[ad_1] British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc told Reuters on Tuesday that its COVID-19 vaccine should be effective against the new variant of the coronavirus, adding that studies are underway to fully test the impact of the mutation. “AZD1222 (AstraZeneca vaccine candidate) contains the genetic material of the SARS-CoV-2 virus spike protein, …
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[ad_1] (FILE) The guided missile destroyer USS John S. McCain (L), seen with a hole in the port side after a collision with an oil tanker, docks alongside the USS America (R) at the Changi Naval Base in Singapore August 22. 2017. (Photo by Roslan RAHMAN / AFP) WASHINGTON – …
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[ad_1] Sylvia Austria JAEN, NUEVA ECIJA – Mayor Sylvia Austria resigned from office Monday night to obey an order from a local court and the Department of the Interior and Local Government telling her to leave her post. In a video message, Austria, serving its second term, said it wanted …
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[ad_1] Pope Francis will deliver his Christmas Day message indoors due to coronavirus restrictions, the Vatican said Tuesday, as two cardinals close to the pontiff tested positive for Covid-19. The Pope traditionally delivers his message “Urbi y Orbi” (For the city and the world) from the balcony of St. Peter’s …
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[ad_1] Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said “all of these nominees should receive a rigorous investigation, every one of them.” “I’ll just say to Republicans: good luck explaining to your voters if you speed up the nominees for someone who isn’t even president …
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[ad_1] Women entrepreneurs in the Philippines are seen as benefiting from the new loans that World Bank Group member institutions will issue to two of the largest microfinance institutions in the country. In a statement Tuesday, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) announced its plan to issue up to P750 million …
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[ad_1] The NBA found a way to cope last season in the midst of a pandemic. Adam Silver doesn’t see any reason why the same can’t ring true again this season. Silver, the NBA commissioner, said on Monday (Tuesday in Manila), a day before the new season begins, that he …
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[ad_1] United States President-elect Joe Biden delivers a pre-vacation speech at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware, on December 22, 2020 (Photo by Alex Edelman / AFP). Wilmington, United States – President-elect Joe Biden said Tuesday that perpetrators of a massive cyber attack against the United States government must face the …
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[ad_1] Pedestrians walk past a Debenhams shop window on Oxford Street in central London on December 22, 2020. – UK government loans continued to rise in November in emergency action to support the economy hit by the virus that, however, recovered stronger than expected in the third. quarter, official data …
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[ad_1] Migrant workers queue up to speak to public health authorities for a COVID-19 investigation in a fresh market, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand, on December 22, 2020 . Chalinee Thirasupa, Reuters SAMUT SAKHON – Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha on Monday blamed a coronavirus outbreak …
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