As debate around the coronavirus "lab leak hypothesis" continues, fueling speculation as to the extent human intention or error contributed to the COVID-19 pandemic, questions are raised about whether Pfizer's laboratories in Mumbai and Johannesburg are implicated in the emergence of new COVID variants like Eris.
China’s Ministry of State Security stated it detained an employee from a military-industrial group on suspicion of spying for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
In his statement from the Justice Department’s Washington headquarters, Attorney General Garland revealed that the decision came after the investigation had "reached the stage" where the powers of a special counsel were necessary to continue.
McGonigal, 54, previously at the helm of New York’s FBI counterintelligence operations during the Trump-Russia inquiry, is now at the center of a scandal that alleges illicit ties with Oleg Deripaska, a Russian businessman.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has recently faced questions over its financial links to Chinese facial recognition startup, SenseTime.