Tag: united states
Science: Starlink Technology for Ukraine
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Ukraine has been under attack by the armed forces of Russia since February 24. The attack has devastated targeted country's communications infrastructure. In...
Science: China Complains of Near Collision
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In early December, the People's Republic of China claimed in a complaint to a United Nations committee that its space station, known as...
Health: Pharmaceutical giant Teva settles opioid claims
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Teva Pharmaceutical industries (NYSE: TEVA), the Israel-headquartered pharma giant with a U.S affiliate, has settled a lawsuit with Louisiana over its role in...
Trump Campaign Advisor Arrested for Undisclosed Foreign Ties
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Thomas Barrack, who was a senior advisor to Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016, and chairman of his inaugural committee 2016-17, was arrested...
Science: The Chinese Space Program and Mars
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Wang Xiaojing, the president of the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology (CALT), said recently that the People's Republic of China is...
Pennsylvania Voters Approve Constitutional Change
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The voters in Pennsylvania approved a potentially important amendment to that state's constitution in a May 18 referendum. The amendment reads, "Equality of...
A Ransomware Attack on some Critical Energy Infrastructure
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On May 7, a Georgia headquartered company, the Colonial Pipeline Co., reported that it had been the target of a hacking attack that...
Health: Patent Waiver for Pandemic Treatments and Vaccines
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Political pressure is building, both within the US and within other industrialized nations, for emergency actions that could deprive for-profit companies of their...
Health: Vaccine Eligibility is Widening
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The various vaccines approved for use in the United States have by now been entered into the arms of an impressive number of...
Health: WHO Doesn’t Think Covid Began in a Lab
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The World Health Organization announced last week that it has studied the question of the origins of the coronavirus behind the ongoing pandemic....