The $1.9 trillion fiscal relief package lawmakers are considering is appropriately large given the pandemic’s effects on the labor market and policymakers will have time to pull back support as the economy approaches full employment, Boston Federal Reserve Bank President Eric Rosengren said on Friday. Read More

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The court of international public opinion long ago found MBS guilty over Khashoggi murder. The US just caught up

There is no mystery in how Jamal Khashoggi died, it was cold-blooded and brutal. [...]

Read: Declassified report on Saudi role in killing of Jamal Khashoggi

The Biden administration on Friday released a long-awaited declassified intelligence report on the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. [...]

42 people including students abducted last week in Nigeria released

At least 42 people, including students, who were kidnapped last week in an armed raid at a state-run school in Kagara in Niger state, northwest Nigeria, have been released, the vice-principal of the school, Mallam Saidu, told CNN Saturday. [...]

UAE school admission age revised: Educators react

Changes welcomed, even as some concerns are raised. [...]

Covid UAE: Some patients lose ability to smell for 5 months

While most patients regained their ability to do so within a few weeks, in some instances it takes several months. [...]

Dh500,000 fine: Dubai cops warn of fake charity cases

Some cyber criminals have been collecting donations for fraudulent online campaigns amid Covid. [...]

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, […] [...]