Important Takeaways:

The Japanese government warns of an 80% chance of a magnitude 9 Nankai Trough earthquake in 30 years, (More...)

Nearly 100 whales die after mass stranding in New Zealand

WELLINGTON (Reuters) – About 100 pilot whales and bottlenose dolphins have died in a mass stranding on the remote Chatham (More…)

Explainer-When and how will COVID-19 vaccines become available?

By Julie Steenhuysen and Carl O’Donnell

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc with partner BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc have (More…)

(Reuters) – Two Houston-area men have been criminally charged with trying to fraudulently sell 50 million N95 respirator masks they (More…)

By Tracy Rucinski

CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. airlines are adding flights, and in some cases COVID-19 testing programs, for travel (More…)

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States pledged $600 million in civilian aid to Afghanistan next year at a key donor (More…)

By Ilona Wissenbach

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Cold-storage specialist va-Q-tec is significantly expanding its fleet of 2,500 rental containers to meet (More…)

By Laurence Frost

PARIS (Reuters) – Airlines are on course to lose a total $157 billion this year and next, (More…)

(Reuters) – Twin explosions in the central Afghan province of Bamiyan killed at least 14 people and wounded 45 more, (More…)

(Reuters) – Ethiopia’s state-appointed rights group accused a Tigrayan youth group on Tuesday of massacring hundreds of civilians as federal (More…)

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union has struck a deal for up to 160 million doses of U.S. firm Moderna’s COVID-19 (More…)