Pfizer completes trial, says vaccine ‘95% effective’

Pfizer announced on Wednesday that its vaccine trial has been completed, with “95% effectiveness.” The high success rate of the large-scale clinical tests is expected to bring coronavirus under control. Pfizer’s BNT162b2 vaccine is one the leading coronavirus vaccine candidates. It was developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. Officials said results will be submitted for regulatory approval […]

China to leapfrog 56 nations during quarter-century income surge

Beijing: China’s surging economy is set to overtake 56 countries in the world’s per-capita income rankings during the quarter-century through 2025, the International Monetary Fund projects. By that date, China will rank 70th in the world on the metric, putting it close to joining the richest one-third of nations, according to data analyzed by Bloomberg […]