MarketBeat | Stock Market News and Research Tools News Latest News Instant News Alerts Most Viewed 1 hour ago | January 17th, 2021 1:31 AMThe Latest: Pakistan approves Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccineISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s planning minister says the country’s drug regulatory authority has approved the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and the government is trying to make it available by the first quarter of the year. Asad Umar, who is also the head of the national agency for COVID-19, told Geo TV that the vaccine in the…Read Article 1 hour ago The Latest: Pakistan approves Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine1 hour ago | January 17th | 2021 1:31AMThe Latest: Pakistan approves Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccineISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s planning minister says the country’s drug regulatory authority has approved the use of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine and the government is trying to make it available by the first quarter of the year. Asad Umar, who is also the head of the national agency for COVID-19, told Geo TV that the vaccine in the…Read Article 2 hours ago Deaths, self-immolation draw scrutiny on China tech giants2 hours ago | January 17th | 2021 1:05AMDeaths, self-immolation draw scrutiny on China tech giantsHONG KONG (AP) — E-commerce workers who kept China fed during the coronavirus pandemic, making their billionaire bosses even richer, are so unhappy with their pay and treatment that one just set himself on fire in protest. China’s internet industries already were known for long, demanding days. With millions of families confined at home,…Read Article 13 hours ago The Latest: Brazil 2nd in global deaths; no vaccines yet 13 hours ago | January 16th | 2021 1:16PMThe Latest: Brazil 2nd in global deaths; no vaccines yet RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil hasn’t approved a vaccine yet, and independent health experts who participated in its immunization program say the plan is still incomplete. 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Figures released by the national disease control center, the Robert Koch Institute, on Saturday showed nearly 1.05 million vaccinations have been recorded — 79,759 more than…Read Article 20 hours ago The Latest: Spain confident of vaccine program despite delay20 hours ago | January 16th | 2021 7:04AMThe Latest: Spain confident of vaccine program despite delayBARCELONA, Spain — Spain’s health minister said Saturday that his government is standing by its pledge to vaccinate a large part of its population by the summer despite the delay in the distribution of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. 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