Luck and tenacity paid off for some 15,000 migrants who may now pursue their asylum cases in the U.S. But nearly 42,000 cases filed from Mexico...
China's pandemic 'mask diplomacy' in Africa is the extension of a years-long effort to position itself as an essential partner in the region – an opportunity...
There is no clear evidence that the UK’s £37 billion NHS Test and Trace programme (NHST&T) has an The post MPs slam £37bn NHS Test and...
Why South Korea and Ghana have fared better than the UK, Brazil and India.
The babies born since March 11 2020 have faced a unique set of challenges.
Many things have accelerated in the world of fintech over the past year, not the least of which is the trend of digital banks aimed at...
Savannah Fund, a pan-African venture capital firm, today announced a $25 million fund as it looks to back more early-stage startups on the continent. Since launching...
Normally, thousands of geologists and engineers descend on Toronto in early March for a mining industry conference. To mark this event, hosted by the Prospectors and...
A group of MPs will start considering changes to Canada’s antitrust rules next month, prompted in part by a series of controversies in the grocery business....
A laboratory study suggests Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine Comirnaty could be effective against a Brazilian variant of The post Pfizer/BioNTech COVID jab works against Brazil...
A herculean national effort has seen 69% of paused studies due to COVID restarted under the National Institute The post Inside the UK’s leading efforts to...
Overview: Fear that yesterday's reversals represent little more than one-day wonders is contributing to the overall consolidative tone today. Most equity markets in the Asia Pacific region...
30-year study in Tanzania shows temperature-linked population declines in species important to forests Credit: Monte Neate-Clegg The mountain forests of Tanzania are more than 9,300 miles...
The Australian dollar traded largely flat against its most-traded peers on Wednesday, though the Aussie fell against some of them. Macroeconomic data in Australia was good, and reports in China, Australia’s biggest trading...
The Equity-Gold Price Conundrum, Part 1: The Great Batsby Via GoldMoney Insights, The relentless rally in equity markets has pushed valuations to extreme levels based on...
Visa announced that total U.S. payment volumes rose 9% in February, which is lower than the 11% growth registered in January, due to unfavorable weather conditions...
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to global supply chains unravelling as many countries imposed lockdowns, causing companies to look elsewhere for manufacturing and sourcing and creating...
Brawling Over Vaccines: Export Bans And The EU's Bungled Rollout Authored by Binoy Kampmark via DissidentVoice.org, The European Union has been keeping up appearances in encouraging...
UC Riverside biomedical scientists were part of an international team that identified the coronavirus strain Credit: Stan Lim, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Variants of the...
University of Houston researcher issues a call for new methods to combat stress and social isolation Credit: University of Houston If past natural disasters have taught...
Meet Fleex, a French startup that was formally named Flexlab. The company wants to make it easier to give some cash to your employees so that...
How France And The US Cooperate Authored by Danny Sjursen via ConsortiumNews.com, After some hints to the contrary, it turns out French troops in the Sahel aren’t going anywhere anytime...
China's factory gate prices continued to rise in February, as producers passed on rising raw material prices, data released on Wednesday showed. The producer price index...
Takeda Pharmaceutical is advancing the Japanese pharma giant's immune-oncology portfolio through the acquisition of the immunotherapy pioneer Maverick Therapeutics.
The White House said on March 9 that the government will distribute around 18.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines this week, fewer than last week because...
Manufacturing capacity and ingredients shortages are the main bottlenecks to expanding Covid-19 vaccine production, several global drug groups said on March 9, not patents that some...
OECD Believes Biden Stimulus Will Boost World GDP A global economic recovery is coming in hotter and faster than previously anticipated by the OECD as President...
Japan's Government Bans Overseas Spectators From Tokyo Olympics
Although it's home to producer Lynas, the land down under only accounts for some 3 percent of the world’s rare earth reserves. The post Rare Earths...
The chief executive of one of Canada’s biggest pension funds is sounding a note of caution about the risk of policymakers removing economic stimulus too soon,...