Coronavirus vaccines by the University of Oxford and China are in the most advanced clinical phase and likely the best choice for India according to Biocon founder Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.The US coronavirus vaccine candidates may be more talked about but they will likely be much more expensive.“We’re much more comfortable with a jab and a low-cost vaccine, which is what the Oxford and Chinese vaccines are all about,” explained Shaw.Biotechnology companies around the world are going head-to-head to create the first coronavirus vaccine as the ongoing pandemic continues to wreak havoc on normal life. Some have a headstart over others.“I think the Oxford vaccine and Chinese vaccine are certainly in the more advanced clinical phase as is the German vaccine. The two US vaccines are, of course, much

Pete Davidson said during a virtual appearance on "The Tonight Show" that a stranger came to his Staten Island home with a "full bag of weed."Davidson said it happened after he mentioned he was trying to stop using drugs in an Instagram video."Literally three hours later, a lady rang my doorbell with a full bag of weed and gave it to my mom and said, 'I heard your son needs this,'" Davidson said. The "Saturday Night Live" star said in a subsequent video that he didn't keep the marijuana (which was "a couple weeks' worth"), instead giving it to his friend. Davidson is currently promoting his new movie "The King of Staten Island" with producer Judd Apatow.Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.Pete Davidson revealed in a video interview with Jimmy Fallon that someone showed up at his mom's

Roy Horn, one half of the Las Vegas magic duo Siegfried & Roy, has died aged 75 due to coronavirus complications.Horn's publicist Dave Kirvin confirmed that he died in a Las Vegas hospital on Friday after testing positive for the coronavirus last week."Today, the world has lost one of the greats of magic, but I have lost my best friend," read a statement from Siegfried Fischbacher.Visit Insider's homepage for more stories.Roy Horn of the iconic Siegfried & Roy magic duo has died aged 75 from complications related to the coronavirus.The legendary magician died at Mountain View Hospital in Las Vegas on Friday, his publicist Dave Kirvin confirmed. He added that Horn had tested positive for the coronavirus last week, according to the New York Times.The German-born double act, Horn and Siegfried

Facebook Inc also said on Friday it would allow workers who are able to work remotely to do so until the end of 2020.

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Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and the musician Grimes have given their new baby an unusual name full of hidden meaning, and it may have been inspired in part by X-Men comics. The name, which Musk and Grimes say is spelled X Æ A-12, is pronounced X Ash Archangel, according to Musk. Archangel is the internal codename for the A-12, a US Central Intelligence Agency plane built during the Cold War. The A-12 was the precursor to the SR-71 Blackbird, which Musk and Grimes say is their favorite aircraft. "No weapons, no defenses, just speed. Great in battle, but non-violent," Grimes said in her tweet explaining the name.The Blackbird is nearly identical to the X-Jet, the plane used by the X-Men. Both planes can fly at supersonic speeds and have technology to make them nearly undetectable. Both Musk

Apple is reopening some US stores starting next week, the company announced Friday.Some Apple Stores in South Carolina, Alabama, Idaho, and Alaska will be the first to reopen.Apple says it will implement temperature checks in stores and limit the number of people in a store at once.The company closed all of its stores outside China in March, but has already reopened some stores in Australia, Austria, and South Korea.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Apple will start gradually reopening US stores beginning next week, the company said in a statement Friday.Most Apple stores outside of China closed in mid-March as COVID-19 spread around the globe. Since then, Apple has started reopening stores in Austria, South Korea, and Australia. Some stores in Germany will reopen beginning

The video game industry has enjoyed record profits amid the spread of the coronavirus, as millions of people sheltering in place turn to gaming for entertainment.Huge game releases like "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" and "DOOM Eternal" enjoyed larger than expected launches, and upcoming games like "The Last of Us: Part II" and "Cyberpunk 2077" have brewed excitement.Moreover, new game consoles like Sony's PlayStation and Microsoft's Xbox are expected this holiday season. But the game industry is bound to see an impact from coronavirus — just not yet. "Through the summer, early fall? I feel pretty good about those games," Xbox head Phil Spencer told Business Insider in an interview. "Games that were targeting a year from now or beyond? There'll be some impact, but they'll be able to react."Visit

Twitter is rolling out a key feature that will let both Android and iOS users schedule a tweet to be released on a specific date and time. The users can look at all their scheduled tweets in the scheduling window on the platform.The micro-blogging feature is also experimenting with giving users a second opportunity to self-edit their tweets and replies if they contain harmful, abusive and hate content.Twitter is rolling out a key feature that will let both Android and iOS users schedule a tweet to be released on a specific date and time. The users can look at all their scheduled tweets in the scheduling window on the platform.Scheduling seems to be currently available only to some users on Twitter for desktop and will be available for all soon, reports the Next Web.The scheduling feature would

A hacker streamed child sex abuse footage when about 60 children were participating in a fitness class over video meet app Zoom in Plymouth in southwest England.The incident occurred when the class was being hosted this week by a sports club in Plymouth, Devon, and suddenly, the young participants were exposed to the "extremely distressing" material, reports BBC.According to local police, the hacker which was yet to be identified gained access after the Zoom call's details were published on online forums.In a shocking tale of zoombombing, a hacker streamed child sex abuse footage when about 60 children were participating in a fitness class over video meet app Zoom in Plymouth in southwest England.The incident occurred when the class was being hosted this week by a sports club in Plymouth,

75631454Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other China hawks in GOP are ignoring US intelligence agencies, and continuing to spread the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus came from a Chinese government lab.They're doing it for an audience of one — Donald Trump.China hawks have always fought to get Trump to take an even harder line on China, but he's often put his hopes of signing a trade deal with China first.By turning this anti-China conspiracy theory into a talking point on Trump's favorite TV shows and in his political circles, though, hawks could win Trump to their side. It's worked before.This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.In recent weeks Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has been making the rounds

The unemployment rate for US veterans jumped to 11.7% last month as over 1 million former service members found themselves out of work.In April, as the coronavirus shuttered businesses across the country, the US unemployment rate climbed to 14.7%, with the loss of 20.5 million jobs.During the coronavirus pandemic, the US veteran community has seen over 10,000 coronavirus cases and over 800 related deaths.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.As the coronavirus pandemic continued to take its toll on the US economy, more than 1 million veterans found themselves without a job in April as the unemployment rate for this group rose to 11.7%, Military Times first reported, citing information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics out Friday.The rise in veteran unemployment, which was only

Senators Bernie Sanders, Kamala Harris, and Ed Markey will introduce a bill to give Americans an additional $2,000 a month for the duration of the coronavirus crisis.The bill would give $2,000 a month to every American with an income of less than $120,000 for the duration of the crisis, and for three months after, according to a release.Married couples filing jointly would get $4,000, and $2,000 for each child up to three children.The funds would be available to all U.S. residents, including those who had not filed taxes or did not have a social security card.This is a key difference from the $1,200 one-time stimulus provided by the CARES Act.House Democrats proposed a similar bill in April that would give $2,000 a month to U.S. citizens until the emergency was over.Visit Business Insider's

Vice President Mike Pence stopped by a nursing home to help deliver personal protective equipment on Thursday. Notably, Pence didn't wear a mask or gloves while interacting closely with others. After carrying a few boxes of supplies to the door of the facility, Pence jokingly asked to continue carrying empty boxes "just for the cameras."Late-night host Jimmy Kimmel wrongly accused Pence of carrying the empty boxes as a publicity stunt and a shortened clip of the interaction was widely shared online.Democratic critics quickly piled on. "I see Mike Pence is full of shit as usual" James Carville, a veteran Democratic strategist, tweeted.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Vice President Mike Pence visited a Northern Virginia nursing home on Thursday to help deliver essential personal

Trump's top economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday morning that the United States may not impose sweeping stay-at-home orders during a possible second wave of COVID-19. Kudlow said a member of the White House coronavirus task force told him "we won't have to reshut down because first of all we know more, we have more experience, and second of all we are much better equipped with the right tools."Despite Kudlow's optimism, the US still has a long way to go in terms of ramping up testing and scaling up contact tracing networks to be able to reopen the economy while combatting the virus. CDC Director Robert Redfield has also warned that a second wave of COVID-19 in the fall or winter on top of the regular seasonal flu could devastate healthcare systems and cause further economic damage.

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany blamed CNN and her own naiveté for somehow convincing her to call President Donald Trump's rhetoric about immigrants "racist" and "hateful" in 2015. "For about the first four weeks of the election, I was watching CNN and I was naively believing some of the headlines that I saw on CNN," she said. "I very quickly came around and supported the president."In newly-unearthed footage, McEnany passionately and repeatedly attacked then-candidate Trump, calling him "a showman" who didn't deserve a place in the Republican Party. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.During her press conference at the White House on Friday, Kayleigh McEnany, President Donald Trump's newly-installed White House press secretary, blamed CNN and her own naiveté for

Stanford Law School professor Pamela Karlan hypothesized a scenario last year in which President Trump conditioned disaster assistance to states on them giving in to his personal demands during a national crisis."Wouldn't you know in your gut that such a president has abused his office?" Karlan said while testifying at Trump's impeachment hearings in December.Karlan's testimony catapulted back into the spotlight this month as Trump suggested a quid pro quo similar to the one she laid out.Specifically, he implied the federal government would only send urgently needed financial aid to Democratic-led states grappling with the coronavirus if they gave in to his political demands regarding tax policy and sanctuary cities."Professor Karlan correctly envisioned this scenario, where an out-of-control

Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary, Katie Miller, reportedly has coronavirus. President Donald Trump on Friday said a woman named "Katie," whom he described as a "press person," had tested positive. Miller is also the wife of a top adviser to the president, Stephen Miller.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to confirm that Katie Miller, Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary, has tested positive for coronavirus. After the White House said that a top staffer on Pence's team had tested positive, Trump said a woman named "Katie," whom he described as a "press person," was infected. Politico also reported that the staffer Miller is the staffer who tested positive. Miller is also the wife of one of Trump's senior advisers, Stephen

Quarantine restrictions are spurring several US states to weight adopting vote-by-mail policies for the November elections.Five states already have established vote-by-mail processes: Washington, Oregon, Utah, Colorado, and Hawaii.Switching to vote-by-mail is typically a yearslong process, but states would have to do the work in just a few months.And the initiative is facing criticism from President Donald Trump, who has expressed fears of ballot fraud.View more episodes of Business Insider Today on Facebook.With much of the United States under quarantine restrictions, several states are weighing whether they'll be able to hold traditional elections this November.One alternative to in-person voting that is gaining steam is vote-by-mail, which is already an established process in five states:

On Friday, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz got a haircut at a Dallas salon that has become a symbol of protest against stay-at-home orders. Friday, May 8, was the first day salons were allowed to reopen in Texas.Salon A La Mode owner Shelley Luther was arrested and sentenced to seven days in jail this week for defying Texas' emergency order and keeping her Dallas salon open, then ignoring a cease and desist order.Luther was freed Thursday after Republican Gov. Greg Abbott intervened, changing the emergency order to eliminate jail time as a punishment.Luther has become a hero for conservatives and Republicans who oppose stay at home orders.Critics argue the orders, which are in place in many states to slow the spread of coronavirus, negatively impact the economy and constitute government overreach.Polling

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Friday offered a message in honor of the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day).The 93-year-old monarch spoke of the parallels between the Second World War that left more than 50 million dead, and the ongoing efforts to battle the coronavirus."The war had been a total war: it had affected everyone, and no one was immune from its impact," she said.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Britain's Queen Elizabeth II on Friday offered a tribute and a message of hope in honor of the 75th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day (VE Day).In a video message, the 93-year-old monarch drew a parallel between the Second World War that left more than 50 million dead, and the ongoing efforts to battle the coronavirus.VE Day is remembered as the day when

Rick Bright, the Department of Health and Human Services scientist who was reassigned last month and then filed a whistleblower complaint, disputed the White House's characterization that he was "disgruntled.""I am frustrated at a lack of urgency to get a head-start on developing life-saving tools for Americans," he said in a CBS "60 Minutes" interview."I was thinking that we could have done more to get those masks and supplies to them sooner, and if we had, would they still be alive today," Bright added. "It's a horrible thought to think about the time that past when we could have done something and we didn't."Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Rick Bright, the Department of Health and Human Services scientist who was fired in April and then filed a whistleblower complaint

Top White House officials shelved expert guidance to reopening America from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, despite the report being greenlit by the CDC director, the Associated Press reported.The first 17 pages of the report — which spanned more than 60 pages — was initially released by the AP on May 7, after the White House killed its release on April 30, the day federal social distancing guidelines were set to expire.Following the AP report on Thursday, the White House subsequently fast-tracked the approval for release of the guidance.White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany told reporters Friday that the report was not released because CDC director Robert Redfield had not approved of it. However, internal emails obtained by the AP suggest a different timeline.Visit Business

Ivanka Trump's personal assistant has tested positive for the coronavirus, CNN reported.The assistant has reportedly not been around the first daughter for several weeks. Both Trump and her husband, Jared Kushner, tested negative on Friday.Earlier this week, one of President Donald Trump's valets tested positive for the virus. And on Friday, it surfaced that Vice President Mike Pence's press secretary, Katie Miller, also tested positive.The US is currently the global epicenter of the novel coronavirus outbreak, which the World Health Organization designated a pandemic in March. But Trump and several Republican lawmakers are already moving to loosen social distancing guidelines and reopen businesses.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Ivanka Trump's personal assistant has tested

75644579President Donald Trump has overseen a chaotic response to the US coronavirus outbreak, downplaying its severity and repeatedly changing his stance on China.This is undermining US authority to criticize how China handled the initial outbreak, which began in Wuhan.China has capitalized on this, with state media and government officials highlighting the US inconsistencies and saying it is "hid[ing] their incompetence by blaming China."There are signs that the Chinese public — the Communist Party's most important audience — is also losing trust in the US.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.China's Communist Party has in recent weeks embarked on an expansive propaganda campaign to recoup its public image as the coronavirus ravages much of the world.Its efforts have included

75647493Presumptions of guilt do not serve justice, they inevitably lead to false accusations and ruined lives.That's something Democrats are rediscovering now that Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, faces a sexual assault allegation.In the #MeToo era, "Believe Women" was meant to create a societal change that women would be taken seriously when they reported abuse.But it was taken literally by some Democrats, including prominent lawmakers, such as Biden himself.Due process is not exclusively for the popular. It's for both the guilty and the wrongly accused, and it's the foundation that gives just verdicts their weight. This is an opinion column. The thoughts expressed are those of the author.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Justice requires a code.

The Project's Peter Helliar, 42, avoids discussing PMS symptoms with his co-hosts, in hilarious segment on Tuesday's program.

On Thursday, disgraced comedian Bill Cosby was convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in 2004.

Lisa Wilkinson has shown off her hack to keep warm while reporting from London.

She's been based in London to cover the Royal Wedding. 

They formed a strong friendship over their 'love of getting drunk'.

Channel Ten has denied Richard Dreyfuss' claims that he was tricked by The Project's Lisa Wilkinson during his appearance on Sunday's show.

The 70-year-old actor read a lengthy statement on Thursday's Today Extra, which is aired on rival network Channel Nine, accusing The Project's staff as well as host Lisa Wilkinson of 'trickery'.

He has appeared in some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, including Jaws, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and American Graffiti.

Lisa Wilkinson has hit back at Richard Dreyfuss after the actor claimed that he was tricked by The Project host during his appearance on Sunday's show.

The Project's Carrie Bickmore was left scrambling on Thursday night after guest Tom Gleeson refused to leave the show's desk following the end of his segment.

The  32-year-old simply stunned on the red carpet as one of the first guests to arrive at the The Star on the Gold Coast.

Dr Susan Carland made a stunning entrance at the TV Week Logie awards on the Gold Coast Sunday night. 

Sylvia Jeffreys has revealed that she misses her old Today show colleague, Lisa Wilkinson. 

Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson and his partner Lauren Hashian celebrated the birth of their second daughter Tiana Gia in April.

As one of Hollywood's most successful actors, you'd expect Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson to have a decent grasp of foreign accents.

Speaking on Network Ten's The Project on Thursday night, Amy, 32, told co-host Tommy Little, 'I’d love to get Russell in a video. I'm sure I could come up with anything [for the concept].'

The Project's Waleed Aly first drew attention to the issue of cultural diversity on television during his Gold Logie acceptance speech in 2016.

For years Australians woke up to her face on the Today show every morning before she moved on to star on The Project. 

He's the fun-loving co-host of The Project, who's often cool, calm and collected on-air.

Radio star Fifi Box, 42, claims she's been 'in heavenly bliss' since welcoming her second daughter, Daisy Belle, earlier this week.