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Moderna blows out first-quarter earnings expectations, triples Covid vaccine sales
Moderna sold $5.9 billion of its Covid vaccine in the first quarter, blowing out revenue and profit expectations. The biotech company’s shares soared by more than 7% in premarket trading on Wednesday before falling. Its shares were trading down by more than 1% shortly after the market open. Moderna maintainedContinue Reading
New Covid variant could be to blame for kids’ hepatitis outbreak, experts warn
A NEW Covid variant could be to blame for the mysterious hepatitis outbreak in children. Health chiefs have said it is one of their working theories, as they probe what is behind the surge in cases. Getty – Contributor A new Covid variant is one of the theories behind theContinue Reading
Local elections: survey gives Labour huge lead in London ahead of vote
Shutterstock Labour is set to decisively win the 2022 local government elections in London, according to the latest survey by the Mile End Institute in partnership with the polling organisation YouGov. Our poll of 1,232 adults between April 19 and 22 gives Labour a huge 27-point lead, indicating that ThursdayContinue Reading
Shanghai Is Rewriting Chinese Censorship Amid Lockdown
Censors are cracking down on free speech online, but people are finding new ways to get around them.Continue Reading
Exercising during pregnancy: what to consider
There's no need to stop exercising if you're able to. Leszek Glasner/ Shutterstock While exercise is often said to be safe to do while pregnant, with so much information out there, it can be hard to figure out just how much exercise you should do – and if there areContinue Reading
Curious Kids: what are NFTs – and why are they so expensive?
shutterstock What is the purpose of making NFTs and what makes some of them so costly? – Tanvi, aged 16, Delhi, India An NFT is a technology that proves who the owner of a digital object is. This digital object could be a song, a picture, a video, a tweetContinue Reading
Ukraine: Nato and the US aim to destroy the Russian military – it looks as if they may have the means to do it
Nothing like a coherent strategy emerged from 20 years of Nato’s war in Afghanistan; at best there were long lists of aspirations with no clear objectives or assessments of the resources needed to achieve them. But, two months after the Russian invasion, it looks very much as if the USContinue Reading
Israel: supreme court’s double standard on liability is unfair to Palestinians
One of the most basic and intuitive features that are expected of any legal system is to treat similar cases in a similar way. Sadly, when it comes to the law of negligence, Israel is not consistent in its treatment of Palestinians and other (often Jewish) citizens. In the recentContinue Reading
US supreme court poised to overturn abortion law: what the leaked opinion says and what happens next
According to news website Politico, the US supreme court has voted to strike down Roe v. Wade – the key 1973 decision that gave women a broad right to abortion. Roe currently protects, within limits, a woman’s right to terminate a pregnancy. Without it, states would be free to makeContinue Reading
Harry Styles announces launch gig for Harry’s House: what do we know?
H arry Styles is having quite the week: alongside the trailer dropping for his new upcoming film Don’t Worry, Darling (co-starring Black Widow’s Florence Pugh and directed by his now-girlfriend, Olivia Wilde), he has also announced a special gig to celebrate the release of his new album Harry’s House. Here’sContinue Reading