(Reuters) -U.S. health regulators are looking at authorizing a potential fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in the fall, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The Food and Drug Administration has been reviewing data to authorize a second booster dose of the messenger RNA vaccines from Pfizer Inc …
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Mohamed El-Erian, president of Queens College, Cambridge University, and Allianz Chief Economic Advisor, joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss surging inflation, markets, and how the economy will react to the Fed’s decision
Oil prices were down on Friday, for their first weekly decline in nine weeks, as reports intensify that an Iranian nuclear deal could be closer than ever. Early this week, WTI Crude hit $95 per barrel, and Brent Crude touched $96 on Monday amid market fears of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine and the …
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https://youtu.be/PoxC0FQGqFQ (CNN)The BA.2 virus — a subvariant of the Omicron coronavirus variant — isn’t just spreading faster than its distant cousin, it may also cause more severe disease and appears capable of thwarting some of the key weapons we have against Covid-19, new research suggests. New lab experiments from Japan show that BA.2 may have …
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The Russian military on Friday announced massive drills of its strategic nuclear forces, a stark reminder of the country’s nuclear might amid Western fears that Moscow might be preparing to invade Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin will personally oversee Saturday’s exercise, which will involve multiple practice launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, the …
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WASHINGTON — In remarks delivered from the White House on Friday, President Biden said he was certain that Russian President Vladimir Putin would invade Ukraine, thus plunging Europe into war. “As of this moment, I’m convinced that he’s made the decision” to send Russia’s military forces across Ukraine’s eastern border, Biden said of Putin. “We …
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Omicron is widely known to be more contagious than previous Covid strains. Scientists believe the worst of the virus may not yet be over. In a highly secure clean room at the University of NSW’s Kirby Institute, experts studied the strain at the beginning of Australia’s Omicron wave in mid-December and found out just how …
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Wall Street’s main stock indexes ended lower on Friday as escalating tensions in Ukraine and U.S. statements of an imminent Russian invasion prompted investors to dump risky assets in the run-up to a long weekend. The Dow fell 0.7%, the S&P 500 also shed 0.7%, while the Nasdaq dropped 1.2%… dragged down by declines in …
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(Bloomberg) — European regulators are creating trouble for managers of U.S. collateralized loan obligations that typically sell some of their bonds to investors in the region. In the coming weeks, the European Union is likely to add the Cayman Islands to its list of jurisdictions that have “strategic deficiencies” in areas including anti-money laundering and …
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US says Russia has deployed 190,000 troops around Ukraine — almost doubling its strength in 2 weeks while claiming to withdraw The US thinks Russia has up to 190,000 troops near Ukraine, the US ambassador to the OSCE said Friday. The US estimate was 100,000 on January 30, which means the figure may have almost …
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