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Pentagon to build up US bases in Guam and Australia to meet China challenge

The Pentagon will focus on building up bases in Guam and Australia to better prepare the US military to counter China, a senior defense official said on Monday. [...]

Sweden's lawmakers elect the country's first female Prime Minister -- again

Swedish lawmakers have again elected Magdalena Andersson to the role of prime minister -- days after she resigned from the post -- and she is set once more to become the first female leader in the country's history. [...]

China's crackdown on Hong Kong fuels fears in Taiwan

As China cracked down on the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, the Taiwanese public watched on anxiously. Some fear they could be next to see harsher clampdowns as China steps up pressure on the democratic island of 24 million to "unify" with the mainland. CNN's Will Ripley reports. [...]

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PHL records only 665 new COVID-19 cases, lowest since July 2020; total active cases down to 16k

(Eagle News) – The Department of Health reported only 665 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, November 29, the lowest single-day record of new virus cases since July 2020. Total active cases went down to just 16,289 or 0.6 percent of total COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began in March last year. The COVID-19 positivity rate is also down to the country’s lowest at 2.1 percent. Most of the 2,832,375 total COVID-19 cases are […] [...]

PHL suspends implementation of reso allowing entry of fully-vaccinated foreigners w/ visa-free privileges from “green” countries

(Eagle News) — The Philippines has suspended the implementation of a resolution allowing the entry of fully vaccinated foreigners with visa-free privileges from countries included in the Philippines’ green list. The Palace made the announcement on the suspension of the implementation of Resolution 150-A on Monday, Nov. 29, following reports of a new COVID-19 variant in several countries, including Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, and Switzerland. The detection of the Omicron variant, classified as a variant […] [...]

Amid Omicron variant threat, Palace reminds Filipinos to get COVID shots in nat’l vaccine drive which starts today

“Bayanihan Bakunahan” target revised to 9 million for 3-day campaign; 2nd round set on Dec. 15 to 17 (Eagle News) – Malacanang advised Filipinos nationwide to take advantage of the three-day “Bayanihan, Bakunahan” national vaccination drive which started on Monday, November 29, amid the threat of the highly infectious Omicron Covid-19 variant. Acting Presidential Spokesperson Karlo Alexei Nograles said that getting fully vaccinated is important to protect against the severe form of Covid-19. At […] [...]