Is the security of america at risk . And covid continues to peek across the country, once again shutting new york city Public Schools down. With vaccines on the way but still not quite ready, we speak to 23andme ceo Anne Wojcicki. Could their research on genes and covid give us more clues on how to fight it faster . Dropping asstocks fresh resections put in place to limit the spread of covid19 overshadowed positive news. About vaccine develop at Abigail Doolittle has more. Generally the markets were quieter today, but then it fell off late in the day. Abigail truly a sleeper for much of the day. Cyclical rotation trying to take over. As new york city headlines crossed on top of the mta news around the subway. Earlier today, two negative headlines. Of course the second one being that schools are shutting tomorrow until at least after thanksgiving on the 3 seven day rolling Positivity Rate here in new york city, at least according to the mayors office. Looks like the governor may have ha
Good people, what ever it takes people are running. No. Let me go down the road. Nothing. W. A man made for mimes. The world gets one step closer to its 1st covert 19 vaccine. U. S. Drug maker, pfizer and its german partner biotech. Seek a green light from regulators for their products. They say distribution can begin hours after approval. Also on the show. Farmers in east africa are battling new local swarms. Talk of the u. N. Expert who says Climate Change means that insects plagues could become a more frequent problem. And china offers generous debt really to developing 2, developing economies. 2100000000. 00 in payment extensions covers only a tiny fraction of what african countries go and welcome to the show. Im Stephen Beardsley in berlin. Its good to have you with us. Drug maker, pfizer and its german partner biotech said friday that they were asking u. S. Health regulators for emergency approval of their covert 1000 vaccine. Putting them on track for distribution beginning in d
Promote them to vote. What we want is for the elected president to help us get peace back. So we can go back home safely. Hello, im christie. Its good to have your company. The number off coronavirus cases in africa has surpassed 2000000. 00, including 48000. 00, deaths, africas infections and deaths make up less than 4 percent off the global total. But the World Health Organization has warned the continent is heading toward a 2nd wave of infections. Africa has not experienced covered 19 infections on the scale that experts had predicted. But the threat of a new wave has raised fears that the continent is not out of the woods. Yet. 20 countries have had coronavirus spikes in the past month. And thats for a range of reasons in most of the affected african countries, the rise in new cases is coming from workplaces and family gatherings. And of course, we know that there are several political elections coming up in a number of countries campaigns going on and gatherings as far as is conce
Major war criminal trial in nuremberg was revolutionary. The beginning of International Criminal justice. Our first fair, very fall. Without nuremberg, there would be less hope of justice for the victims also on the day, saudi arabia is hosting the g 20 summit with the coronavirus at the top of the agenda. But its the countries human rights record thats in the spotlight. 20 presidency, the government of saudi arabia has been hard at work trying to rebrand its image. And yet behind these initiatives and reform, the reality on the ground is that there is a brutal crackdown by the saudi authorities. National welcome to the day we begin with the 75th anniversary of the nuremberg trials have followed world war 2. A landmark event in history. It was the 1st International Tribunals of war criminals. Defendants included the top members of germanys nazi regime, who survived the war, and they faced charges including crimes and crimes against humanity. The trial of the original 24. 00 defendants
Begins handing over just a few territory to azerbaijan. Under a contentious peace deal. Several districts in there was no goal, no karabakh region, a place down to azerbaijans control. Im gerri. Thank you for joining me. U. S. Drug giant pfizer and its german partner by own take have applied for emergency authorized action for their corona virus vaccine in the United States. Based on the vaccines high safety record, the u. S. Food and Drug Administration could grant permission for emergency use before testing is complete. And if it does, the 1st doses could be administered next month. Now, across the world, the sivia health and Economic Impacts of the pandemic mean a vaccine cant come soon enough. A small pub with a big history. 60 years of the albatross pub in california once hosted intellectuals of the Free Speech Movement in the sixtys. Today is shutting down for good g to the coronavirus pandemic. Where people, everybody hang out is, a community space. Its a familiar story, not jus