Faye Flam Researchers at Boston University sparked alarming headlines this week by creating a more lethal version of the omicron Covid variant. At the heart of the uproar is the fact that the researchers didn’t have any obligation to inform anyone beyond an internal review board about what they were doing. Some officials at the National Institutes of Health only ...

Adidas AG’s next chief executive officer is set to inherit an even tougher job. The company warned that unsold goods are piling up as consumer demand weakens across China and western markets. That sent the German sport apparel maker’s stock slumping as much as 10%. Problems are accumulating under outgoing Chief Executive Officer Kasper Rorsted, including a publicity crisis over ...

Families of passengers killed in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets were deemed by a federal judge to be official crime victims entitled to consultation before the US Justice Department cuts any deals with the maker of the flawed aircraft. US District Judge Reed O’Connor in Texas said in a ruling he will now determine what remedies the families ...

Regional Australian airline Rex said operating costs on short flights will drop as much as 50% with the introduction of electric- and hydrogen-powered aircraft in coming years. Rex plans to start trials in early 2024 using King Air 200 planes, retrofitted with the new power trains, before later tests with Saab 340 aircraft, Deputy Chairman John Sharp said at a ...

UK retail sales fall more than expected last month after the death of Queen Elizabeth II curtailed activity and cost-of-living pressures hit harder. The volume of goods sold in shops and online dropped 1.4% in September after a revised 1.7% decline the month before, data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed. Economists had expected an 0.5% drop. Sales volumes ...

A prominent member of the Tory right has come out in support of Rishi Sunak as the UK’s next prime minister and and declared that if former premier Boris Johnson won the contest it would be a “guaranteed disaster.” Steve Baker, a Northern Ireland minister and prominent Brexiteer who backed Johnson in the 2019 general election, told Sky News that ...

  Giorgia Meloni plans to uphold Italy’s pro-Ukraine and pro-Nato stance, but her government is set to shift internal policy to provide a greater shield for the country’s companies and industry. The leader of Brothers of Italy formally takes over from Mario Draghi as head of government Sunday. The two have already exchanged the little bell used to open cabinet ...

Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure was extensively damaged as Russian troops delivered another large-scale wave of missile strikes, leaving 1.5 million or more people temporarily without power. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia had launched a “massive attack” overnight, with some 36 missiles fired, most of them intercepted but some that hit their marks. Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is nearing the ...

Hurricane Sandy swept through New York City in October 2012 leading to 43 deaths and an estimated $19 billion in damages. The fallout devastated city residents as their homes, along with the city’s public transit system, were submerged in water. A decade later, the city is still rebuilding after the superstorm as it confronts the threat of extreme weather. New ...

Pfizer Inc rises the most in seven months after revealing plans to charge between $110 and $130 per single-dose vial of its Covid-19 vaccine, showing how the company intends to shift its strategy when bringing the blockbuster product to the commercial market. The US government will stop purchasing Covid-19 vaccines and distributing the shots to Americans for free as soon ...