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Pfizer says 3 COVID shots provide strong response in children under 5

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  Three doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced Monday. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots. The news comes after months of anxious waiting by parents desperate to vaccinate their babies, toddlers and preschoolers, especially as COVID-19 cases once again are rising. The 18 million children under 5 are the only group in the U.S. not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination. The Food and Drug Administration has begun evaluating data from rival Moderna, which hopes to begin offering two kid-sized shots by summer. Pfizer has had a bumpier time figuring out its approach. It aims to give young children an even lower dose — just one-tenth of the amount adults receive — but discovered during its trial that two shots didn’t seem quite strong enough for preschoolers. So researchers gave a third shot to more than 1,600 youngsters — from 6 months

Ukrainian Court Convicts Russian Soldier of War Crimes and Sentences Him to Life in Prison

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  Three months after the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, judges in Kyiv on Monday handed down the first guilty verdict for a Russian soldier tried for war crimes. Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin, 21, was convicted of shooting a 62-year-old civilian, Oleksandr Shelipov, in the northern region of Sumy in the first days of the war. Shishimarin, who had pleaded guilty at the start of the trial last week, was sentenced to life in prison. Judge Serhiy Ahafonov pronounced Shishimarin guilty of violating the laws and customs of war and of committing premeditated murder. The verdict can be appealed. “The defendant admitted his guilt in part, arguing that he had no intention of killing Mr. Shelipov,” Ahafonov said. “The court cannot recognize the sincerity of repentance.” The defendant sat in a glass cage, wearing the same blue-and-gray hoodie he has worn for every trial appearance, his head bowed as an interpreter whispered to him in Russian through an opening in the glass. After t

Google adding shortcut for downloads, handwriting API and more in Chrome 99 beta tests

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  Chrome 99 has been delivered by Google on the beta channel. This delivery incorporates a few upgrades and improvements, for example, a new download work process, penmanship acknowledgment API, and changes to how advertisement hindering functions. It very well may be somewhat hard to get to your downloaded records or progressing downloads on the Chrome work area. The downloads tab is concealed under the flood menu. Chrome 99 beta is trying. This test utilizes Android Police to give an alternate route to downloads in the toolbar at the upper right corner. This alternate way was first found in Chrome 99 Canary, in December. It is basically the same as the easy routes in Microsoft Edge. Whenever you download something, the download symbol changes to blue and may have a ring later on. It then, at that point, turns around to dark after the thing is downloaded. The downloads alternate way isn't accessible naturally. We aren't don't know when it will be free for the steady delive

WhatsApp Testing Global Voice Message Player for Desktop, New Media Visibility Option, Redesigned Caption Menu

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  WhatsApp has been apparently spotted testing a usefulness for its work area application that allows it to keep playing voice notes, in any event, when clients change to another talk. The element was first spotted for WhatsApp beta clients on iOS last month. The texting administration's vanishing messages include has been spotted with another usefulness that makes reference to while vanishing messages are turned on, clients can not save media. Moreover, WhatsApp has apparently overhauled its add an inscription menu while sharing media. According to a report by WhatsApp highlights tracker WABetaInfo, Meta's texting administration is trying a component that allows clients to hold standing by listening to a voice note, in any event, when they have exchanged over to another talk. The application additionally shows a media bar at the lower part of the talk list through which clients can handle playback of the voice note. Close by, the media bar additionally shows an advancement bar

Gold gains as inflation worries outweigh higher yields

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  Gold costs rose on Monday, as developing concerns over widening value pressures lifted the metal's allure as an expansion support and assisted pad with forcing from higher U.S. Depository yields after a shockingly perky positions report. Spot gold rose 0.2% to $1,810.38 per ounce by 0129 GMT, drifting near its most elevated almost seven days arrived at last Friday, while U.S. gold fates edged up 0.2% to $1,812.10. The dollar list was level, while benchmark 10-year U.S. Depositories hit their most significant levels since December 2019 on Friday. The Labor Department's business report showed nonfarm payrolls bounced by 467,000 positions last month, which could support the Federal Reserve's arrangement to raise loan fees. Wild swings in stocks and a sharp run-up in government security yields have placed the focus on the current week's U.S. expansion information, as financial backers prepare for greater instability across resources. Due out on Thursday, the U.S. shopper

China stocks rise as markets reopen; infrastructure, energy sectors lead

  China stocks rose on Monday as markets compete catch-up with last week' gains in world equities and rebounded from sharp sell-offs seen before the week-long satellite year holiday. The CSI300 index (.CSI300) rose 1.6% to 4,637.75 by the tip of the morning session, while the Shanghai Composite Index (.SSEC) gained 1.9% to 3,425.52. The suspend Seng index (.HSI) born 0.3% to 24,497.05. The Hong Kong China Enterprises Index (.HSCE) lost 0.3% to 8,557.42. ** China' market liquidity can stay moderately ample while seasonal flows of cash injected sooner than the satellite year vacation are recouped, the official Shanghai Securities News same on Monday. ** The CSI Construction Engineering Index (.CSI399995) and {also the} infrastructure sub-index (.CSI000950) jumped 5% and 3.9% respectively, when China' state planner said it might accelerate the development of recent infrastructure. ** The National Development and Reform Commission also said additio

WhatsApp rolls out global voice note player for desktop users

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 Well known informing application WhatsApp has at last made the worldwide voice note player accessible for work area clients. Prior, the informing application had carried out the element for the iOS stage just, WABetaInfo detailed. As revealed before, the worldwide voice note player is another variety in the current component to play WhatsApp voice notes, which permits the clients to change to one more while paying attention to the notes. Notwithstanding, the WhatsApp news tracker has as of late revealed that WhatsApp has delivered the element for WhatsApp web clients too under the most recent form update. What's happening in the update? We realize that the voice notes quit playing promptly when we leave the visit or tap another message notice while paying attention to one. Yet, with the component update, the WhatsApp web clients will can keep paying attention to the voice notes while exploring to different visits to peruse others' messages. Here in this screen capture, you can