Scientists Infect Volunteers With Zika in Hunt for Vaccines, Treatments
Oct. 21 By Jennifer Rigby (Reuters) – Researchers in the United States have shown for the first time they can safely and effectively infect human volunteers with Zika virus, a step towards learning more about the disease and developing vaccines and treatments. The study –…
Factbox-Who’s In, Who’s Out of the Race to Become US House Speaker?
Oct. 20 By Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday are holding closed-door votes as they try to pick a new speaker, with two members of the caucus left after several rounds of voting. Here are the current…
Netflix Shares Surge on Big Subscriber Additions Despite Hollywood Strikes
Oct. 19 By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Streaming pioneer Netflix showed resilience by gaining more quarterly subscribers than in the past three years despite strikes by Hollywood’s writers and actors, sending its shares up 16.23% on Thursday. Netflix capitalized on its heft in global…
ECB Starts Preparation for Digital Euro in Multi-Year Project
Oct. 18 By Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The European Central Bank took a further step on Wednesday towards launching a digital version of the euro that would let people in the 20 countries that share the single currency make electronic payments securely and free…
Biden Cuts China off From More Nvidia Chips, Expands Curbs to Other Countries
Oct. 17 By Alexandra Alper WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Biden administration plans to halt shipments to China of more advanced artificial intelligence chips designed by Nvidia and others, part of a raft of measures released on Tuesday that seek to stop Beijing from receiving cutting-edge U.S….
US Senator Menendez’s Arraignment on New Charges Moved to Oct. 23 -Judge
Oct. 16 By Jasper Ward WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Senator Bob Menendez’s arraignment on new charges that he conspired to act as a foreign agent for Egypt has been rescheduled for Oct. 23, a federal judge in New York said on Monday. Menendez had been…
How hackers piled onto the Israeli-Hamas conflict
Oct. 15 By ANTOANETA ROUSSI Hackers sympathetic to Hamas are working to make the Israel-Gaza conflict the next front of cyberwarfare. Hacking groups with links to countries including Iran and Russia have launched a series of cyberattacks and online campaigns against Israel over the past…
Will Jim Jordan bully his way to the speakership?
Oct. 14 By RACHAEL BADE Back in September 2016, Rep. Jim Jordan was on a crusade: He wanted the House to launch impeachment proceedings against IRS Commissioner John Koskinen over allegations that the agency had targeted conservatives. But Jordan (R-Ohio) had a problem: GOP party…
Republicans ramp up search for an escape hatch from speaker chaos
Oct. 13 By SARAH FERRIS Centrists are signaling they’re open to a deal. Democrats are outlining terms. With no speaker in sight yet, House Republicans are ramping up their discussions about a way to reopen the chamber. A bipartisan solution to the GOP’s leadership chaos…
Oil, Treasuries, Gold Prices Jump Amid Mideast Fears
Oct. 12 By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – Oil, U.S. Treasuries and gold prices rose on Friday, with crude soaring nearly 6%, on safe-haven buying driven by the escalating Middle East conflict as Israel urged civilians to leave the northern Gaza Strip. Brent crude…
Zelenskyy arrives in Brussels for surprise visit ahead of NATO meeting
Oct. 11 By STUART LAU BRUSSELS — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and join a meeting of NATO defense ministers during a surprise visit to Brussels on Wednesday. In comments to the…
U.S. may send second aircraft carrier toward Israel
Oct. 10 By LARA SELIGMAN The U.S. could soon have two aircraft carriers in the eastern Mediterranean, according to Defense Department officials, a move that would mark a major escalation in U.S. military power in the region as fighting intensifies between Israeli forces and Hamas…