In a season five episode of “Gossip Girl” (I know, bear with me), Serena van der Woodsen, with a dreamy look in her eye, asks a potential love interest, “How can anyone not love New York?” It was with that same besotted tone that Wes Gordon talked through his Fall 2021 collection for Carolina …

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Why Japan took so long to start Covid-19 vaccinations, even with the Olympics looming

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Slum residents thought they were being vaccinated. It was a trial.

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Biden doesn't punish Crown Prince over Khashoggi killing, despite vowing to get tough

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Dubai pubs, bars closed till mid-April: List of Covid rules

Restaurants and cafes in Dubai to close by 1am. [...]

UAE Covid vaccine: Over 6 million doses administered

A single dose of Pfizer and BioNtech's Covid-19 vaccine has been found to cut the number of asymptomatic infections. [...]

Khashoggi murder: UAE supports Saudi stance on US report

The ministry "expressed its confidence in and support for the Saudi judiciary rulings. [...]

Canada approves AstraZeneca vaccine

By: Thomas I. Likness EBC News Service (Eagle News) — Canadians now have access to a third Covid-19 vaccine after Health Canada approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Friday. “This is very encouraging news. It means more people vaccinated and sooner,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a news conference Friday. “With Pfizer, Moderna and now AstraZeneca, Canada will get to more than 6.5 million doses by the end of March.” “Vaccines will keep arriving faster and faster […] [...]

More than half a million AstraZeneca vaccine doses to arrive in PHL on Monday, March 1

President Duterte to witness vaccine turn-over (Eagle News) – More than half a million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines will arrive in the country on Monday, March 1, according to Malacanang. Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said that 525,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines that will be delivered on Monday, were part of the COVAX Facility of the World Health Organization (WHO). “We are pleased to inform that the Philippines will receive 525,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccines […] [...]

Myanmar police fire rubber bullets on protesters as UN envoy breaks ranks

YANGON, Myanmar (AFP) — Myanmar police fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters in Yangon on Saturday, after the country’s ambassador to the United Nations broke ranks to make an emotional plea for action against the military junta. The country has been shaken by a wave of protests since a coup toppled civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi on February 1. Authorities have ramped up the use of force to suppress dissent, deploying tear gas, […] [...]