London, January 29 (RHC)-- Drug maker Novavax says its COVID-19 vaccine showed nearly 90% efficacy at preventing disease in patients in a large clinical trial in the U.K. But of concern is the fact that the Novavax vaccine showed only a 50% efficacy rate in a smaller trial in South Africa, where a new variant of coronavirus has been spreading rapidly. ... More
New Delhi, January 29 (RHC)-- In India, farmworkers taking part in a historic uprising called off a march to parliament next week following deadly violence during a protest earlier this week that left one person dead and hundreds injured. ... More
Detroit, January 29 (RHC)-- In the U.S., car manufacturer General Motors announced it will stop making cars that produce tailpipe emissions by 2035 as part of a pledge to become carbon neutral by 2040. GM’s move to all-electric cars could cause other major automakers to follow suit. ... More
New York, January 29 (RHC)-- The Daily Beast reports New York Times science and health reporter Donald McNeil Jr. was under investigation over offensive and racist comments he allegedly made while leading a trip to Peru with high school students in 2019. ... More
Austin, January 29 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, the Austin City Council has voted to buy a hotel that will serve as permanent housing for dozens of chronically unhoused people, and use money taken from the city’s police budget to provide resources for the people who will live in the hotel. ... More
Amsterdam, January 29 (RHC)-- A Dutch appeals court has ruled Shell is responsible for oil spills in 2004 and 2005 in Nigeria’s Niger Delta and must pay damages. ... More
New York, January 29 (RHC)-- Award-winning African-American actress Cicely Tyson, who was born and raised in Harlem, New York, has died at the age of 96. In 1974, Tyson won two Emmy Awards for perhaps her best known role as the lead character in the TV drama “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman.” ... More
New York, January 29 (RHC)-- The United States reported another 4,000 deaths from COVID-19 in a 24-hour-period, as a fast-spreading coronavirus variant first seen in South Africa was detected in the U.S. for the first time, with two cases in South Carolina. ... More
Johannesburg, January 29 (RHC)-- Another 400 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been secured for the African continent through the Serum Institute of India, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday. With the new doses, on top of the 270 million doses announced earlier this month from Pfizer, AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson, “I think we’re beginning to make very good progress,” Africa CDC director John Nkengasong told reporters.... More
New York, January 29 (RHC)-- Seven in 10 workers on the front line of the coronavirus pandemic are female yet women are left out of many COVID-19 response and recovery plans, according to a global survey published in the United States. The survey, by New York-based women’s rights advocacy group Women Deliver and Paris-based research organisation Focus 2030, gathered the views of 17,000 men and women in 17 countries.... More
Warsaw, January 29 (RHC)-- Poland has put into effect its near-total ban on abortions. Thousands poured onto the streets of Warsaw to decry the move. An organizer of the protests, Gabriela Stepniak: “I want us to have our basic rights, the right to decide about our bodies, the right to decide what we want to do and if we want to bear children and in what circumstances to have children.”... More
New York, January 29 (RHC)-- The United States economy continued to rebound in the final three months of 2020, but the weaker than expected boost was not enough to offset a contraction in the first quarter and an historic plunge in the second, leaving the world’s largest economy in the red for the year.... More
Berlin, January 29 (RHC)-- A German neo-Nazi has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering pro-migration politician Walter Luebcke, a killing that shocked the country and highlighted the growing threat of right-wing violence.... More
Washington, January 29 (RHC)-- Another 4,000 people across the United States died from COVID-19 in a period of 24 hours, as health officials warn of the most deadliest period since the pandemic began. The Joe Biden administration projects as many 90,000 more U.S. residents will die in the next four weeks as the virus continues to spread out of control in communities in all 50 states.... More
Santiago de Chile, January 29 (RHC)-- Argentinean President Alberto Fernandez and his wife, Fabiola Andrea Yáñez, made an "emotional visit" to the former office of Salvador Allende, in the Palacio de la Moneda, in Santiago de Chile, in the context of the official visit they are making to the neighboring country.... More
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