Today's top coronavirus headlines:
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 3, 2021
💉 Biden bumps up vaccine timeline
💸 Senate nears vote on relief bill
😷 Texas lifts mask mandatehttps://t.co/AIkIfb2qKQ pic.twitter.com/PBQrfw8tfS
Tourists show no Covid fears as they fill Mexican resort.
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 4, 2021
Tourists enjoy shows on the beach and play volleyball as the sun sets near Cancun in Mexico's Quintana Roo state despite the country registering over 185,000 Covid-19 related deaths pic.twitter.com/fGAePLtAFx
Raging pandemic shuts down Sao Paulo as Brazil nears Pfizer deal https://t.co/ayDcOiYiPc pic.twitter.com/2tPEmLOjIf
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 4, 2021
The White House is warning that the U.S. may consider a military response to a rocket attack against an air base in Iraq where American and coalition troops are housed. A U.S. contractor died after at least 10 rockets slammed into the base.https://t.co/aGnUT8WNlz
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 4, 2021
Hong Kong is removed from an annual index of the world's freest economies.
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 4, 2021
The Heritage Foundation says the city is now directly controlled by Beijing.
The announcement is a reputational blow for Hong Kong and comes as Beijing ramps up its bid to quash dissent pic.twitter.com/McyqFyzuT0
Frightening.
— Boxing Bet Guru (@Richboxingbets) March 3, 2021
China's 'diplomacy' spending - pic.twitter.com/Aw3tlj7ls2
Russians did not fuck around when it came to offloading tanks pic.twitter.com/t3jsagdZdk
— Zero Blog Thirty (@ZeroBlog30) March 4, 2021