GOP LEADER MCCONNELL FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGES JOE BIDEN ELECTION WIN; OATH TO TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE CAPITOL A top member of US President Donald Trump's Republican Party, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, has congratulated Joe Biden on winning the presidential election last month. Senator
'SOMEBODY DROPPED THE BALL' 10 million Pfizer vaccine Doses MANILA - The country was assured of getting 10 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer by January until "somebody dropped the ball," Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said yesterday. The vaccines, he said, wer
PM MEETS FARMERS, IN GUJRAT Prime Minister Narendra Modi met farmers on Tuesday, in Gujarat, where he declared that the new farm laws have the support of "almost the entire country". "These days, in Delhi's vicinity, there is a conspiracy under way to mislead the farmers)," Modi said.
ELECTORAL COLLEGE CONFIRMS BIDEN WHITE HOUSE VICTORY WASHINGTON Joe Biden was confirmed as the next US president on Monday as the Electoral College formalized his victory over Donald Trump, all but closing the door on the incumbent's efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 election
FARMERS' LEADERS UP THE ANTE WITH DAYLONG HUNGER STRIKE Intensifying their agitation against the Centre's controversial agriculture laws, leaders of around 32 farmer unions observed a day-long hunger strike at Delhi's Singhu border Monday. The hunger strike began at 8 am and ended at 5 p
IRAN EXECUTES FRENCH-BASED DISSIDENT JOURNALIST CAPTURED LAST YEAR Iran has executed a journalist who was accused of using a messaging app to stir up dissent. Ruhollah Zam was hanged on Saturday after the supreme court upheld a death sentence against him, state television reported. Zam,
ASTRAZENECA OKS MORE COVID-19 VACCINES FOR PHILIPPINES MANILA - Private firms from the Philippines are set to buy a second batch of vaccines from British pharmaceutical group AstraZeneca, to add to the 2.6 million doses it had contracted previously, a presidential adviser said on Monday.
FARMERS PROTEST: HEADS OF ALL FARMER UNIONS ON HUNGER STRIKE TODAY Amid the deadlock between farmers and the Centre, farmer leader Gurnam Singh Chaduni Sunday announced that the heads of all farmer unions will observe a one-day hunger strike on Monday. The hunger strike, between 8 am to
US PANEL ENDORSES WIDESPREAD USE OF PFIZER COVID-19 VACCINE A US government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine Thursday, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 30
MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL FILED MANILA Camarines Sur Rep. LRay Villafuerte has pushed for the passage of his bill that seeks to legalize the local production and export of medical marijuana, but the Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) opposed the measure. The DDB opposed the proposal to legalize
