The White House said on Tuesday that Brazil’s JBS SA has informed the US government that a ransomware attack against the company that has disrupted meat production in North America and Australia originated from a criminal organization likely based in Russia.JBS is the world’s largest meatpacker and the incident caused its Australian operations to shut down on Monday and has stopped livestock slaughter at its plants in several US states.The ransomware attack follows one last month by a group with ties to Russia on Colonial Pipeline, the largest fuel pipeline in the United States, that crippled fuel delivery for several…
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A Canadian vaccine maker has tied up with a Hyderabad-based pharma company for production of the former’s Covid-19 vaccine.Providence Therapeutics, headquartered in Calgary in the province of Alberta, has struck a deal with Biological E for transfer of technology from the Canadian company, while it will sell 30 million doses of its vaccine candidate, called PTX-Covid19-B.“This sale represents the sale of all the remaining 2021 Providence production, plus a portion of the early 2022 Providence production, after accounting for the first sale of Providence vaccines to the Province of Manitoba, Canada,” a joint statement from the two companies said.Providence CEO…
Greece, Germany and five other European Union nations introduced a vaccination certificate system for travelers on Tuesday, weeks ahead of the July 1 rollout of the program across the 27-nation bloc.The other countries starting early were Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Croatia and Poland, according to the European Commission.Greece, which depends heavily on tourism, has been pressing for the commonly-recognized certificate that uses a QR code with advanced security features. The certificates are being issued to people who are fully vaccinated as well as those have already contracted the virus and developed antibodies and others who have had a PCR…
Joe Del Bosque is leaving a third of his 2,000-acre farm near Firebaugh, California, unseeded this year due to extreme drought. Yet, he hopes to access enough water to produce a marketable melon crop.Farmers across California say they expect to receive little water from state and federal agencies that regulate the state’s reservoirs and canals, leading many to leave fields barren, plant more drought-tolerant crops or seek new income sources all-together.”We’re taking a big risk in planting crops and hoping the water gets here in time,” said Del Bosque, 72.Agriculture is an important part of California’s economy and the state…
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Gunfire that wounded two people in Miami Beach wrapped up a violent Memorial Day weekend in the Miami area, which included a mass shooting that killed two and injured 21 others, law enforcement authorities said.Miami Beach police received multiple 911 calls reporting a shooting just after 11:30 p.m. Monday. Officers found one person struck in the shoulder and another in the leg, spokesman Ernesto Rodriguez said in a social media post. Both were taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital.During the investigation, the heavily traveled MacArthur Causeway was shut down in both directions. It had reopened by early Tuesday.Rodriguez said “several possible…
All five BRICS member countries, including China, will provide support to India as it battles against the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Chinese state councillor and foreign minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday.“Let me begin by once again expressing my sympathy to India over the severe impact of the new wave of Covid-19 infections,” Wang said via video link at a BRICS foreign ministers’ summit on Monday. The BRICS is a bloc of major emerging economies comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.Wang said, “At this trying time, China stands in solidarity with India and all BRICS countries.…
The American police force is again at the centre of a controversy due to a Facebook video, in which some of its officers are seen kicking, punching and trying to overpower a man in a store in Alabama. The video, recorded on Monday, shows a police officer trying to overturn the man and handcuff him as he scremas for help. A few seconds later, another police officer is seen approaching the scene and kicking and stomping on the man’s leg while shouting “stop resisting” repeatedly.A few other officers joined the two officers and the man was eventually subdued, the 90-second…
The new certificate will be available to people who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, have a recent negative test result or have recovered from a coronavirus infection. PTI | PUBLISHED ON JUN 01, 2021 10:43 PM IST Greece and six other European Union member states on Tuesday are introducing a vaccination certificate system, ahead of the rollout of the program across the bloc on July 1.The other countries are Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Croatia, and Poland, according to the European Commission.Greece has been pressing for the commonly-recognised certificate that will use a QR code with advanced security…
Canadian health authorities have announced that Covid-19 vaccines will be mixed and matched in order to ensure a quicker roll-out of the national vaccination programme.The announcement from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) was based on an updated guidance from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), which recommended that a first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine, including the Covishield version manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, could be followed by a second dose of either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine. It also recommended that the doses for the two mRNA vaccines can be switched if necessary.In a…