The world could be on the verge of having two more vaccines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, but virus variants popping up worldwide are forcing vaccine-makers to develop boosters for a disease that’s constantly changing and could remain active for years. Vaccines made by Moderna Inc. and the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE partnership are already in […]
A close ally of jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny urged U.S. President Joe Biden to take punitive action against a wider group of associates of President Vladimir Putin, saying current sanctions aren’t sufficient to stop the Kremlin from cracking down on political opponents and violating human rights. “Existing sanctions don’t reach enough of the […]
Senior White House staff members limit interactions with each other in most offices to a total of 15 minutes in a day. No more than six people are allowed to gather in the Oval Office at a time, and a maximum of five staff members are allowed to meet together in the spacious office of […]
Google says it believes hackers backed by the North Korean government have been posing as computer security bloggers and using fake accounts on social media while attempting to steal information from researchers in the field. Google didn’t specify how successful the hackers were or what kind of information could have been compromised. Experts say the attacks reflect North Korean efforts to improve […]
Despite former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden’s defeat of incumbent President Donald Trump in the presidential race, it appears increasingly unlikely that Washington will return to the Trans-Pacific Partnership anytime soon, as expected by Japan and others. During the presidential campaign, Biden did not mention any plan to bring his country back to the TPP […]