for a compulsory…
Meet Donald Trump’s Nigerian Cheerleaders
lad in white and blue — the same shades as the Israeli flag — his supporters thronged the streets of…
The Case For A Nigerian-Born Woman To Lead The World Trade Organization
THE TARIFF WARS OF U.S. President Donald Trump’ administration have garnered enormous press coverage over the past four years, and…
Biden Leads Trump In National Polls, But Key States Tighten On Election Eve
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s consistent polling lead over President Donald Trump is showing signs of narrowing in key swing…
An $11 Trillion Global Hydrogen Energy Boom Is Coming. Here’s What Could Trigger It
Some 130 miles south of Salt Lake City, engineers are working on what will become a giant cavity in the…
Supreme Court, With Justice Barrett, To Hear Major LGBT Rights Case Day After Election
The Supreme Court is set to hear a case concerning the rights of gay and lesbian Americans on Wednesday morning…
America’s Malls Under Pressure: CBL, Pennsylvania REIT, File For Bankruptcy
Mall owners CBL & Associates and Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust have filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, highlighting the…
U.S. Special Forces Rescue American Kidnapped In Niger Republic
U.S. special forces rescued an American citizen who had been kidnapped by armed men in Niger. Forces including Navy SEALs…
Orthodox Priest Shot And Wounded At Church In France
A Greek Orthodox priest was shot and badly wounded on Saturday at a church in the French city of Lyon…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson Imposes Stay-At-Home Order In England As Coronavirus Cases Surge
England will adopt a second national lockdown as coronavirus cases run rampant in the United Kingdom, closing all nonessential businesses…
Leaving New York: High Earners In Finance And Tech Explain Why They Left The ‘World’s Greatest City’
Like many before him, Brenan Hefner arrived in New York 20 years ago in search of a career on Wall…
New York Gov. Cuomo Ends Coronavirus Quarantine List, Requires Travelers To Get Tested Instead
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ending a requirement for travelers from places with a high amount of coronavirus cases…
U.S. Reports Record 99,321 New Coronavirus Cases As Scientists Warn Latest Surge Just Beginning
The U.S. reported 99,321 new Covid-19 cases on Friday, beating its previous record set only a day prior as the…
Trump Is Set To Cash In As His Washington, D.C., Hotel Is Sold Out For Election Night
President Donald Trump’s hotel in Washington, D.C., is set to rake in big bucks on Election Day. Trump’s campaign is…
Donald Trump Jr. Dismisses Covid Deaths As ‘Almost Nothing’ Even As U.S. Averages 800 Deaths Per Day
Donald Trump Jr. played down the coronavirus outbreak, saying that the number of new Covid deaths in the U.S. is…
Election 2020 Live Updates: Trump Barnstorms Pennsylvania, Biden And Obama Campaign In Michigan As Campaign Enters Final Weekend
With just three days left until Election Day, President Donald Trump and Vice President Joe Biden are making their last…
Coronavirus: Boris Johnson ‘Expected To Impose Second National Lockdown’ After Chilling Warnings Of Winter Death Toll
Expectations are mounting of a month-long second national lockdown to save Christmas, following the publication of chilling scientific papers predicting…
Private Jet Traffic To The Hamptons And Aspen Is Booming As The Rich Flee Big Cities
The rich are traveling less for business and using private jets more to reach resort towns. Private jet flights to Westhampton, New York, surged 172% in October, according to data from Tuvoli, an online payments platform for jets, compiled by Private Jet Card Comparisons. Meanwhile, private jet traffic at New Jersey’s Teterboro Airport — often the busiest private jet hub in the nation since it is used by the rich flying to New York City — plunged 52% in October.