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The chairman of a House subcommittee is calling for executives from Exxon Mobil Corp., Shell, Chevron, and other major oil and gas companies to testify before Congress about the industry's decades of efforts to conduct disinformation…

Busy bars and restaurants on Old Compton Street, Soho, in London in April 2021.SOPA pictures | LightRocket | Getty ImagesThe UK continued easing restrictions on its economy and social contact on Monday, but the spread of the variant of…

Norwegian Cruise Line threatens to keep its ships out of Florida ports after the state enacted laws prohibiting companies from requesting proof of Covid-19 vaccination in exchange for services.The company, which plans to launch its first…

Exceptionally high turnover among nursing home workers likely contributed to the shocking number of deaths in facilities during the pandemic, the authors of a new study suggested.The study, published Monday in Health Affairs, a health…

Worldwide Covid-19 cases are declining, but the uneven distribution of life-saving vaccines could prolong the global economic recovery and leave developing countries even further behind, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.In…

LONDON - European markets closed higher on Wednesday as investors hoped a Brexit trade deal could be reached amid concerns over approval of a long-belated US coronavirus stimulus package.The Europe-wide Stoxx 600 Index tentatively closed…

U.S. government debt prices were lower on Wednesday after President Donald Trump proposed not to sign a lengthy coronavirus bailout package. The benchmark 10 year Treasury note yield rose to 0.921%, while the yield on the 30 year Treasury…

US President Donald Trump and Stephen Hahn, Director of the Food and Drug Administration, attend the daily meeting of the coronavirus task force at the White House in Washington, DC on April 24, 2020.Drew Angerer | Getty ImagesWhite House…