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...The blue-chip S&P 500 closed up 0.9 per cent, at a new record, continuing a rally that has pushed the index 27 per cent higher since October. The Nasdaq Composite gained 1.3 per cent....
...Later on Wednesday evening, the defence ministry said that rescue efforts had concluded “after a Russian S-300 ballistic missile hit an outdoor market.”...
...This has wider lessons for other traumas, says John Howard, administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program....
...However, health officials are cautious about over-interpreting the recent rise because suspected Omicron cases may be preferentially put forward for S-gene testing....
...Other allegations include other forms of eavesdropping on telephone calls; payments to police officials for sensitive information; impersonation of individuals to access private medical records; and using...
...While Ukraine denied direct involvement, a military intelligence official admitted that his department “co-operate[s]” with the militias....
...Senate finance committee chair Ron Wyden on Thursday notified top officials at the PGA Tour that he was opening a wide-ranging probe into the surprise deal....
...Dietderich, at S&C, was suggesting John Ray to tackle the crisis at FTX. Ray is something of a legend in the restructuring world....
...Wall Street’s S&P fell 0.7 per cent following the payroll figures. Nasdaq Composite saw a decline of 1.3 per cent....
...Because Sark residents do not pay UK tax, they’re not covered by the NHS and have to take out private medical insurance....
...“Texas” said John Seago of Texas Right to Life, the state’s largest anti-abortion group, “feels an obligation to lead and be bold”....
...Shanghai has reported more than 350,000 Covid-19 cases since March but medical experts have questioned the reliability of the official data....
...Under official ATP Tour rules, each newspaper is only allowed one “Escape from Alcaraz” headline per Grand Slam....
...They range from a Georgian house in Berkshire where Jane Austen was a frequent guest to John Steinbeck’s cottage on Long Island....
...In trade, Delhi wants the special treatment of a small developing country, Geneva trade officials say....
...an official asks Martina when he sees she has dual citizenship, before confining her to a room) and a sudden descent into a different time and place....
...Those two things are similar for Covid,” says John Mascola, director of vaccine research at the US’s NIAID....
...A top World Health Organization official has warned that more than half of Europe could be infected with the Omicron variant within the next two months....
...At the time, Cora phoned Jane, a friend she made at the support group, in a panic. “She thought she was going crazy. She was freaking out, saying, ‘He knows where I live,’” Jane says....
...Maria Van Kerkhove, senior WHO epidemiologist, tweeted: “The variant detected is B.1.617.2 with an additional mutation(s), but more info soon. Remember: variants are constellations of mutations....
...Away from coronavirus, we reported on two stunning medical developments this week. The World Health Organization has approved the world’s first malaria vaccine for children: GSK’s RTS,S, or Mosquirix....
...In a research paper published in January, Janes, the defence intelligence analysts, said gangs in Wa had earned “vast profits” from the territory’s involvement in the production and trafficking of narcotics...
...The shy look from beneath the fringe, the endless finishing-school legs, the enormous doe eyes, morphed from gauche and winning simplicity into flashlight fodder....
...Its members have held online meetings with officials from the UK and other countries....
...“Member states need to be ready for an acceleration in the delivery,” an EU official said. “The logistics must follow, and this is their responsibility....
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