May 07 2021, 08:00
This week, the Biden administration took the unprecedented step of supporting a waiver of intellectual property protections on Covid-19 vaccines to help end the pandemic. Katherine Tai, the United States Trade Representative (USTR), said in a statement: "This is a global health crisis, and the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic call for extraordinary measures. The Administration believes strongly in intellectual property protections, but in service of ending this pandemic, supports the waiver of those protections for Covid-19 vaccines."
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May 07 2021, 08:00
Peloton is estimating its treadmill recall will cost the company about $165 million in lost revenue during the the current quarter, and result in a $16 million hit to its profits.
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May 07 2021, 08:00
A controversial proposal to allow Texans to carry handguns in public without obtaining a license or training passed the state Senate Wednesday, putting Texas on track to potentially join a handful of others that have passed permitless carry laws this year.
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May 06 2021, 08:00
A St. Paul man was sentenced to 41 months in prison -- or roughly three and a half years -- on Wednesday for his role in the burning of the Minneapolis Police Department Third Precinct during racial justice protests last year.
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May 06 2021, 08:00
Take a glance at the British media and you'd be forgiven for thinking that the UK was preparing for war with France.
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May 06 2021, 08:00
A French journalist who disappeared in Mali last month said in a video that emerged on social media Wednesday that he had been kidnapped by a jihadist group and pleaded for help from French authorities.
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May 06 2021, 08:00
Progress on women's rights in Afghanistan could be at risk with the withdrawal of US and international troops, even if the Taliban doesn't fully take power, according to a newly declassified US intelligence report. CNN's Alex Marquardt reports.
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May 06 2021, 08:00
Wine and wheat. Lobsters and logs. Beef and barley. If Australia exports it, China has likely put up barriers to entry over the past year, as diplomatic relations between the two countries rapidly deteriorated.
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May 06 2021, 08:00
Peloton recalled its Tread+ and Tread treadmills Wednesday, and the company admitted it was wrong to fight the Consumer Product Safety Commission's request that it do so.
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May 06 2021, 08:00
When Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks, investors listen. And on Tuesday, they didn't like what they heard.
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