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[ad_1] MANILA, Philippines – One million doses of the government-purchased COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in the Philippines on March 21, vaccine czar Carlito Gálvez Jr. said Sunday. Gálvez reiterated that the Chinese government has also pledged to donate an additional 400,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, in addition to the …

[ad_1] Workers are seen at the Sinopharm packaging workshop for the inactivated SARS-Cov-2 vaccine at the Sinopharm headquarters in Beijing during a press tour organized by the State Council Information Office (SCIO) on February 26, 2021 (Photo by Noel Celis / AFP). BEIJING, China – Shirley Shi received three offers …

[ad_1] ATLANTA – It’s the NBA All-Star Game that almost no one seemed to want. Certainly not the gamers, who scoffed at the idea of ​​playing an exhibition game in the midst of a pandemic. The city of Atlanta, chosen as a replacement for the original host, Indianapolis, didn’t seem …

[ad_1] The NBA expects stadiums to be filled again next season and a return to its normal schedule, Commissioner Adam Silver said on Saturday (Sunday Manila time), while again warning that each plan hinges on continued progress in the fight. ongoing against coronavirus. . There are no plans for the …

[ad_1] Rahmatullah Yousufzai may be a new face in the eyes of the MMA world, but he made an impressive debut under the BRAVE Combat Federation banner last September. The powerful Afghan defeated Abdulmanap Magomedov, a highly touted prospect from the Russian amateur ranks, in less than a minute on …

[ad_1] Broadcom Inc. CEO Hock Tan said customers are increasing orders for semiconductors at an unprecedented rate and tried to quell concerns that this will lead to overshoot later on. “We see customers accelerating bookings for early deliveries and trying to create bookings and create the imbalance between supply and …

[ad_1] More than 1,600 people have received Ebola virus vaccines in Guinea, where four have died in a new outbreak, but more life-saving injections will be needed to contain the disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. To date, 18 Ebola cases have been reported in the West …

[ad_1] UR, Iraq – The first Pope Francis appeared at the modest residence of Iraq’s loneliest and most powerful Shiite religious cleric for a delicate and carefully negotiated summit. Hours later, he presided over a crowded stage of religious leaders on the windswept Plain of Ur, a vast and now …

[ad_1] Pope Francis arrives to meet with Iraq’s top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, in Najaf, Iraq, on March 6, 2021 (Vatican Media / Handout via Reuters). UR, Iraq – Pope Francis walked down a narrow alley in the holy city of Najav to hold a historic meeting with …

[ad_1] With Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s highly anticipated interview with Oprah Winfrey set to air in less than a week, it’s time to review the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s story with the media mogul, dating back at least three years. Here is a timeline of the Sussexes’ friendship …