US suspends 26 flights operated by Chinese carriers

The United States has suspended 26 passenger flights operated by Chinese carriers after Beijing’s aviation agency took similar action to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) said on Thursday.

Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech over corona vaccine

Moderna is suing its US pharmaceutical rival Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first Covid-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic.