The United States will send nearly 3,000 extra troops to Poland and Romania to reinforce Eastern European NATO allies in the face of what Washington describes as a Russian threat to invade Ukraine, U.S. officials said on Wednesday.
- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsBritish COVID trial deliberately infecting young adults found to be safe
The world's first "human challenge" trial in which volunteers were deliberately exposed to COVID-19 to advance research into the disease was found to be safe in healthy young adults, leaders of the study said on Wednesday.
- BusinessNasdaq extends rally on Alphabet, AMD results
The Nasdaq was set to extend gains for the fourth straight session on Wednesday, following a turbulent start to the year, as Google-parent Alphabet and chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices' shares surged after strong quarterly results.
- United StatesU.S. Army begins discharging soldiers who refuse COVID-19 vaccine
- EuropeGermany to allow large events with up to 10,000 spectators
- United KingdomBritain reports 534 COVID deaths, highest in nearly a year
- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsOmicron subvariant BA.2 likely to have same severity as 'original' -WHO
- EuropeSwiss start dialling back pandemic restrictions
- Asia PacificAustralia's COVID-19 hospital admissions fall to lowest in weeks
- Asia PacificTokyo's daily COVID-19 infections exceed 20,000 for first time