German pharmaceutical firm and vaccine maker BioNTech on Friday said it had agreed in principle to establish an mRNA manufacturing facility in Melbourne. The company said it would collaborate with government in the Australian state of Melbourne to coll…
Biden: Putin not joking with nuclear threat, risk of Armageddon high
US President Joe Biden said the world was at its highest risk of “Armageddon” since the 1962 Cuban missile crisis in comments at a fundraiser on Thursday amid Russia’s war on Ukraine. Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin was “not joking” when he…
US astronauts, Russian cosmonaut reach ISS on SpaceX flight
A four-person SpaceX flight on Thursday reached the International Space Station (ISS) after setting off from the Cape Canaveral launch site in Florida a day earlier. The Crew 5 – consisting of NASA astronauts Nicole Aunapu Mann and Josh Cassada, Japane…
Union Berlin get first EL win in Malmö after fan trouble
Ten-man Union Berlin won 1-0 at Sweden’s Malmö FF to get their first points in the Europa League in a Group D game on Thursday interrupted for more than half an hour due to fan trouble and close to being abandoned. Sheraldo Becker scored the Bundesliga…
Union Berlin get first EL win in Malmö after fan trouble
Ten-man Union Berlin won 1-0 at Malmö to get their first points in the Europa League in a Group D game on Thursday interrupted for more than half an hour due to fan trouble and close to being abandoned. Sheraldo scored the Bundesliga leaders’ winner in…
Moldova to host next meeting of European Political Community
Moldova is to host the next meeting of the European Political Community at the suggestion of European Council President Charles Michel in Prague on Thursday. The proposal was met with approval from the gathered European leaders in Prague Castle, a spok…
European leaders talk Ukraine war, energy and security at new forum
More than 40 leaders across Europe attended the inaugural meeting of the European Political Community in Prague on Thursday as the continent confronts its must serious security crisis in decades with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Those who are meeting…
French author Annie Ernaux takes 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature
French author Annie Ernaux has been awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature “for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory,” the Swedish Academy announced on Thursda…
‘Amsterdam’ review: A true-life plot against America
David O. Russell’s “Amsterdam” is very plush in the looks department. Enjoying the costumes and cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki’s lighting and some of Russell’s shot designs will get you through it. But only if you don’t have to listen to it, or track…
Google unveils Pixel 7 smartphone range and new smartwatch
Google has unveiled its new Pixel 7 range of flagship smartphones promising better cameras, performance and battery life for users, alongside its first Pixel Watch. The technology giant said the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro were more efficient and powerful …