Putin, Biden to hold phone call soon: Kremlin
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden will have a phone conversation on Thursday, the Kremlin confirmed on Wednesday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not disclose topics of the discussion. Putin and Biden met via video link on Dec. 7 with their focus on the Ukrainian situation. After the talks, Russia sent a draft agreement to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a draft treaty to the United States both on security guarantees in Europe for the We...
Putin, Biden to hold phone call soon: Kremlin
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden will have a phone conversation on Thursday, the Kremlin confirmed on Wednesday. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov did not disclose topics of the discussion. Putin and Biden met via video link on Dec. 7 with their focus on the Ukrainian situation. After the talks, Russia sent a draft agreement to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and a draft treaty to the United States both on security guarantees in Europe for the We...
Bahrain approves 2nd booster dose of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
MANAMA - A second booster shot has been approved in Bahrain for those who have taken three doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, the country's Health Ministry announced on Thursday. According to the ministry, those aged above 18 will be eligible for the second booster three months after their third jab. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, Bahrain has launched financial package to offset impact on businesses and adopted several digital measures, and continues to offer different COVID-1...
Bahrain approves 2nd booster dose of Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine
MANAMA - A second booster shot has been approved in Bahrain for those who have taken three doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, the country's Health Ministry announced on Thursday. According to the ministry, those aged above 18 will be eligible for the second booster three months after their third jab. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, Bahrain has launched financial package to offset impact on businesses and adopted several digital measures, and continues to offer different COVID-1...
South Korea's fresh surges of COVID-19 woes with Omicron variant prompt
As South Korea continues to report record-high critical infections and deaths from the pandemic after halting its "Living with COVID-19" program, experts are urging the government to take more measures to tackle the challenge. Jung Jae-hun, an assistant professor of preventive medicine at Gachon University College of Medicine in South Korea, said the country's program of phased easing of pandemic curbs failed to control the rate of step-by-step recovery to normalcy. There was also an une...
South Korea's fresh surges of COVID-19 woes with Omicron variant prompt
As South Korea continues to report record-high critical infections and deaths from the pandemic after halting its "Living with COVID-19" program, experts are urging the government to take more measures to tackle the challenge. Jung Jae-hun, an assistant professor of preventive medicine at Gachon University College of Medicine in South Korea, said the country's program of phased easing of pandemic curbs failed to control the rate of step-by-step recovery to normalcy. There was also an une...
US frontline workers' wage rises amount to 'pennies' by inflation: CBS News
WASHINGTON -- Although US frontline employees like grocery clerks and retail workers saw increasing wages amid COVID-19, surging prices, or inflation, has crippled their salaries at the "fastest pace in years", according to a report by CBS News on Tuesday. "Because of rising prices, however, those seemingly robust wage gains amount to an increase of only 'pennies' per hour once inflation is included," CBS wrote, citing a new analysis from the Brookings Institution. The study examine...
US frontline workers' wage rises amount to 'pennies' by inflation: CBS News
WASHINGTON -- Although US frontline employees like grocery clerks and retail workers saw increasing wages amid COVID-19, surging prices, or inflation, has crippled their salaries at the "fastest pace in years", according to a report by CBS News on Tuesday. "Because of rising prices, however, those seemingly robust wage gains amount to an increase of only 'pennies' per hour once inflation is included," CBS wrote, citing a new analysis from the Brookings Institution. The study examine...
US judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit seeking to shield tax returns from Congress
WASHINGTON - A US federal judge ruled Tuesday to dismiss former President Donald Trump's bid to prevent the Department of the Treasury from turning over his tax returns to Congress. Made by Trump-appointed Judge Trevor McFadden who serves in the federal district court in Washington, D.C., the ruling was a boost for the House Ways and Means Committee, whose chairman Richard Neal has been requesting the tax returns since mid-2019. McFadden said in the 45-page opinion that Trump was "wrong ...
US judge dismisses Trump's lawsuit seeking to shield tax returns from Congress
WASHINGTON - A US federal judge ruled Tuesday to dismiss former President Donald Trump's bid to prevent the Department of the Treasury from turning over his tax returns to Congress. Made by Trump-appointed Judge Trevor McFadden who serves in the federal district court in Washington, D.C., the ruling was a boost for the House Ways and Means Committee, whose chairman Richard Neal has been requesting the tax returns since mid-2019. McFadden said in the 45-page opinion that Trump was "wrong ...
