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Sept 12, 2021 601 US hopes to start COVID boosters on Sept. 20

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert says he believes delivery of COVID-19 vaccine booster shots will be able to start Sept. 20 for Americans who received Pfizer doses, while Moderna’s may end up rolling out…
Sept 12, 2021 602 Bush warns of domestic extremism, appeals to ‘nation I know’

SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Warning that the nation was falling into division and extremism, former President George W. Bush appealed Saturday for a return to the spirit of cooperation that emerged — almost instantaneously — after the 9/11 atta…
Sept 12, 2021 603 US drone strike mistakenly targeted Afghan aid worker, investigation finds

The US mistakenly targeted and killed an innocent aid worker for an American company in a drone strike in Afghanistan, the New York Times suggested in an investigation into the country’s final military action of the recently concluded 20-ye…
Sept 12, 2021 604 Apple still reliant on one core product as it nudges $3tn hurdle

Apple is to become the world’s first three-trillion-dollar company, the iPhone will play a key role in that feat. The tech firm unveils the latest iteration of its signature product on Tuesday, and the success of the iPhone 13 will determin…
Sept 12, 2021 605 Sinovac to trial COVID-19 vaccine in South African children in global study

The streets of Madrid were filled with sheep and the clanking of bells on Sunday (Oct 24) as shepherds guided their flocks through the heart of the Spanish capital, following ancient seasonal herding routes. Locals lined the route to welcom…
Sept 11, 2021 606 Trump is already claiming the California recall is rigged

OAKLAND — Donald Trump opened his presidency by falsely claiming massive voter fraud in California. Now he’s returned to the subject, raising the prospect that the outcome of next week’s recall election could follow the same divisive path a…
Sept 11, 2021 607 Biden announces new US vaccine mandates to ‘turn the tide of Covid-19’

Joe Biden, striving to restore public confidence in his handling of the pandemic, announced new vaccination mandates on Thursday for 100 million workers, about two-thirds of the American labour force.
Sept 11, 2021 608 'Feeling free': Women criminalised by Mexico's abortion bans celebrate ruling

MONTERREY, Mexico - When a nurse arrived at Martha Mendez's bedside in a Mexican hospital carrying a fetus and told the teenager to ask it for forgiveness, Mendez resigned herself to the prison sentence she assumed would inevitably follow. …
Sept 11, 2021 609 Moderna working on booster to combine Covid-19 vaccine with a flu shot

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS - Moderna said on Thursday (Sept 9) it is developing a single vaccine that combines a booster dose against Covid-19 with its experimental flu shot. 1111r The company hopes to eventually add vaccines it is working on…
Sept 11, 2021 610 ‘Not even modestly good control’: Fauci says US Covid cases 16 times too high to end pandemic

Until cases dip to 10,000 a day, we are still in full ‘pandemic mode’, infectious disease expert says The US has far too many cases of the coronavirus to see an end to the pandemic, Dr Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Al…
Sept 11, 2021 611 Ducks can swear. One named Ripper was recorded calling someone a 'bloody fool'

In English, ducks say "quack quack," while they say "cua cua" in Spanish. French ducks say "coin coin." But an Australian duck named Ripper is a little different: He calls you a "bloody fool.
Sept 11, 2021 612 The Taliban want to lay down the law. Far outside Kabul, rural Afghans just want to get paid

Four-year-old Cleo Smith has been found alive 18 days after she went missing in northwest Australia, and her mother, Ellie Smith, took to Instagram to celebrate the news. "Our family is whole again," Smith wrote Wednesday, alongside a smili…
Sept 11, 2021 613 US marks 20 years since 9/11, in shadow of Afghan war’s end

NEW YORK (AP) — Twenty years ago, the 11th of September dawned as just a date. By midnight, it was 9/11, the staggering starting point for a new era of terror, war, politics, patriotism and tragedy. 1111r The U.S.
Sept 11, 2021 614 Sept 11 attacks fuse photographer and survivor in trauma

NEW YORK - At 9.59 am on Sept 11, 2001, the World Trade Center South Tower fell. About 15 minutes later, photographer Shannon Stapleton scrambled over debris, peering through dust and smoke for pictures near the still-standing but crippled …
Sept 11, 2021 615 Chinese businessman gets 2 years in prison for exporting US marine tech to China

BOSTON - A Chinese businessman was sentenced on Wednesday (Sept 8) to two years in prison after admitting that he illegally exported marine technology with uses in anti-submarine warfare from the United States for the benefit of a Chinese m…
Sept 11, 2021 616 Mexico's top court decriminalises abortion in 'watershed moment'

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Tuesday (Sept 7) that penalising abortion is unconstitutional, a major victory for advocates of women's health and human rights, just as parts of the United States enact tougher laws…
Sept 11, 2021 617 AstraZeneca vaccine creator: Many may not need booster shots

LONDON (AP) — Booster shots to extend the protection of COVID-19 vaccines may be unnecessary for many people, a leading scientist behind the AstraZeneca vaccine said on Friday. 1111r Oxford University Professor Sarah Gilbert told The Telegr…
Sept 11, 2021 618 Biden says he is sure China will try to work out arrangement with Taliban

WASHINGTON - US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday (Sept 7) he was certain China would try to work out an arrangement with the Taliban after the Islamic insurgents seized power in Afghanistan on Aug 15. Asked if he was worried that China w…
Sept 11, 2021 619 Who to blame for Taliban takeover? Former Afghan envoy points finger at Kabul

WASHINGTON – Roya Rahmani, Afghanistan's first female ambassador to the United States who left her post in July, is clearly horrified by the Taliban takeover of her country. But she is not surprised. In an interview, Rahmani accused the for…
Sept 11, 2021 620 9/11 changed aviation security forever. Will coronavirus and bioterrorism fuel new threats?

The deadly terrorist attacks against the United States on Sept 11, 2001, prompted an outcry from around the world: “We are all Americans.” Washington’s policies realigned around fighting terrorism and bilateral relationships strengthened or…
Sept 10, 2021 621 Justice Department sues Texas over state’s new abortion law

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department has sued Texas over a new state law that bans most abortions, arguing that it was enacted “in open defiance of the Constitution.
Sept 10, 2021 622 US-China relations: Xi Jinping and Joe Biden call aims to stop competition from becoming conflict

US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping spoke by phone on Friday to manage the increasing rivalry between Beijing and Washington, with Xi calling for courage to set ties back on the right track, as their confrontationa…
Sept 10, 2021 623 Tropical Depression Mindy spins out to sea as Hurricane Larry's swells whip up dangerous waters

Tropical Depression Mindy was moving out to sea Thursday while Hurricane Larry continued to stir up dangerous surf along East Coast beaches. The center of Tropical Depression Mindy was just off the Georgia coast Thursday morning, forecaster…
Sept 10, 2021 624 Covid-19 cases rise in Australia's Victoria as regions exit lockdown

SYDNEY – Australia's Covid-19 daily cases topped 1,900 for the first time in the pandemic on Friday (Sept 10) as an outbreak fuelled by the highly infectious Delta variant continued to gain ground in locked-down Sydney and Melbourne, its la…
Sept 10, 2021 625 The Latest: Pakistan says Afghanistan in crisis helps no one

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s foreign minister says it is the collective responsibility of the international community to help Afghanistan to avert a humanitarian crisis. 1111r In a statement Friday, Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that despite having l…
Sept 10, 2021 626 China’s notorious female serial killer Lao Rongzhi sentenced to death for killing 7 people including a child after 20 years on the run

A notorious female serial killer who has been on the run for 20 years after killing seven people with her former boyfriend was sentenced to death in southeast China on Thursday. Lao Rongzhi, aged 47, received the death penalty for her invol…
Sept 10, 2021 627 WHO seeks Covid-19 vaccines for poor nations, 'not empty promises'

GENEVA - The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Wednesday (Sept 8) said low-income countries were ready to run effective Covid-19 vaccination campaigns and it was now down to manufacturers and rich countries to deliver the pledged doses to …
Sept 10, 2021 628 Moderna developing single-dose booster shot for Covid-19 and flu

Rose Period: 1904–1906 The Rose Period is characterised by a lighter tone and style utilising orange and pink colours and featuring many circus people, acrobats and harlequins known in France as saltimbanques. The harlequin, a comedic chara…
Sept 10, 2021 629 Ethel Kennedy opposes parole for husband RFK's assassin, Sirhan Sirhan

LOS ANGELES - Robert F. Kennedy's widow, Ethel Kennedy, voiced opposition on Tuesday (Sept 7) to a California review panel's recommendation that the man serving a life term for assassinating her husband during his 1968 presidential campaign…
Sept 10, 2021 630 France to give free access to contraception for women aged up to 25

PARIS - France will make access to birth control free for women aged up to 25 years old from Jan 1 onwards, in a new measure that will cost the state 21 million euros (S$33 million) per year, French Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Thu…