Score another pre-approval sale for coronavirus vaccine-maker Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA). European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced that the EC will ink a deal with the company on Wednesday. The contract will allow the European Union's member countries to purchase up to 160 million doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273, once the vaccine is approved by EU regulators.
Turkey's poor human rights record and economic factors are undermining the effectiveness of the European Union's migration deal with Ankara, EU auditors said on Wednesday. Under the 2016 deal, Ankara agreed to take back migrants who had crossed from its territory to Europe in return for EU aid to help fund more than four million refugees on Turkish soil. The EU, which faces elections in June for the European Parliament in which illegal migration promises to be a big issue, has sealed agreements similar to the Turkey scheme with Tunisia, Egypt, Mauritania and others.
The first ship carrying crude from the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline is expected to load at the Port of Vancouver in the second half of May, the company building the project said on Tuesday. Final line fill will be completed in early May, Trans Mountain said in an email. The C$30.9 billion ($22.62 billion) expansion project, bought by the Canadian government in 2018 to ensure it went ahead, has struggled with years of regulatory delays and cost overruns.
Shares are up despite a revenue decline of 9% after company said it expects to release new vehicle models sooner than expected
Steve Truluck swapped engineering in London for whale and dolphin expertise in north east Scotland.
Elias Huizar has taken his baby boy and fled for the US-Mexico border, police say
BLACK RIVER-MATHESON - Matheson council is supposed to meet tonight (April 23). It's been months since the group last met and the agenda items are stacking up. A CUPE Local 1490 rally is also set to take place this afternoon and the township has closed its office for the remainder of the day. The rally is for the ongoing labour dispute between the union and Township of Black River-Matheson. Fourteen CUPE members were locked out by the township in October. The members went on strike when the town
The model of airplane was first manufactured during World War II
Leicester 5-0 Southampton: Fatawu’s hat-trick brings the Foxes to the brink of automatic promotion as Jamie Vardy and Wilfred Ndidi also got on the scoresheet.
European Union auditors said on Wednesday that they are unable to establish whether some of the billions of euros the bloc has given to Turkey to help it cope with Syrian refugees is actually having any impact. Under a deal concluded between EU leaders and Turkey in 2016, the bloc committed to provide at least 6 billion euros ($6.4 billion) to Turkey to help it cope with migrants crossing in from Syria. Turkey in turn committed to stop migrants leaving its territory for Europe.
Debra Mimmenger thinks if she were to buy her home today, she wouldn’t be able to afford it. “I put too much in it, and the house is too expensive now,” said Mimmenger. “If I were to actually buy my house now, I would have to have probably two jobs or cut my retirement.” In fact, a recent report from Redfin found nearly two of every five homeowners don’t believe they could afford to buy their own home if they were purchasing it today.
The first ship carrying crude from the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline is expected to load at the Port of Vancouver in the second half of May, the company building the project said on Tuesday. Final line fill will be completed in early May, Trans Mountain said in an email. The C$30.9 billion ($22.62 billion) expansion project, bought by the Canadian government in 2018 to ensure it went ahead, has struggled with years of regulatory delays and cost overruns.
Windy conditions welcomed the eight riders participating in Blizzard Bicycle Club’s time trial in Baldonnel on April 21st. Nigel Wray won the time trial after a gruelling 25-kilometre ride, with a time of 37:51. Dan Webster finished in second place at 49:01, and Calvin McCracken crossed the finish line in third with a time of 49:39. Meanwhile, Heather McCracken was the top female, finishing at 52:09. Wray’s latest victory continues his strong start to the season. He won all six stages of the clu
New funding is helping people transition back to work. The Cochrane District Social Services Administration Board (CDSSAB) is receiving $62,500 for a project to help people transition back to work. “With respect to life skill development and coaching, how do we keep people motivated to get off of social assistance and to take jobs that are available,” said Christine Heavens, CDSSAB director of community development and services, at the April 18 CDSSAB meeting. The CDSSAB applied to the Ministry,
The incident occurred last October near Julia Davis Park downtown.
Louis Tomlinson is among the winners at a new ceremony celebrating music from the north of England.
The London Metal Exchange (LME) moved on Tuesday to stop traders from taking Russian aluminium from its approved warehouses and returning it at a later date to profit from rule changes to comply with new sanctions. The U.S. and Britain earlier this month banned the LME from accepting new Russian production of aluminium, copper and nickel to restrict Russian revenues from the export of these metals. The London exchange has banned from its system Russian aluminium, copper and nickel produced from April 13 to comply with the sanctions imposed over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Archaeologists say that enslaved laborers picked the cherries, wiped them off to avoid condensation and placed them into the jar. They've been there ever since.
The Municipality of Jasper’s potential procurement of EV buses is facing a rising hurdle in the form of an online petition. The petition, started by 33-year resident Debbie Taylor, surpassed 550 electronic signatures as of Monday. “I am supportive of the development of the Jasper Transit service and the benefits that it offers our community, however, as a resident… I am deeply concerned about the current proposed rate of municipal spending on Electric Vehicle (EV) buses and the infrastructure re
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We’ve reached the final chapter in FX’s sweeping adaptation of Shōgun — so did all of Toranaga’s planning pay off in the end? Well, not for everyone. Tuesday’s finale opens with a vision of Blackthorne as an old man, dying in bed while clutching a cross, before we go back to the explosion that killed Mariko. …
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