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Obama, Bush, Clinton willing to take coronavirus vaccine on camera

Steve Holland and Daniel Trotta, Reuters
Posted at Dec 04 06:09 AM

Former US Presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton said they were willing to be vaccinated against the novel coronavirus on television in order to ease any public skepticism over the safety of new vaccines. Read more »

Trump spy chief labels China 'biggest threat to freedom' since World War 2

Mark Hosenball, Reuters
Posted at Dec 04 05:38 AM

WASHINGTON - The top US intelligence official stepped up President Donald Trump's harsh attacks on Beijing on Thursday by labeling China the biggest threat to democracy and freedom worldwide since World War Two and saying it was bent on global domination. Read more »

UN chief pans countries that ignored COVID-19 facts, WHO guidance

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Posted at Dec 04 05:36 AM

UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday decried countries - without naming names - who rejected the facts about the coronavirus pandemic and ignored guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO). Read more »

Philippines raises $2.75-B in global bonds at record low coupons

Karen Lema, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 03 03:16 PM

The Philippines raised $2.75 billion from the sale of new 10.5-year and 25-year U.S. dollar denominated bonds, with the government securing its lowest-ever cost of financing, officials said on Thursday. Read more »

FDA says might approve coronavirus vaccine's emergency use in January

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 03 02:46 PM

MANILA — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday it might clear a coronavirus vaccine candidate for emergency use in January at the earliest. Read more »

US bans cotton imports from China producer citing Xinjiang 'slave labor'

David Lawder, Reuters
Posted at Dec 03 02:34 PM

The Trump administration expanded economic pressure on China's western region of Xinjiang, banning cotton imports from a powerful Chinese quasi-military organization that it says uses the forced labor of detained Uighur Muslims. Read more »

‘It’s terrible, because it was avoidable’: US virus deaths have passed spring peak

Sabrina Tavernise, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 03 12:00 PM

The United States on Wednesday recorded its single-worst daily death toll since the pandemic began, and on a day when COVID-19 hospitalizations also hit an all-time high, the pace of loss showed no signs of slowing any time soon.   Read more »

US expects 100 million people vaccinated by February

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 03 11:42 AM

The US hopes to have immunized 100 million people against COVID-19 by the end of February, a top official said Wednesday, which is approximately 40 percent of the country's adult population.   Read more »

Donald Trump hints at 2024 run

Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters
Posted at Dec 03 06:22 AM

WASHINGTON/WILMINGTON - Donald Trump hinted he may be ready to move on to planning another run for the US presidency in 2024 as President-elect Joe Biden prepared on Wednesday to confront the raging pandemic that will likely be his first major challenge in office. Read more »

US says UN COVID-19 meeting is stage for Chinese 'propaganda'

Andrea Shalal and Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Posted at Dec 03 06:22 AM

The United States on Wednesday claimed a United Nations meeting of world leaders on the COVID-19 pandemic was being designed to allow Beijing to spread "propaganda," stoking months of bickering at the world body between the superpowers. Read more »

Pfizer CEO confident vaccine supply will exceed needs by end of 2021

Reuters
Posted at Dec 03 05:42 AM

ATHENS - Pfizer Inc's chief executive, Albert Bourla, said on Wednesday he was confident that by the end of 2021 there would be more vaccine doses than required to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more »

This Filipino restaurant was just named ‘Restaurant of the Year’ in Seattle

ANCX Staff
Updated as of Dec 03 11:44 AM

Washington’s Seattle Met is singing Musang’s kare-kare high praises, along with its Filipina chef who knows building a community and nurturing it takes hard work Read more »

'Don't leave trash in the desert': Utah monolith removal explained

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Dec 02 09:08 PM

Images emerged Tuesday of 4 men working in the dead of night to remove the strange, triangular pillar that has garnered global attention from its remote resting place in the western United States desert.   Read more »

Lab-grown meat to go on sale in Singapore in world first

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 02 02:36 PM

Lab-grown chicken will soon be available in restaurants for the first time after winning the green light from Singapore regulators. Read more »

China’s trade pivot from US could be a boon for South Korea, Japan and Taiwan

Karen Yeung, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 02 01:19 PM

South Korea, Japan and Taiwan are seen as likely economic winners as China turns away from reliance on US imports. Asian hi-tech exporters are expected to soak up demand from the world‘s second largest economy as it looks to skirt sanctions. Read more »

Australia and US to take on China and Russia in game-changing hypersonic missiles

Kristin Huang, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 02 01:08 PM

Australia's defense minister says the weapons are meant to help deter aggression against Australian interests. Other countries in the region including India, Japan and South Korea might follow suit, analyst says. Read more »

American study finds signs of coronavirus in US before China outbreak

Linda Lew, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 02 12:44 PM

US CDC says blood samples taken in nine states before cases were reported in Wuhan tested positive for antibodies for the pathogen. The results indicate that infections might have happened in the western US earlier than previously thought, scientists say. Read more »

NATO report says China could pose military threat to Europe and US

Stuart Lau, South China Morning Post
Posted at Dec 02 12:26 PM

Member nations are called on to ‘increase capacity to anticipate and react to Chinese activities that undermine allies’ security’. The report was written by 10 independent experts appointed by Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Read more »

Philippines launches new long-term U.S. dollar bonds issue

Neil Jerome Morales and Karen Lema, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 02 04:32 PM

The Philippine government launched an offering of 10.5-year and 25-year U.S. dollar-denominated bonds on Wednesday to raise funds needed to mitigate the economic damage of the coronavirus pandemic.   Read more »

U.S. federation and women's team reach deal on working conditions

Reuters
Posted at Dec 02 11:16 AM

The U.S. women's national team and U.S. Soccer Federation reached a settlement in their long-running lawsuit over working conditions on Tuesday. Read more »