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The Democratic-majority House voted 343-67 on the stopgap measure on Wednesday. If passed and signed by President Donald Trump, it would prevent federal programs from running out of money on Friday at midnight (0500 GMT on Saturday) by extending current funding levels until Dec. 18. Senate Majority…

Steady movement toward a vaccine rollout on the eve of a critical review by leading U.S. medical experts comes as Covid-19 caseloads surged alarmingly higher, straining healthcare systems in some pandemic hot spots to the breaking point. Intensive care units at hundreds of hospitals in cities and r…

The resurgence of infections has rekindled concerns about an acute shortage of hospital beds, prompting Seoul city to begin installing container beds for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Health authorities plan to step up testing by launching temporary sites at some 150 locations acr…

Mostly younger migrants with backpacks and some women carrying children left the northern city of San Pedro Sula on foot for the Guatemalan border after calls went out on social media to organize a caravan to the United States. If the exodus grows, it could become the first major caravan to hit the…

“I take this matter very seriously but I am confident that a professional and objective review of these matters will demonstrate that I handled my affairs legally and appropriately, including with the benefit of professional tax advisors,” Hunter Biden said in a statement. He said he learned of the…

The Philippines is the first in the region to introduce such a move, which is part of slew of online gambling projects to attract Filipinos and, later on, foreigners to place bets and generate much-needed revenue for the government. Anti-virus measures have seen casinos close for months and kept ga…

An early riser, Keenan, from Northern Ireland, received the Pfizer-BioNTech shot at her local hospital in Coventry, central England, at 0631 GMT, a week before she turns 91. A video showed her being wheeled out of the ward while nursing staff clad in protective gear lined the corridor to applaud an…

With two Covid vaccines currently waiting for emergency approval from the Food and Drug Administration, Palau is tentatively scheduled to receive doses of a vaccine from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by January 2021. Operation Warp Speed, a public-private partnership between t…

Equipment including sniper rifles and anti-improvised explosive device gear was handed over during a visit by acting U.S. Defense Secretary Christopher Miller, who is on a two-nation visit in Southeast Asia. “The modernization of the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) will ultimately allow us to…

Just last week he was among the 14 world leaders to commit to 100% sustainable ocean management by 2025. “I want to look at ourselves not as a small island country all the time but, actually a large ocean state. “We are the caretakers of a large water area and that’s where our significance co…