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New warning on vaccine supplies sparks EU concern

Cecile Feuillatre with AFP bureaus
Jan 24 12:01 AM

Drugmakers' warnings came with worry deepening over new COVID-19 variants, particularly one that emerged in Britain and which is more infectious than the original strain. Read more »

TikTok inatasang harangin ang users matapos ang pagkamatay ng batang babae

ABS-CBN News
Jan 23 11:32 PM

Inatasan ng Italian data privacy watchdog ang TikTok na i-block ang account ng mga users sa Italy na hindi beripikado ang edad matapos ang pagkamatay ng 10-anyos na batang babae. Read more »

Police arrest over 1,000 at Russia protests backing jailed Kremlin foe Navalny

Polina Ivanova and Polina Nikolskaya, Reuters
Jan 23 10:30 PM

Authorities had warned people to stay away from Saturday's protests, but protesters defied the ban and bitter cold, and turned out in force. Read more »

Taiwan reports large incursion by Chinese air force

ABS-CBN News
Jan 23 08:51 PM

The presence of so many Chinese combat aircraft on this mission - Taiwan said it was made up of eight nuclear-capable H-6K bombers and four J-16 fighter jets - is unusual.   Read more »

ALAMIN: Mga EO na pinirmahan ni Biden para sa US pandemic response

ABS-CBN News
Jan 23 07:56 PM

Halos kalahati ng pinirmahang 30 executive orders ni US President Joe Biden ay nakalaan para sa panlaban sa coronavirus disease (COVID-19).  Read more »

Russia wages online battle against TikTok, YouTube

Andrea Palasciano, Agence France-Presse
Jan 23 05:37 PM | Updated Jan 23 07:52 PM

In Russia, authorities have ramped up efforts to contain and even replace sites that are seen as a threat.   Read more »

Huawei founder calls for decentralization, focus on profits to survive US trade sanctions

Zhou Xin, South China Morning Post
Jan 23 12:58 PM

Huawei Technologies Co. must decentralize its operations, simplify product lines, focus on generating profit, and maintain pay levels for three to five years to survive US trade restrictions, according to a recently published speech from company founder and CEO Ren Zhengfei.   Read more »

Australia's Victoria logs 17 days with no community COVID-19 cases

Reuters
Jan 23 12:57 PM

Australia's Victoria state recorded its 17th straight day without any new local coronavirus cases on Saturday as officials focus on keeping the community separated from staff and players here for next month's Australia Open. Read more »

Myanmar receives first batch of COVID-19 vaccines from India

Shoon Naing, Reuters
Jan 23 12:55 PM

India is donating millions of doses of vaccines to a string of countries in Asia, drawing praise from neighbors and pushing back against China's dominating presence in the region.   Read more »

Hong Kong imposes COVID-19 lockdown

Tyrone Siu, Reuters
Jan 23 12:17 PM

A medical worker in a protective suit helps a resident to register outside a residential area at Jordan district where tens of thousands of its residents will be placed in a lockdown to contain a new outbreak of COVID-19 in Hong Kong on Friday. Read more »

Hong Kong orders thousands to stay home in two-day virus lockdown

Agence France-Presse
Jan 23 10:04 AM | Updated Jan 23 12:40 PM

Thousands of Hong Kongers were ordered to stay in their homes on Saturday for the city's first coronavirus lockdown as authorities battle an outbreak in one of its poorest and most densely packed districts.  Read more »

Trump impeachment trial to begin week of February 8: Schumer

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Jan 23 09:46 AM

Donald Trump's US Senate trial will begin in the second week of February, days after a fresh impeachment case against the former president is transmitted by the House, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Friday.  Read more »

Germany detects first case of Brazilian virus variant

Agence France-Presse
Jan 23 07:37 AM

BERLIN - Germany has detected its first case of a newly discovered Brazilian coronavirus variant, feared to be particularly infectious, regional health officials in the state of Hesse said Friday. Read more »

World's aging big dams pose 'emerging risk': UN

Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse
Jan 23 04:47 AM

PARIS - By 2050, more than half the global population will live downstream from tens of thousands of large dams near or past their intended lifespan, according to a UN report released Friday. Read more »

'Some evidence' UK coronavirus strain more deadly, says UK PM Johnson

Agence France-Presse
Jan 23 04:43 AM | Updated Jan 23 09:38 AM

LONDON - The new strain of coronavirus identified in Britain could be not only more transmissible but also more deadly, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Friday. Read more »

One year after lockdown, Wuhan clubbers hit the dancefloor

Sébastien Ricci, Agence France-Presse
Jan 23 04:41 AM

As the rest of the world continues to grapple with lockdowns and soaring infections, young people in the city, once the epicenter of the novel coronavirus, are enjoying their hard-earned freedom. Read more »

5 dead in India vaccine plant fire; COVID drug unaffected

Ammu Kannampilly, Agence France-Presse
Jan 23 04:38 AM

MUMBAI - Five people died as a fire tore through a building in the world's biggest vaccine manufacturing hub in India Thursday, but the company insisted the production of drugs to counter the coronavirus pandemic would continue. Read more »

After 10 months of quarantine, chronically ill young German jumps vaccine queue

Reuters
Jan 23 04:36 AM

NIEDERBREITBACH, Germany - Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, chronically ill 30-year-old Benni Over has lived in strict domestic quarantine in the German resort town of Niederbreitbach with his parents, who look after him around the clock. Read more »

Pinoy family in California who lost their baby find meaning through organ donation

Isay Reyes
Jan 23 01:48 AM | Updated Jan 23 02:15 AM

A 16-month-old Filipino baby boy has apparently saved the lives of 3 people in the US after his parents donated their child’s organs before he died. Read more »

EU Commission investigated over secrecy of COVID-19 vaccine contracts

Reuters
Jan 22 11:38 PM

BRUSSELS - The European Ombudsman is investigating the secrecy with which the European Union's executive is handling COVID-19 vaccine supply contracts, it said on Friday. Read more »

China finds coronavirus cluster in major chicken processing plant

Dominique Patton, Reuters
Jan 22 11:00 PM

BEIJING - China reported its first cluster of COVID-19 cases among workers in a meat processing plant, raising fears among local consumers who have until now mainly worried about the safety of imported foods. Read more »

After big hack of US government, Biden enlists 'world class' cybersecurity team

Christopher Bing and Joseph Menn, Reuters
Jan 22 10:16 PM

President Joe Biden is hiring a group of national security veterans with deep cyber expertise, drawing praise from former defense officials and investigators as the US government works to recover from one of the biggest hacks of its agencies attributed to Russian spies. Read more »

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Issei Kato, Reuters
Jan 22 10:10 PM

A guard wearing a protective mask is reflected on the surface of an object, amid the COVID-19 pandemic at an observation deck in Tokyo on Friday. Read more »

Japan tourism push linked to surge in COVID-19 infections

Rocky Swift, Reuters
Jan 22 09:56 PM

TOKYO - A domestic tourism campaign promoted by Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga may have contributed to a sharp increase in coronavirus infection cases in the country, a prominent adviser to the government's pandemic response said. Read more »

How US CDC missed chances to spot COVID's silent spread

Ned Parker and Chad Terhune, Reuters
Jan 22 09:45 PM

In early February, 57 people arrived at a Nebraska military base, among the first Americans evacuated from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak. Read more »