Researchers found SARS-CoV-2 in 36% of white-tailed deer in Ohio, with evidence of deer-to-deer spread, according to a study late last week in Nature.more
The 50-minute talk between the presidents of Russia and the US was "serious and meaningful," with both leaders unveiling their positions ahead of a series of diplomatic talks in January, the High Representative of the Biden administration said yesterday. The sequences of bilateral talks and at the forums of the OSCE and the NATO Russia Council were also confirmed.more
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) financed experiments on orphans in Denmark in the 1960s, revealed a documentary by Danish public television DR. Reports of child abuse are assessed by historians as "shocking".more
US scientists estimate that in the worst case scenario in the coming months there could be the deadliest wave of Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, the US medical portal Stat News reported yesterday.more
In the Polish district of Chicago, commonly known as Jackow, instead of Polish confectioneries, souvenir shops from Poland or travel agencies, tattoo studios, pet shops and popular clubs are now being opened like mushrooms after the rain. more
Meteorologists predict weather anomalies in the United States on Christmas Day. In some regions, three meters of snow can fall. Most US residents, however, will not see white Christmas.more
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday approved Merck & Co's emergency antiviral pill for the treatment of Covid-19 in high-risk adult patients. This is the second drug of its kind that has been approved by the FDA within two days.more
Nine days after a tornado passed through downtown Mayfield, Kentucky, a cat was found in the rubble of a three-story office building. The animal was not injured by the element. "He was just hungry and thirsty," it was reported.more
The issue of Poland's media law is not just about the fate of one company, but about media freedom and media space that will be grossly violated, State Department spokesman Ned Price said yesterday, again urging President Andrzej Duda to block the law.more
The third dose of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine increases levels of neutralizing antibodies against the Omicron variant of coronavirus 37-fold, the company reported yesterday. According to it, this is to indicate that the extra dose provides protection against infection with the new coronavirus variant.more
A special task force within Joe Biden's administration is considering how the US could support anti-Russian guerrillas in Ukraine in the event that Russia occupies a large part of the country's territory, reports Washington Post journalist David Ignatius. The team is to build on the experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq.more
US President Joe Biden has warned that the Omikron coronavirus variant is now in the country and "will begin to circulate faster and faster throughout the United States." He also called on Americans to get vaccinated or boosted by those who are already vaccinated with two doses.more
The Biden administration yesterday declassified nearly 1,500 documents related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. Nevertheless, about 10,000 documents remain classified and secret. Among the files released are information on assassination attempts against Fidel Castro and a report on a puzzling "Polish chauffeur" report from the USSR embassy.more
A NASA space probe has succeeded in crossing the solar corona for the first time, AP reported yesterday, citing scientists from the US institution. The outermost region of the Sun's atmosphere was reached by the Parker Solar Probe spacecraft.more
Pfizer today announced that laboratory tests of the company's Paxlovid drug developed for Covid-19 suggest that it is also effective against the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Clinical trials have shown the drug to be 89 per cent effective in preventing hospitalisation.more
Although Joe Biden has been President since 20 January, he has only now decided to appear on a television talk show. His predecessors did not avoid such programmes because they could show their human side and win the sympathy of their compatriots.more
The American strategic reconnaissance aircraft RC-135 Rivet Joint on Saturday for the first time in history for more than six hours circulated in the airspace of Ukraine, the Interfax agency reported yesterday.more
US President Joe Biden has estimated that the series of whirlwinds that swept through six states on Friday night from Friday to Saturday will likely prove to be one of the most worrying such events in the country's history. He assured that the federal authorities would do everything possible to help.more
Many people were trapped after a roof partially collapsed at an Amazon.com Inc warehouse near the U.S. city of St. Louis late on Friday, after tornadoes and strong storms roared through the area, local authorities said.more
A British court today overturned a decision to refuse to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US, where he is wanted in connection with the publication of secret documents. But this does not yet end the extradition proceedings.more
President Joe Biden asserted his support for the principle of "nothing about Ukraine without Ukraine" in talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and assured NATO's eastern flank states that he was aware that the problem of the Russian threat affected the entire region, a senior US administration official reported yesterday. She added that in his conversation with Putin, Biden did not ofmore
It is "almost certain" that the new Omikron coronavirus variant does not cause more severe symptoms of Covid-19 disease than the Delta variant, the US President's chief medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci announced yesterday in an interview with AFP.more
The US authorities have introduced a requirement for international travellers to show a negative coronavirus test taken the day before departure. Previously, it was sufficient to perform the test up to 72 hours before boarding the plane, the New York Times reported yesterday.more
