Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel joins Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous, Brian Sozzi, and Anjalee Khemlani to discuss the company’s entry into the Phase 3 trial of its COVID-19 vaccine, and what to expect.
Tax cuts are a critical issue for the markets in this upcoming presidential election. The evidence of this played out in the bond market this past week.
A millennium-old Danish Viking fortress is wowing tourists by offering visitors a broader view of Scandinavia's famed marauders."The Vikings are supposed to be primitive marauders and this doesn't seem like primitive marauders," archaeologist Soren Sindbaek said.
Hundreds of Kenyans gathered Sunday in the capital Nairobi for a memorial concert following deadly protests over tax hikes that saw the country's leader scrap a controversial finance bill.It follows Ruto's decision on Friday to announce budget cuts and increased borrowing, in an effort to cover the projected shortfall from scrapping the finance bill.
French voters turned out in large numbers Sunday for the final round of a high-stakes election that is expected to leave the far right as the biggest force in a deeply divided parliament.Many in France remain baffled over why Macron called an election that could end with the RN doubling its presence in parliament and his contingent of centrist MPs halving in number.
Two pistols that Napoleon Bonaparte once intended to use to kill himself were sold in France on Sunday for 1.69 million euros ($1.8 million), the auction house said, with the government insisting that they stay in the country as national treasures."Being classified as a national treasure gives an incredible value to the object," said a representative of the Osenat auction house, asking not to be named.
Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on Sunday said Vice President Kamala Harris could “overwhelmingly” win against former President Donald Trump but President Joe Biden must decide whether he will remain in the race.
An Israeli airstrike in Gaza City has killed a senior official in the Hamas-run government, according to the organization.
• Beryl is forecast to restrengthen into a hurricane at the last minute before making landfall across the eastern Texas coast early Monday morning. • Last-minute storm preparations in Texas should be rushed to completion, as Beryl can bring damaging winds, storm surge flooding, inland flooding from rain, damaging wind gusts and even tornadoes. • Beryl's effects will be felt far beyond the Lone Star State early this week, as the storm will race north and east through the central U.S. and eventual
HOUSTON (Reuters) -Ports along the Texas coast started to close or restrict vessel traffic on Sunday to prepare for Tropical Storm Beryl, which was expected to strengthen back to a Category 1 hurricane before hitting the area late in the evening. The port of Corpus Christi said it was closed after condition "Zulu" was set by the Coast Guard captain on Sunday. All vessel movement and cargo operations are restricted as gale force winds were expected within 12 hours.
A West African leaders' summit opened amid political turmoil on Sunday after the military rulers of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso cemented a breakaway union at a rival meeting.Several West African leaders have called for the resumption of dialogue and Sunday's summit was the first for Senegal's new President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, who said in May that reconciliation was possible.
The National Hurricane Center expects Beryl to hit the Texas coast on Monday morning.
US President Joe Biden was back out on the campaign trail Sunday, desperate to salvage his reelection bid as senior Democrats meet to discuss growing calls that he quit the White House race.Those comments came as House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has scheduled a virtual meeting of senior Democratic representatives for Sunday to discuss the best way forward, and Democratic Senator Mark Warner is reportedly working to convene a similar forum in the upper chamber.
The California Democrat urged Biden to get input from those outside his inner circle.
Israeli protesters chanting "we will not give up" marched through Tel Aviv on Sunday, the second consecutive day of demonstrations in a stepped-up push for a deal to free hostages in Gaza.They stopped traffic at an intersection in Tel Aviv, calling for the government to secure a deal to free the hostages still held by Palestinian militants Hamas.
Thousands of Bangladeshi university students threw roadblocks across key highways on Sunday, demanding the end of "discriminatory" quotas for coveted government jobs, including reserving posts for children of liberation heroes.The current system reserves more than half of posts, totalling hundreds of thousands of government jobs.
The newly appointed Dutch defence and foreign affairs ministers have said the Netherlands' support for Ukraine is "rock solid". The Netherlands has been a key ally to Ukraine since Russia's invasion in February 2022, but a far-right election victory last year cast doubt on its commitment. "My message to all the officials in the Ukrainian government is that the Netherlands stands by Ukraine and will continue to support Ukraine in political, military, financial and moral ways," Veldkamp told Reuters.
Nationalism and patriotism are sometimes treated as synonyms, but they have very different meanings.
The U.S. National Hurricane Center issued hurricane warnings across much of the Texas coast, and Corpus Christi closed its port ahead of the gale force winds that were expected to hit the area. Parts of eastern Texas were on flood watch ahead of the storm, which had maximum wind speeds of 60 mph (96 kph) as of Sunday morning. Earlier this week the storm, which at one point intensified to a Category 5 hurricane, left a deadly trail of destruction across the Caribbean.
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) said on Sunday the region risked disintegration and worsening insecurity after junta-led Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger made clear their intentions to leave the bloc by signing a confederation treaty. The Alliance of Sahel States treaty, signed on Saturday, underscored the three countries' determination to turn their backs on the 15-member ECOWAS, which has been urging them to return to democratic rule.
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