(Reuters) -The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday advised COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers that new shots for the fall 2024 campaign should target the JN.1 variant that was dominant earlier this year.
The FDA's advisory is in line with European and World Health Organization recommendations and comes after the U.S. agency's advisers overwhelmingly backed the targeting of the older JN.1 variant over the now-dominant KP.2 strain.
The... (continue reading...)
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - President Tayyip Erdogan on Friday dismissed criticism of Turkey's new education curriculum and vowed to prioritise "national values" in the face of worries that the changes will erode schools' scientific and secularist foundations.
Late last month Ankara approved the curriculum, dubbed the "Turkey Century Education Model", which will roll out gradually from the next academic year.
The main opposition party, education... (continue reading...)
By Crispian Balmer
ROME (Reuters) - Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman will join at least 12 other heads of state and government invited by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to take part in next week's Group of Seven (G7) summit, officials said on Friday.
The unusually long guest list reflects Italy's desire to broaden the horizons of the G7, a club of wealthy democracies that comprises the United States, Britain, Canada,... (continue reading...)
By Jody Godoy
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. antitrust enforcers are digging into Big Tech's role in the artificial intelligence (AI) boom, exploring whether business practices by entrenched players stifle competition in the burgeoning space.
The U.S. Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have moved to divvy up the biggest players in the industry, a step that puts Nvidia, OpenAI and Microsoft closer to potential... (continue reading...)
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday cast President Vladimir Putin as "my dear brother" and said Russia was a consistent ally of Zimbabwe.
Mnangagwa, speaking at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, praised Putin for defending the independence and territorial integrity of Russia.
"Zimbabwe considers the Russian Federation as a consistent global ally," Mnangagwa said on a stage... (continue reading...)
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