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Disney to cut 28,000 US Resort workers amid deep slump 30 Sep 2020 - 12:35 am

Walt Disney Co. is laying off 28,000 workers in its U.S. resort business, the latest sign that travel and other communal experiences will...

Cleanup efforts for brain-eating amoeba could take months, Texas warns 30 Sep 2020 - 12:31 am

Texas officials said on Tuesday it could take several months to ensure the public water system in Lake Jackson, Texas, is free of...

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine appears safe, shows signs of working in older adults -study 30 Sep 2020 - 12:05 am

CHICAGO - Results from an early safety study of Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine candidate in older adults showed that it produced virus-neutralizing antibodies...

Stretched to the limit, Spanish medics demand better conditions 29 Sep 2020 - 10:50 pm

BARCELONA/MADRID - Dressed in white lab coats, medical scrubs and face masks, hundreds of junior Spanish doctors took to the streets of Barcelona...

GlaxoSmithKline CEO optimistic COVID-19 vaccine widely available in 2021 29 Sep 2020 - 10:46 pm

FRANKFURT - The chief executive of GlaxoSmithKline, the world's largest maker of vaccines, said she was optimistic the industry will be able to...

Lonza confident of 2020 target for Moderna COVID-19 vaccine supply 29 Sep 2020 - 10:04 pm

VISP, Switzerland - Lonza is confident that U.S. and Swiss plants it is building to help make Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine candidate will be...

Canada, biggest provinces promise new steps to fight second COVID wave 29 Sep 2020 - 09:59 pm

TORONTO - Canada's federal authorities and its two biggest provinces on Tuesday promised new measures to combat a second COVID-19 wave that is...

New Yorkers face fines for refusing to mask up after coronavirus uptick 29 Sep 2020 - 09:48 pm

NEW YORK - New York City will impose fines on people who refuse to wear a face-covering as the rate of positive tests...

Hours before debate, Biden releases tax returns and urges Trump to do so, too 29 Sep 2020 - 09:35 pm

Hours before his first debate with President Donald Trump, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on Tuesday released his 2019 tax returns and his...

Chinese company targets global sales with quick Covid-19 tests 29 Sep 2020 - 08:54 pm

Beijing - A Chinese company is entering the global race to help defeat the coronavirus, promising its testing machine will return results faster...

H H Sheikh Nawaf named Amir of Kuwait 29 Sep 2020 - 08:29 pm

Doha: His Highness Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah has been named the Amir of Kuwait after the passing of the late Amir H H...

Meghan loses bid to stop newspaper using biography in court battle 29 Sep 2020 - 08:03 pm

LONDON - Meghan, Britain's Duchess of Sussex, has lost the latest skirmish in her privacy lawsuit against a tabloid newspaper after London's High...

More than 60 million Indians may have caught coronavirus: study 29 Sep 2020 - 07:31 pm

New Delhi - More than 60 million people in India -- 10 times the official figure -- could have contracted the novel coronavirus,...

Nine pilot whales die stranded on Spain's northern coast 29 Sep 2020 - 07:15 pm

CARRENO, Spain - Nine stranded pilot whales have died on a beach on Spain's northern coast but local authorities and residents managed to...

Kuwait Amir passed away, reports state TV 29 Sep 2020 - 04:49 pm

Doha: Kuwait Amir H H Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah died, state TV reported. “With great sadness and sorrow, we announce to the...

Romania mayor wins reelection -- from beyond the grave 29 Sep 2020 - 04:45 pm

Bucharest: A mayor in southern Romanian grabbed a landslide election victory -- despite dying of coronavirus days earlier, local reports said on Monday....