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[ad_1] PARIS: The world passed the grim milestone of 1.5 million global coronavirus deaths on Thursday (December 3), as several nations planned to deliver long-awaited vaccines early next year to break the cycle of lockdowns and restrictions. But even as the latest positive news about a vaccine was announced, and …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Despite the coronavirus pandemic and the disruption in trade and capital flows and the economic recession it caused this year, Singapore has been ranked as the second most connected country in the world. It ranked first for the size of its international flows of goods, capital, information …

[ad_1] SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – The Australian state of New South Wales recorded its first new case of the coronavirus in 25 days after a woman working in a quarantine hotel in Sydney tested positive. Authorities are investigating whether he was infected in the community or from working at the facility, …

[ad_1] MANILA (PHILIPPINES DAILY RESEARCHER / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Rich nations have already purchased at least 80 percent of future supply of Covid-19 vaccines, the Philippine Vaccine Czar said on Wednesday (December 2) . Carlito Galvez, Jr., director of policy implementation for Covid-19, who is also the designated vaccine …

[ad_1] They can come to the front of the line for a COVID-19 vaccine if they want to, but some U.S. healthcare workers are skeptical about taking a vaccine that was developed in record time, even as the pandemic continues. . Some want more time, despite assurances from experts that …

[ad_1] PARIS: Britain became the first Western country on Wednesday (December 2) to approve a COVID-19 vaccine for general use, giving the green light to the Pfizer-BioNTech drug. As authorities in the US and Europe investigate other candidates, this is how countries have accelerated their approval procedures to deal with …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Royal Caribbean International’s Quantum of the Seas became the second ship to begin cruises to nowhere from Singapore on Thursday (December 3), with enhanced security protocols to keep Covid-19 at bay. Follow Genting Cruise Line’s World Dream, which launched Singapore’s first pandemic cruises to nowhere on November …

[ad_1] SINGAPORE – Deputy Minister of Education Maliki Osman will lead a review to see what more his ministry can do to ensure graduates of the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and the five polytechnics are prepared for the world of work. Announcing the review on Thursday (December 3), Education …

[ad_1] TOKYO: The government of Japan is considering abolishing sales of new gasoline-powered cars by the mid-2030s in favor of hybrid or electric vehicles in line with a global shift away from traditional motor cars, it reported Thursday (3 December) the public broadcaster NHK. The move would follow Prime Minister …

[ad_1] BRUSSELS (NYTIMES, BLOOMBERG) – Doses of the vaccine manufactured by US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and a small German company BioNTech, the first rigorously green-light-tested coronavirus vaccine for use, are being packaged in Belgium for shipment to Great Britain this week. Pfizer plans to ship 800,000 doses to Britain in …