Bloomberg India is identifying 300 million people who will receive the initial dose of a coronavirus vaccine, the Times of India newspaper reported on Saturday. Priority will be given to workers in high-risk sectors such as police, healthcare, sanitation, elderly people and those with co-morbidities, the report said, citing officials it didn’t identify. The shots, which will include a booster ...

Bloomberg Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim reported to police and gave a statement on issues including allegations against him and his announcement that the current government had fallen. “The investigations were carried out professionally without any political pressure or orders from any quarters,” Huzir Mohamed, police criminal investigation department director, said. Anwar was summoned just days after he had an ...

Bloomberg The US budget deficit more than tripled to a record $3.1 trillion in the latest fiscal year on the government’s massive spending aimed at softening the blow from the coronavirus pandemic. The increase brought the deficit as a share of gross domestic product to 16% in the year ending in September, the largest since 1945, a Treasury Department report ...