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South Africa immediately copied the American break in Johnson & Johnson vaccinations and enraged doctors who still call for gunshots, especially in remote parts of the country. In February, health officials dropped the AstraZeneca…

WASHINGTON - Biden's government is nearing agreements with Japan, Korea and Canada to strengthen carbon emissions reduction targets in all four countries ahead of a closely watched Earth Day summit on April 22nd.Given recent signs of how…

Isamu Akasaki, a Japanese physicist who helped develop blue light emitting diodes, a breakthrough in LED design that earned him a Nobel Prize and changed the way the world is lit, died Thursday in a hospital in Nagoya, Japan. He was 92…

She grew up in Hungary, daughter of a butcher. She decided she wanted to be a scientist, although she had never met one. She moved to the United States in her 20s, but for decades never found a permanent position, instead clinging to the…

The Sueiros had it all - great careers, a community of friends and children enrolled in a top international school in Boston.Will was a chartered accountant and Jessica ran a graphic design business from home. Life was "comfortable,…

CNBC's Jim Cramer on Wednesday announced a handful of stocks that he believes will do well in the emerging "hybrid world".The Mad Money host anticipates many people will follow some pandemic routines as Covid-19 health constraints ease and…

BRUSSELS - Citing what they call "the greatest challenge facing the global community since the 1940s," the leaders of more than two dozen countries, the European Union and the World Health Organization signed an international treaty on…

In the coming days, a patent will finally be issued on a five-year-old invention, a feat of molecular engineering that is at the heart of at least five major Covid-19 vaccines. And the United States government will control that patent.The…

Micronesia has only confirmed one case of Covid-19 so far. The Polynesian island of Samoa and the South Pacific island of Vanuatu only have three cases each.Sounds like a safe travel choice? There is only one problem - none of them allow…

TOKYO - Just over a decade ago, Nissan was the first automaker to offer a production car that ran on batteries only. The hatchback, the Leaf, was a huge success, at least for electric cars. More than 500,000 copies had been sold by the…