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U.S. FDA panel backs Pfizer’s RSV vaccine for protecting infants
(Reuters) - Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday backed the safety and effectiveness of Pfizer Inc's experimental respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine, boosting its chanc...
May 18, 2023
Soccer: Newcastle crush Brighton as top-four finish looms
NEWCASTLE, England (Reuters) - Newcastle United claimed an emphatic 4-1 home victory over Brighton & Hove Albion to take a massive step towards clinching a top-four finish in the Premier League on Thu...
May 18, 2023
Car rams through Vatican gate, man stopped by police
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - A man driving a car breached Vatican security on Thursday evening, ramming it through a gate of the city-state and reaching a central courtyard of the Apostolic Palace before ...
May 18, 2023
Canada’s antitrust regulator sues Cineplex over misleading ticket prices
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's competition regulator said on Thursday it was suing Cineplex Inc for allegedly advertising movie tickets at a lower price than what many consumers actually have to pay. Com...
May 18, 2023
Environmental bills seek to improve soil health, ban state use of polystyrene foam containers
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (Capitol News Illinois) - Several pieces of environmental legislation are making their way through the Illinois General Assembly on what was scheduled to be the final week of the spr...
May 18, 2023
Genome data sheds light on how Homo sapiens arose in Africa
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Our species arose in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, with the oldest-known Homo sapiens fossils discovered at a site in Morocco called Jebel Irhoud, located b...
May 18, 2023
Peoria County Public Defender appointed
PEORIA, Ill. – The new Public Defender for Peoria County is a familiar name. Tenth Circuit Chief Judge Katherine Gorman says she’s appointed Kevin Lowe. Lowe has been a defense attorney fo...
May 18, 2023
U.S., G7 to unveil new sanctions targeting Russia over Ukraine
By Jeff Mason and Trevor Hunnicutt HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) - The United States and the rest of the "Group of Seven" major economies will unveil new sanctions and export controls targeting Russia ov...
May 18, 2023
Applied Materials forecasts third-quarter revenue above estimates
(Reuters) -Chip tools maker Applied Materials Inc forecast third-quarter revenue above market estimates on Thursday, as chipmakers expand production plans to meet a global shortage felt by electronics...
May 18, 2023
Japan’s Kore-eda: sexual identity not the focus in film ‘Monster’
By Alicia Powell CANNES (Reuters) - Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda said he did not want to focus on sexual identity in portraying the relationship between the two schoolboys at the centre of his ...
May 18, 2023
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