U.S. President Joe Biden has approved sending additional forces to eastern Europe, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday, as Washington reinforces its allies against what it describes as a Russian threat to invade Ukraine.
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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.
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Google-parent Alphabet Inc moved closer to joining peers Apple and Microsoft in the elite $2 trillion market valuation club as the search giant's shares surged 8% on Wednesday after another blowout quarter.
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