Month: December 2021

Lab technicians in the Gamaleya National Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology in Russia. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images It’s been two weeks since South Africa reported the omicron Covid variant to the World Health Organization and now it’s spreading around the globe. In the last fortnight, experts have scrabbled to gain more of
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London’s Connaught Bar is the best bar in the world — again. That’s according to “The World’s 50 Best Bars,” an annual ranking by William Reed Business Media, a U.K.-based company that also publishes “The World’s 50 Best Restaurants” list. After a subdued online ceremony in 2020, this year’s results were announced yesterday at a
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Prince’s Estate has settled its tax dispute with the IRS over the value of the star’s assets on his death. Prince died without a will in 2016, and that set off a number of legal proceedings. He did not have a spouse or children, but he had half-brothers and half-sisters who stood to inherit. Because
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While border closures resulting from COVID have slowed Australian property sales to international buyers, experts predict that the luxury market may perk up in 2022 as travel restrictions relax and ex-pats return to the country.  As travel restrictions ease, the appetite for prime properties such as the units at the waterfront … [+] Bennelong Apartments
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In this article BNTX PFE Nurse Mary Ezzat administers a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot to Jessica M. at UCI Medical Center in Orange, CA, on Thursday, August 19, 2021. Jeff Gritchen | MediaNews Group | Orange County Register via Getty Images South African scientists say the Covid omicron variant significantly reduces antibodies generated by Pfizer
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The company’s YAM-2 spacecraft during integration for launch. Loft Orbital Loft Orbital, a space infrastructure start-up, raised $140 million in a new round of funding was led by investment behemoth BlackRock. The San Francisco-based company launched its first missions to space earlier this year, with Loft planning to use the new capital to scale its
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Carl Davis of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy discusses the biggest trends in state tax policy this year and those likely next year, including the implications of the Build Back Better Act. This transcript has been edited for length and clarity. Paul Jones: Hi, Carl. Thanks for being with us. Carl Davis: Thanks for having
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