Experimental chewing gum may limit the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, according to a study published in the American journal Molecular Therapy.more
Convicted 1978 murderer Kevin Strickland was acquitted by a Missouri court on Tuesday and released from prison after nearly 43 years. Despite the conviction being overturned, the man will not receive any compensation from the state for his time in prison.more
The US Department of Defense is setting up a research group to investigate the potential presence of UFOs in restricted airspace used by the military. The decision is the result of a report published in June on 144 sightings of mysterious flying objects.more
48 percent of US voters believe Joe Biden is not mentally fit enough to hold the office of US President, against 46 percent. - according to the Morning Consult poll for Politico, published yesterday. Only 40 percent. of respondents believe that the president enjoys good health.more
The US has signed a $ 1 billion contract to purchase an antibody cocktail called sotrowimab from GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) and Vir Biotechnology for the early treatment of Covid-19, the Reuters Agency said.more
The chief medical advisor to the US president, immunologist Dr. Antony Fauci said that the standard in the face of the impending increase in the incidence of Covid-19 should be a dose similar to the vaccine, the US television station ABC News reported.more
Crowds may again come to this year's New Year's Eve party in Times Square, which is coming back "in full force," announced New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. He stipulated that the participants of the event must be fully vaccinated.more
Pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced that it has applied to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval to use its drug Paxlovid to treat Covid-19, which has been tested to reduce the number of deaths and hospitalizations among people infected with the coronavirus.more
At yesterday's meeting of the UN Security Council, its European members (except Russia) and the US condemned Belarus. They stigmatised it in connection with the crisis on the Polish border for its instrumental treatment of human beings leading to the 'destabilisation of the EU's external border'.more
The United States has warned its allies in Europe that Russia may well be planning an invasion of neighboring Ukraine as Moscow amasses forces on its western border, according to a report published Thursday.more
The district attorney probing the “Rust” film set shooting says she knows who loaded the gun Alec Baldwin used to accidentally shoot dead cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.more
In early 2016, an American hacker broke into the servers of hotel website Booking.com and stole details of thousands of hotel reservations in countries in the Middle East. After two months of research, four Booking.com IT-specialists determined that the hacker was a man who had close ties with American intelligence services.more
A single dose of the anti-Covid-19 'cocktail of antibodies' provides immunity for two to eight months at 81.6 per cent, - US pharmaceutical company Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc, the developer and manufacturer of the drug, announced today.more
Former U.S. President Barack Obama told the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Glasgow on Monday that most nations failed to meet their commitments made in the 2015 Paris Climate Conference agreement and the world is nowhere near where it needs to be in confronting climate change.more
The US is reopening its borders on Monday to double-jabbed foreign visitors, ending a 20-month entry ban. The ban was imposed by former President Donald Trump due to Covid-19. It has affected non-US citizens from over 30 countries, including the UK and EU states, separating families and stalling tourism.more
At least 8 people were trampled by the crowd pushing onto the stage at yesterday's concert held as part of the Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas, local fire chief Samuel Peña said. Local media reports about the injured.more
The White House has announced details of previously announced regulations that make it mandatory to vaccinate against Covid-19 or undergo regular coronavirus testing for companies with over 100 employees and healthcare professionals. The obligation will come into force on January 4.more
The state of democracy in Poland and Hungary is constantly deteriorating, and the US should consider shifts in military dislocation or economic sanctions in response, the president of the German Marshall Fund analytical center Heather Conley said in a hearing on the situation in both countries.more
The accident in which the cinematographer for "Rust" Halyna Hutchins was killed, shot by Alec Baldwin, may have been the result of sabotage, said lawyers representing the armorer working on the set.more
Nowojorski sędzia prowadzący sprawę cywilną, którą brytyjskiemu księciu Andrzejowi wytoczyła oskarżająca go o napaść seksualną Virginia Giuffre, poinformował, że jego celem jest, by proces odbył się między wrześniem a grudniem 2022 r.more
The 2022 edition of the Boston Marathon, which is set for April 18, will require all participants to be fully vaccinated to run in the race, the Boston Athletic Association announced on Tuesday.more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation Tuesday that bans the selling or displaying of hate symbols on public property and taxpayer-funded equipment.more
The US has approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for children aged five to 11, clearing the way for millions of young Americans to get vaccinated. The decision by Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Wolensky comes after careful consideration from US drug regulators.more
Southwest Airlines has said it will conduct an internal investigation into an incident where the pilot allegedly used a phrase to insult president Joe Biden. The pilot signed off an inflight announcement with the phrase “let’s go, Brandon” on Friday morning. The phrase has been used in Republican circles to target the president recently.more
