UN Assembly president: ‘Inclusion is key’ for virus vaccine
Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, the President of the United Nations General Assembly, talks during an interview, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) UNITED NATIONS — The president of the U.N. General Assembly is warning that a vaccine for COVID-19 must be made available to everyone who needs it because if just one country […]
UN: No vaccine to be endorsed before it’s safe and effective
FILE – In this Monday, March 9, 2020 file photo, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General of the World Health Organization speaks during a news conference on updates regarding COVID-19, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The head of the World Health Organization said the U.N. health agency would not recommend any COVID-19 vaccine before […]
Biden slams Trump over alleged comments mocking US war dead
Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., Friday Sept. 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden declared President Donald Trump “unfit” for the presidency on Friday, delivering an impassioned reaction to a report that Trump — who never served in uniform — allegedly mocked American […]
Recent data show Chinese fishing fleet still near Galapagos
FILE – In this Aug. 13, 2017 handout file photo provided by Galapagos National Park, a park ranger takes part in the inspection of a Chinese flagship where 300 tons of marine species, several of them in danger of extinction, were found, in Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, as the ship and its crew are detained. In […]
Russia vaccine ‘passes early trial test’
A view of the pharmaceutical factory Binnofarm in the town of Zelenograd outside Moscow on August 12, 2020, where Russia is starting to produce the anti-coronavirus vaccine. Russia claimed it has developed the world’s first vaccine offering “sustainable immunity” against the coronavirus, despite mounting skepticism about its effectiveness as fears grow over a second wave […]
Gas pipeline blast burns dozens praying at Bangladesh mosque
Doctors treat a burn Muslim worshipper in a hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020. Dozens of Muslim worshipers suffered burn injuries critically during evening prayers after explosions of a gas pipeline installed underground near a mosque outside Bangladesh capital, officials said Saturday. (AP Photo/Abdul Goni) DHAKA, Bangladesh — An underground gas pipeline near […]
Suspect in Portland protest killing dies in hail of gunfire
Officials work at the area late Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Lacey Wash., where a man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Ore., the week before was killed as investigators moved in to arrest him. Michael Reinoehl, 48, was killed as a federal task force attempted to apprehend him […]
Erickson Inc. And Bell Textron Inc. Announce Signed Agreements To Initiate Transfer Of Type Certificates For Bell 214st And B/B1 Helicopters
PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Erickson Inc. and Bell Textron Inc. have announced the signed agreements to initiate the transfer of type certificates for the model 214 ST and B/B1 helicopters to Erickson Incorporated. The transfer will be processed through the FAA and is expected to be completed near the end of the […]
Negros, Iloilo oppose easing rules for ROFs
EXHAUSTED Roxas City medical technologist Anecita Kapaw-An takes a rest from extracting samples from patients being tested for COVID-19 in Capiz province. —PHOTO COURTESY OF RANIER FUNA BACOLOD CITY — Mayors of Iloilo and Negros Occidental provinces have opposed the latest guidelines of the National Task Force Against COVID-19 (NTF) exempting returning overseas Filipinos (ROFs) […]
Hexindai Regains Compliance with Nasdaq Minimum Bid Price Requirement
BEIJING, Sept. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Hexindai Inc. (NASDAQ: HX) (“Hexindai” or the “Company”), a mobile e-commerce and consumer lending platform in China, today announced that it has received a notification letter from the Listing Qualifications Department of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”), informing the Company that it has regained compliance with the minimum bid price […]