The Korea Times
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Who owns The Korea Times?Other: Hankook Ilbo
Other: Dongwha Enterprise
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Business · WashingtonNEW: Democrats hold united, 51-50, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting tie-breaking vote. The estimated $740 billion package heads next to the House, where lawmakers are poised to deliver on Biden's priorities. The bill caps out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors on Medicare to $2,000 a year. It also extends expiring subsidies that help 13 million people afford health insurance.See the Story
U.S. Senate passes $430 bln climate change, tax, drug pricing bill; sends to House
44% Center coverage: 211 sources
US & Canada · WashingtonPresident Joe Biden has tested negative for Covid-19 but will remain in isolation pending a second test. Biden tested negative on an antigen test Saturday as well, but remained in isolation until Sunday morning. The President and first lady Jill Biden are scheduled to travel on Monday to visit Kentucky after deadly floods.See the Story
Biden leaves White House for 1st time since getting COVID-19
60% Center coverage: 113 sources
Nancy Pelosi · BeijingThe Chinese military wound down a series of historic drills around the coast of Taiwan on Sunday, but the geopolitical tension triggered by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island continues.
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China winds down days of military drills around Taiwan after Pelosi visit
40% Center coverage: 94 sources
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Middle East · RafahIsrael lifts security restrictions on southern Israeli communities after truce. 44 Palestinians killed, including 15 children and four women, Palestinian Health Ministry says. Israel says some of the dead were killed by rockets misfired from Gaza. Violence had threatened to spiral into another all-out war but was contained.See the Story
Gaza crossing opens as truce holds between Islamic Jihad and Israel
38% Center coverage: 39 sources
Google · Hong KongHong Kong will reduce the length of mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals to three days from a week. The southern Chinese city remains one of the few places in the world, together with mainland China, to require a quarantine. The policy taking effect Friday will be Hong Kong's shortest quarantine for arrivals since the pandemic began.See the Story
Hong Kong cuts COVID hotel quarantine to 3 days for arrivals
58% Center coverage: 43 sources
Business · New YorkPfizer will pay $68.50-a-share in cash for Global Blood Therapeutics. The companies are expected to announce the deal later Monday. The news comes after the Wall Street Journal reported Friday that the two were in advanced talks. Global Blood Therapeutics has one of few approved treatments for sickle-cell disease.See the Story
Pfizer agrees to buy Global Blood Therapeutics in deal valued at $5.4 billion: WSJ
52% Center coverage: 34 sources
US & Canada · Los AngelesSenate deal on climate spending package could ease pressure on President Biden. Biden said in a speech on July 20 that climate change is an emergency. The threat now is so dire that we need Biden to deliver on his pledge, writes Julian Zelizer. Zelizer: There is a legitimate legal basis for calling climate change a national emergency.See the Story
LA Times urges Biden to use executive powers to declare a 'national climate emergency'
60% Left coverage: 5 sources
Gold · SofiaKorea's national youth Taekwondo team won a total of 14 medals - 10 gold, two silver and two bronze - at the 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships held between August 2 and 7 in Sofia, Bulgaria. Thanks to the performance, the country secured an all-around victory for the first time in eight years in both the men and women's divisions.See the Story
Korea clinches 14 medals at 2022 World Taekwondo Junior Championships
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
SportsThree-time Olympic speed skating medalist Kim Min-seok received an 18-month ban from the competition Monday for a recent drunk driving accident, a decision that will still allow him to compete at the next Winter Games in Italy.See the Story
Olympic speed skating medalist Kim Min-seok suspended 18 months for DUI
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
CultureMin Jin Lee, the author of historical novel "Pachinko," on Monday gave credit to artists behind the Korean Wave for the wide recognition of her works and other Korean American novels in the United States.See the Story
'Pachinko' author Min Jin Lee credits Korean Wave for her success
100% Left coverage: 1 sources
