WHO Authorizes AstraZeneca’s COVID Vaccine for Emergency Use
TORONTO (AP) — The World Health Organization has granted an emergency authorization to AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine, a move that should allow the U.N. agency’s partners to ship millions of doses to countries as part of a U.N.-backed program to tame the pandemic.
Police Defend Firing Live Rounds to Warn Protesters
BANGKOK — The top commander of Bangkok police force said a police officer was behaving properly when he shot live rounds over the weekend in a bid to fend off a crowd of pro-democracy protesters.
Anutin: First Lot of Sinovac Vaccines to Arrive Feb. 24
BANGKOK — Health minister Anutin Charnvirakul on Monday announced the first shipment of Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines will arrive in Thailand next week.
Who Wins? People Without Smartphone Forced to Queue up for ‘WeWin’ Subsidy
UBON RATCHATHANI — Residents without smartphones, most of them elderly people living in rural areas, are queuing up in droves Monday to register for a government shopping subsidy worth 7,000 baht.
Impeachment Isn’t the Final Word on Capitol Riot for Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s acquittal at his second impeachment trial may not be the final word on whether he’s to blame for the deadly Capitol riot. The next step for the former president could be the courts.
U.S. Expresses ‘Deep Concerns’ Over WHO Probe Into Virus Origin
TOKYO (Kyodo) — National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Saturday the United States has "deep concerns" about the way the early findings were communicated following the World Health Organization's investigation into the origins of the coronavirus in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.
Myanmar Rattled by Army Movements, Apparent Internet Cutoff
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Sightings of armored personnel carriers in Myanmar’s biggest city and an internet shutdown raised political tensions late Sunday, after vast numbers of people around the country flouted orders against demonstrations to protest the military’s seizure of power.
1st COVID Vaccine Doses Arrive in Japan, Approval Eyed for Sunday
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japan received its first doses of a coronavirus vaccine developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. on Friday and is planning to make the vaccine the first approved for domestic use against COVID-19 on Sunday, sources familiar with the matter said.
China Bans BBC Broadcasts After U.K. Revokes Chinese TV’s License
BEIJING (AP) — China has banned the BBC World News television channel in a diplomatic fight with Britain after British regulators revoked the license of state-owned Chinese broadcaster CGTN.
Kim Lays Blame at Officials for N. Korea’s Economic Failures
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ripped into the performance of his Cabinet and fired a senior economic official he appointed a month ago, saying they’d failed to come up with new ideas to salvage an economy in decay.
