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Countries Fail to Agree on Treaty to Prepare the World for the Next Pandemic

24 May 2024 at 13:57
Negotiators plan to ask for more time. Among the sticking points are equitable access to vaccines and financing to set up surveillance systems.

Β© Denis Balibouse/Reuters

Last year’s World Health Assembly in Geneva. Member countries have failed to reach their goal of finalizing a pandemic treaty before this year’s session begins on Monday.

New Star Wars Plan: Pentagon Rushes to Counter Threats in Orbit

17 May 2024 at 18:31
Citing rapid advances by China and Russia, the United States is building an extensive capacity to fight battles in space.

Β© Craig Bailey/Florida Today, via Associated Press

A rocket carrying the Pentagon’s secretive X-37B crewless space plane launching last year from the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

U.S. Suspends Funding for Group at Center of Covid Origins Fight

15 May 2024 at 16:17
The decision came after a scorching hearing in which lawmakers barraged EcoHealth Alliance’s president with claims of misrepresenting work with Chinese virologists.

Β© Ting Shen for The New York Times

Peter Daszak, the president of EcoHealth Alliance, faced a barrage of questions during a congressional hearing this month.
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