Journalist's story of falling in love with 'most hated man in America' goes viral
AFP - International - 22/12/2020
China starts building COVID-19 vaccine production facility
Shanghai Daily - China - 21/12/2020
China started the construction on Monday of a plant for manufacturing an mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine, with production operations due to begin in eight months, according to local authorities.
The facility in the city of Yuxi, in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, is…
Covid-19: Quarantine in Macau goes to 21 days; Exceptionality to save China and Taiwan
TDM - Macau - 22/12/2020
Since 10 pm yesterday, the mandatory quarantine has increased from 14 to 21 days.
The announcement was made at a press conference, an hour before it went into effect.
The measure was justified with the new transmissions of Covid-19 in the world detected after 14 days…
Biden introduces environment team to tackle 'existential threat'
AFP - USA - 20/12/2020
President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday introduced key members of his environmental team and said his administration would make the fight against global warming a pillar of his drive to rebuild the pandemic-hit US economy.
Biden said these nominees will “lead my…
SpaceX sends to space spy satellite
Lusa - Portugal - 19/12/2020
SpaceX today sent the Falcon 9 rocket into space with a National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking its last launch in 2020
The mission, designated NROL-108 and canceled on Thursday due to a technical failure, was…
US authorizes Moderna as second Covid-19 vaccine
AFP - USA - 19/12/2020
The United States on Friday authorized Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, as the country grapples with a brutal winter surge that is killing over 2,500 people a day.
The US is the first nation to authorize the two-dose regimen, now the second vaccine to…
Milk tea shop accused of paying people to queue
Shanghai Daily - China - 18/12/2020
An investigation is underway after a milk tea shop in downtown Shanghai’s Huangpu District was alleged to have been paying people to queue up, giving the impression that business was booming in an effort to attract franchisees.
The shop in the People’s Square…
Innovative social governance taking shape in Shanghai's outskirts
Shanghai Daily - Portugal - 17/12/2020
A coastal town on the city’s southern outskirts has launched an “early warning” mechanism to encourage people to properly raise their pets for the safety of others.
Haiwan in Fengxian District, the city’s southernmost town near Hangzhou Bay, officially released…
December 27 starts vaccination in the European Union
Diário de Notícias - Portugal - 17/12/2020
The German Health Minister announced the date for the start of the vaccination campaign in the 27 countries. Von der Leyen has already confirmed via Twitter
European Union states are planning to start vaccination against covid-19 from December 27th. He was assured by Jens…
China's rules get tougher for international flights
Shanghai Daily - China - 16/12/2020
China’s civil aviation regulator released tougher criteria for suspension of international flights on Wednesday to further curb imported COVID-19 cases.
If five passengers on a flight test positive, flights will be suspended for two weeks, rather than the week in the…
"I'm not going to get a vaccine, period," says Bolsonaro
Band - Brazil - 16/12/2020
President Jair Bolsonaro said in an interview with Urgent Brazil that he will give the green light to the purchase and application of all vaccines against the new coronavirus that are authorized by Anvisa (National Health Surveillance Agency), but that he will not…
