Enlarge / A nurse prepares to administer the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine as well as a vaccine used to help prevent the diseases of diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and polio at Children's Primary Care Clinic in Minneapolis, MN, Friday, April 28, 2017. Officials in Minnesota have appointed anti-vaccine advocates to a newly formed state…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after competing measures to end the partial U.S. government shutdown fell short in the Senate, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., January 24, 2019. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to back a short-term government funding bill, CBS and NBC…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWho's really in charge in Venezuela? The BBC's Paul Adams explains Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó has said he would consider an amnesty for President Nicolás Maduro if he cedes power.In an interview, Mr Guaidó - who declared himself interim president on Wednesday - said he was…
Enlarge / A monitor seen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2018. Getty Images | BloombergVerizon this week is laying off 7 percent of the 11,385 employees in its failing media division, which includes Yahoo and AOL. Verizon confirmed the job cuts to Ars and provided the text…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China are “miles and miles” from resolving trade issues but there is a fair chance the two countries will get a deal, U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO - U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross answers questions during an interview with Reuters in his…
Image copyright AFP US President Donald Trump says he will not deliver his annual State of the Union speech until after the government shutdown is over.On Wednesday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi withdrew an invitation for him to address Congress, saying government services should fully reopen first.The shutdown has left 800,000 federal staff without pay since…
Gene drive is both a promising and disturbing technology. It allows us to engineer a stretch of DNA that, once inserted in a specific location in an organism's genome, will convert other versions of the gene so that they also carry the insert. Once started in a population, gene drive will convert the entire population…
LONDON (Reuters) - An attempt by British lawmakers to prevent a no-deal Brexit was gaining momentum on Wednesday after the opposition Labour Party said it was likely to throw its parliamentary weight behind that. The United Kingdom, facing the deepest political crisis since World War Two, is due to leave the European Union at 2300…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Protests erupted over a steep increase in fuel prices A government-appointed human rights group in Zimbabwe has accused soldiers of using "systematic torture" in a crackdown on protests.The Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission strongly criticised authorities for using troops to quell demonstrations.Unrest broke out more than a week ago following…
Getty Images | Atomic ImageryAn Arizona state lawmaker has proposed a $20 fee on people who want to view online pornography in order to raise money for building a border wall between Arizona and Mexico. Arizona House Bill 2444, proposed last week by State Rep. Gail Griffin (R-Hereford), would require makers and distributors of Internet-connected…
