Italy is embroiled in fresh political uncertainty at a time when it’s still struggling with the coronavirus pandemic and the impact on its highly-indebted economy. Critics have slammed what they call an “irresponsible” attitude by some political figures, who they believe are acting in their own personal interest. “I am very worried about the situation,” was […] Read more
Europe’s medicines regulator on Monday authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for conditional use, opening the door to an inoculation program across the European Union. The news comes less than two weeks after the American and German-developed vaccine was approved for use in the U.K. and U.S. Europe is on track to start vaccinations within a week, regulators said, […] Read more
Google on Thursday rolled out new information panels in search results aimed at countering false claims about the coronavirus vaccines. The internet giant said in a blog post that the feature would launch first in the U.K., which has begun vaccinating people with the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The feature will be rolled out to other countries once they’ve begun […] Read more
London’s reputation as one of the world’s major tech hubs is in jeopardy as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. At the start of the last decade, a cluster of start-ups began to form around East London’s Old Street roundabout (technically a gyratory system), leading the area to be nicknamed “Silicon Roundabout.” Then-British Prime Minister David […] Read more
Hackers linked to Russian intelligence services are trying to steal information about coronavirus vaccine research in the U.S., Canada and U.K., security officials said Thursday. Officials said a group known as APT29 — also known as “Cozy Bear” — was likely to blame for the attack. That assessment has been backed by the U.S. Department […] Read more
“Vaccine nationalism” is turning the search for a Covid-19 cure into an arms race, which will ultimately damage the economy and public health, experts have warned. Analysts at Eurasia Group speculated that tension over a vaccine would heat up over the summer, predicting a battle for access that will stretch into 2021 or 2022. “Countries […] Read more
The U.K. posted the biggest monthly fall in GDP (gross domestic product) in the country’s history in April, according to the Office for National Statistics. GDP fell by 20.4% compared to the previous month, a sharper contraction than the 18.4% expected by analysts polled by Reuters. This represented a 24.5% decline from April 2019, as […] Read more
