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America's big bet on company that promised vaccine within 'weeks' despite having no track record

Moderna Inc has been greenlit by the FDA to conduct a trial of its vaccine. The company has received $483million in funding from the government to carry it out.




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Trump promises coronavirus briefings return, and says losing 'combative attitude' would be 'boring'

Donald Trump vowed Monday to bring back his widely-viewed coronavirus briefings, but said they will be limited to one or two a week instead of the daily briefings he held over the last two months.




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Elizabeth Warren promises Iowa supporters the party will 'come together' after primaries

Senator Elizabeth Warren kept up her frenetic - and compressed - campaign schedule by storming into Ames, Iowa for an event at the Iowa State University Memorial Union Sunday.




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Inside the 'house of torture' Islamic boarding school' where students were tortured and sodomised

An Islamic boarding school has been revealed as a 'house of torture' after authorities raided the building on Thursday.




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Former Nigeria international Isaac Promise dies as ex-teammate Anton Ferdinand leads tributes

The American side announced in a statement that Promise had died on Wednesday evening, but did not specify the cause of death. He captained Nigeria to a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.




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Health bosses accuse ministers of 'breaking PPE promises'

Health bosses today slammed the government for 'breaking promises' to frontline workers over the supply of PPE after it emerged a shipment of 400,000 gowns from Turkey is useless.




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Hollywood rehab heaven: Promises has been revamped

DailyMail.com has a first look at the recent revamp after the property took a hit from the wild fires of 2018. The grand re-opening of the facility is on June 13.




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George W Bush won't 'get into the slop' with Donald Trump promises Jeb Bush

Former President George W. Bush lent his brother's campaign a jolt of energy at a rally tonight in North Charleston, South Carolina, using humor to punctuate his pitch for Jeb Bush.




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Charity warns footballers' human rights may be compromised if they play during the pandemic

The Premier League is among the major competitions hoping to return in the coming weeks, with June 12 the date earmarked by Project Restart.




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Juventus star Cristiano Ronaldo went back on promise to swap shirts after Sorrentino's saved penalty

Cristiano Ronaldo had initially agreed to swap shirts with former Chievo goalkeeper Stefano Sorrentino before his penalty was saved during a 3-0 win in Turin last year.




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David Beckham promises a 'great opportunity' for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo at Inter Miami

David Beckham believes his Major League Soccer franchise Inter Miami have a chance of signing Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the years to come.




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NASSER HUSSAIN: Back to the basics pays off for Joe Root... as England show signs of promise

NASSER HUSSAIN: The real challenges will come with India next winter and Australia the following one, but this comfortable 3-1 series win represents the green shoots of recovery for Joe Root's England.




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Jean-Claude Juncker promised David Cameron 'I want to make Brexit work'

The European Commission chief tried to reassure the outgoing Mr Cameron at a Brussels summit just days after the EU referendum result in 2016, according to the ex-PM's new memoirs.




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Fracking farce: Industry fails to live up to its promise

David Cameron's government had predicted the development of a £33billion industry with 64,500 jobs with 20 frackign wells operational by mid 2020.




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Boris promises to 'go at it with a lot of oomph' in Brexit talks

The Prime Minister was bullish tonight as he promised 'oomph' in negotiations and said he will tell EU leaders the Irish backstop 'is going to come out' of the withdrawal agreement.




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DWTS' Grant Denyer promises great show amid coronavirus pandemic

Channel Ten cancelled studio audiences for The Project, Studio 10, Dancing With The Stars and Australian Survivor: All Stars, on Friday.




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Channing Tatum promises Jessie J he will perform steamy Pony dance at the Sydney Opera House

Channing Tatum's singer girlfriend Jessie J left a rather flirtatious comment for her beau on Instagram during his visit to Australia for Magic Mike Live announcement.




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Deontay Wilder looks ahead to trilogy fight with Tyson Fury as he promises 'we will rise!' 

Under the terms of the contract for their second fight, Wilder has the right to force another rematch and he has triggered that clause, with a prospective month of July already mooted.




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Exclusive first look at Military Wives: Trailer for feel-good flick promises laughter and tears

The uplifting trailer hints at a story of friendship and support between women left behind at a military base while their husbands are in Afghanistan, and will hit the big screen in March.




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Nissan turns over a new LEAF: Japanese manufacturer unveils its redesigned electric car which promises to end 'range anxiety'

With a longer range, lots of extra space and a heavier steer, the Nissan LEAF might be small but it drives like one of the big boys - and that's no bad thing.




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Aston Martin set to launch 'no compromise' £200,000 flagship soft-top convertible

That rare shaft of sunshine this week was enough for British supercar-maker Aston Martin to launch a blistering £200,000 flagship soft-top, a highlight of its centenary year.




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Time to keep your pensions promise, Boris! PM pledged to help victims

After meeting workers fleeced of their futures in the scandal, the now Prime Minister, pictured with victims with David Burgess, left, Sue Flood and Micky Nettle, pledged to take up their case.




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Prudential promises victims of IT glitch will get pension payments

We reported last week how Peter Burgess (pictured) had been unable to access his pension pot, while Pat Savage had been waiting for a compensation payment for nearly three months.




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Gilead CEO promises to make remdesivir affordable

Gilead Sciences CEO Daniel O'Day told Stat News that his company understands its responsibility to make its antiviral drug affordable after it showed promise for treating coronavirus.




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Sally Faulkner promises to bring her children to Australia after botched 60 Minutes abduction

Brisbane mother Sally Faulkner has made a 'guarantee' to bring her children Lahela, five, and Noah, three, back after the botched 60 Minutes child abduction in Beirut, Lebanon.




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Lucasfilm president promises a Star Wars film will 'absolutely' be directed by a female director

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy said the legendary Star Wars franchise will 'absolutely' have a female director in the future. A few female directors have already directed franchise series.




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Morrisons promises staff a £1,000 bonus

The scheme also includes new hires the supermarket has made to help deal with added demand sparked by the coronavirus pandemic. Supermarkets dealt with record levels of demand in March.




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Wayne Rooney carries sweet customised washbag with sons on it for away game at Selhurst Park

Wayne looked smart as he wore an all-blue tracksuit with black Nike trainers as he proudly held his toiletries in the tailor-made bag.




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BP promises to pay a £1.7bn dividend despite 'brutal' environment

Many had been worried BP would have to cut or axe the payout after oil prices began tanking in late January. But the energy giant has raised the amount it will give to shareholders.




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Robert Helenius promises to bring a 'Viking invasion' to the UK to defeat Anthony Joshua

The 'Nordic Nightmare' is on a high after his devastating stoppage of previously undefeated Adam Kownacki earlier this month, and is now just one win away from a potential fight with AJ.




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Autumn Statement: Victory for drivers: 3p-a-litre fuel duty rise is axed as Osborne promises 'real help' for families

Tory MPs had threatened to rebel against the government if George Osborne had gone ahead with his New Year tax hike on petrol and diesel.




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Philip Hammond promises low and middle earners they WILL get income tax cuts

The Chancellor reaffirmed the Conservative manifesto commitments to lift the personal allowance to £12,500 and the 40p tax threshold to £50,000 by accelerating progress to meeting the goals.




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Ryan Murphy promises 'very startling' revelations in ACS: Impeachment about Monica Lewinsky scandal

'I'm very, very excited to have Monica Lewinsky's version of what happened be put out there in the world, and I think that she's earned the right to be able to tell her story,' Murphy told Collider.




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Russian hoaxers promise to release more audio from Prince Harry hoax calls

The Russian pranksters who tricked Prince Harry into believing he was talking to Greta Thunberg have today warned they will release more audio.




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Anthony Joshua promises to beat Kubrat Pulev in 11th round as he eyes future fight with Tyson Fury 

The British champion will take on the Bulgarian at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before a potential future date with Tyson Fury.




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Immunocompromised woman hospitalized with coronavirus after her mother 'refused to let her isolate'

Reddit user racingbarakarts shared photos of herself in the hospital, her official diagnosis, and her text message exchange with her mom on Wednesday.




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Google is NOT building the COVID-19 testing website Trump promised

A website that is very different to the one described at Trump's Friday press conference at the White House is being built by Verily, a healthcare tech company also owned by Alphabet.




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Apple and Google promise to discontinue COVID-19 tracking following the pandemic

The decision to disable tech supporting contact tracing apps designed to monitor the spread of COVID-19 be made on a geographic basis according to representatives.




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eBay removes listing selling three nuclear cabins that promised 'full protection' from coronavirus

Three nuclear cabins in Cardigan, West Wales, that were said to offer 'full protection' from viruses including COVID-19, were removed from eBay after being listed on the website for £15,000 each.




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Rural areas promised better internet as Government pledge £5bn towards speedy broadband

Households in rural areas of the UK have been promised better internet speeds as the Government pledged £5billion towards providing faster broadband.




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Rs 15-lakh cr investment promises at Make in India

Maharashtra, which was the host state, alone received investment proposals of Rs 7.94 lakh cr and 3,294 MoUs




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Jayalalithaa keeps five poll promises on Day 1

AIADMK chief becomes Tamil Nadu CM for the sixth time




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New antiviral drug combo shows promise against COVID-19: Study

A two-week course of an antiviral therapy, started within seven days of experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, may improve clinical recovery of patients and reduce their hospital stay duration, according to the first randomised trial of this triple drug combination. The study, published in the journal The Lancet, involved 127 adults from six public hospitals in Hong Kong, and tested the effectiveness of an antiviral drug combination in reducing the load of the novel coronavirus in their bodies. According to the researchers, including those from the University of Hong Kong, treatment involving combination of the drugs interferon beta-1b, plus the antiviral therapy lopinavir-ritonavir and ribavirin, is better at reducing the viral load than lopinavir-ritonavir alone. They stressed on the need for larger phase 3 trials to examine the effectiveness of this triple combination in critically ill patients, adding that these early findings were only observed in patients with mild to moderate ...




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Rigged results, failed promises


The hype that surrounded the introduction of Bt Cotton has now predictably proven false, says Devinder Sharma.




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'Congress candidate has promised us employment'

A voter discusses the chances in the Sawaimadhopur Lok Sabha seat in Rajasthan where Colonel Kirori Singh Bainsla, who led the Gujjar agitation last year, is the BJP candidate.




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The willful breaking of Narmada promises


Without an iota of public debate and due process, Gujarat had increased allocation of Narmada waters for industry five fold last year, eating into the share of drought affected villages. The Comptroller and Auditor General reported this in 2007, finding it untenable. Himanshu Upadhyaya has more.




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Has the Modi government kept its promises on inflation?


S Venkatraman presents an interesting set of charts to capture the movement of the consumer price index and finds that the answer to this question may not be an easy one to arrive at.




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The false promise of a demographic dividend


Much is made out of the proportion of youth in India’s population and what it could mean for its economy and progress. However, statistics and trends in education and employment within this group do not paint a promising picture, points out Kannan Kasturi.




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Not quite as planned or promised


The World Bank's Inspection Panel finds that a Bank-backed coal mine disrupted livelihoods by violating guidelines on resettlement, supervision, and the environment.




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The beauty of compromise


The most intractable conflicts in South Asia have remained unresolved because of the inflexibility and dogmatism of the contending parties. It is time for them to move beyond self-justification towards acknowledging and embracing the beauty of compromise, writes Ramachandra Guha.