Jan 6 (Reuters) - Bayer's Monsanto sued COVID-19 vaccine makers Pfizer, BioNTech and Moderna in Delaware federal court ​on Tuesday for allegedly misusing its messenger RNA technology ‌in manufacturing their vaccines, a Bayer spokesperson confirmed. The patent infringement lawsuits said the companies ‌copied technology developed by Monsanto in the 1980s for strengthening mRNA in crops in order to stabilize the genetic material used in their vaccines.

For decades, Belgium has been at the beating heart of the European Union. The headquarters of the 27-nation bloc’s main institutions and NATO are based there. EU leaders meet in the capital Brussels at least four times a year.

Scientists have uncovered the mummified remains of cheetahs from caves in northern Saudi Arabia. Researchers excavated seven mummies along with the bones of 54 other cheetahs from a site near the city of Arar. Researchers aren’t sure how exactly these new cats got mummified, but the caves’ dry conditions and stable temperature could have played a role, according to the new study published Thursday in the journal Communications Earth and Environment.