04 January 2021
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- Australia pushes back against China in Pacific as coronavirus hinders influence efforts (South China Morning Post – News)
- Britons flying home to Spain caught in post-Brexit red tape (star-telegram.com)
- Challenges and opportunities as Singapore lawyers transit from pandemic year to vaccine year (The Straits Times All News)
- Germany Leads Europe Into New Wave Of Lockdowns As COVID Numbers Surge (Zero Hedge)
- Germany: Face-to-face school learning not expected anytime soon (Deutsche Welle)
- How coronavirus turned China’s economic expectations on their head (South China Morning Post)
- India prepares for massive COVID-19 vaccination drive (Deutsche Welle)
- Malaysia in talks with Singapore on compassionate travel (The Straits Times All News)
- Malaysia says insufficient evidence to reopen probe into Irish teen’s death (NationalPost.com)
- Norway enacts new restrictions as coronavirus surges (The Hill)
- Saudi Arabia reopens borders closed due to COVID-19 (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- Saudi Arabia, Kuwait resumed flights, ban from India remain in force (Siasat Daily)
- Still hope for survivors after Norway landslide: rescuers (France24)
- The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (NationalPost.com)
- U.K. Rolls Out New Vaccine as France Lags Europe (Bloomberg)
- UK – Boris Johnson says COVID-19 lockdowns ‘probably going to get tougher’ (New York Post)
- UK – Boris Johnson says the pandemic will be much better by Easter (CNN)
- UK – Boris Johnson signals ‘tougher’ measures are ahead for the UK as coronavirus variant spreads (Business Insider)
- UK – Boris Johnson warns tougher coronavirus measures may be needed (Politico.eu)
- UK – Matt Hancock says tougher coronavirus restrictions ‘down to people’s behaviour’ – video (The Guardian)
- UK travellers blocked from entering the Netherlands following Brexit (The Independent)
- US – Bars, restaurants in Wyoming can resume late-night service (San Francisco Chronicle)
- US – Coronavirus outbreak in California emergency room infects 43 hospital staffers (FOXNews.com)
- US – Fall in flu figures shows wider efficacy of COVID-19 measures: CDC (Focus Taiwan)
- US – Fauci to Trump after he tweeted the CDC exaggerates the number of COVID-19 cases: ‘The deaths are real’ (Business Insider)
- US – Fund’s bet on Florida stretch finally pays off during pandemic (Australian Financial Review)
- US – Hawaii reports 149 new coronavirus infections, bringing statewide total to 21,956 (Honolulu Star-Advertiser)
- US – Midlanders of the Year: Nebraska’s health care workers lead the fight against COVID (Omaha World-Herald)
- US – New Year’s resolution to start volunteering? Arizona nonprofits need help despite pandemic (AZCentral.com)
- US – Pandemic, election dispute color swearing-in for Georgia’s incoming U.S. House members (Atlanta Journal And Constitution)
- US – Texas COVID-19 hospitalizations remain at record highs (star-telegram.com)
- US – Texas reports new record high for COVID-19 hospitalizations (star-telegram.com)
- US – The Trump administration approved faster line speeds at chicken plants. Those facilities are more likely to have covid-19 cases. (Washington Post)
- US – U.S. CDC reports 349,246 total deaths from coronavirus (NationalPost.com)
- US – What has changed – and what won’t – in how Arizona handles COVID-19 (AZCentral.com)
- WHO’s latest situation report (WHO)
- We can’t discover the pandemic’s origins if China’s thought police keep watching scientists (Washington Post)
- A strong ARM: Apple changed 2020, will the laptop industry change in 2021 (Financial Express)
- AstraZeneca vaccine rollout ‘pivotal moment’ for Britain (Abu Dhabi National)
- Bajaj Auto crosses market cap of over Rs 1 lakh crore (Business Standard India)
- Bajaj Auto reports 11% rise in sales to 372,532 units in December 2020 (Business Standard India)
- Brazil to import 2 million AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses, not yet approved for use in country (The Straits Times All News)
- Brazil to import two mln AstraZeneca vaccine doses (Al Arabiya)
- China’s ‘growth impulse’ is starting to weaken: Deutsche Bank (CNBC)
- Health Min.: Egypt obtains license for Chinese Sinopharm vaccine to treat Coronavirus (Egypt Today)
- Hint that overseas holidays could start again in just six months as Qantas launches international flight bookings from July (Mail Online UK)
- Honda has a ‘mask’ for cars, may kill Covid-19 virus. All the details (Hindustan Times)
- Hyundais Dec. sales fall 6.4 pct on overseas slump (Yonhap News Agency)
- India approves AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine (The Korea Times News)
- Indonesia starts nationwide Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine distribution (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
- Mexican Doctor Admitted To ICU After Receiving Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine (Outlook India)
- Morgan Stanley On Reversion, Evolution, And 2021’s New Normal (Zero Hedge)
- PH races to corner AstraZeneca supply deals (CNN Philippines)
- PPP forgiveness, adapting to COVID, Wells and BofA scrutiny: Top stories of 2020 (American Banker)
- Pfizer vaccine: Who can’t get the jab in Dubai? (Gulf News)
- Quebec’s decision to delay second Pfizer COVID-19 doses frustrating for some health-care professionals (CTV News)
- Samsung, LG to focus on fostering future growth engines in 2021 (Yonhap News Agency)
- Sinopharm, Sinovac to apply for emergency use in PH, says envoy (Manila Bulletin)
- Sir Geoffrey Boycott voices fears over delays to second dose of Pfizer jab (Telegraph)
- South Korea reviews AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, expands ban on gatherings (The Straits Times All News)
- Stamford sells former Chevron digs for half the price offered in 2010 (Australian Financial Review)
- TGA still waiting for ‘further data’ on AstraZeneca vaccine (WA Today)
- Tesla almost hits 500,000-car delivery target for 2020 despite pandemic (The Guardian)
- Tesla delivers 499,550 vehicles in 2020, falls just 50 short of target (Business Standard India)
- Thailand to get 2 million shots of China’s Sinovac (Bangkok Post)
- UK rolls out AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine; 82-year-old gets first shot (Hindustan Times)
- UK rolls out AstraZeneca vaccine, touts first starter… (Mail Online UK)
- As Rollout Falters, Scientists Debate New Vaccination Tactics (TheWashingtonTime.com)
- AstraZeneca and University of Oxford’s Coronavirus Vaccine Approved in India (Nasdaq)
- Bharat Biotech recruits 23,000 volunteers for Phase III trials of its coronavirus vaccine (FirstWord Pharma)
- It’s time to consider delaying the second dose of coronavirus vaccine (Washington Post)
- New York Gov. Cuomo ‘Will Not’ Take Coronavirus Vaccine Until This Happens (International Business Times)
- Oxford vaccine becomes second coronavirus jab to be administered across Wales (itv.com)
- See nurse surprised with proposal after coronavirus vaccine appointment (CNN)
- The Countries Leading The Covid-19 Vaccination Race [Infographic] (Forbes.com)
- Thousands of people are to get Covid-19 vaccine this week as Oxford jab is launched (Mail Online – Latest Stories)
- Vietnam to buy AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, in talks with other makers (Reuters)
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