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Top of The World: News Headlines

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"U.S. to send more advanced weapons to South Korea."  Views expressed in this geopolitical news summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 31 January 2023, 2123 UTC.  Content provided by email subscription to "Top of The World", produced by PRX/GBH. Source: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=rm&ogbl#inbox/FMfcgzGrcPLnSmPfFnpQqTBSSFMjwzTj (Latest News from "Top of The World"). Please click link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://www.hawaiigeopoliticalnews.com). What The World is following US to send more advanced weapons to South Korea Credit: Jeon Heon-kyun/Pool Photo via AP US-South Korea US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced in Seoul on Tuesday that the United States will increase its  deployment of advanced weapons  to South Korea. They’re meant to counter North Korea and include fighter jets and bombers. Austin is in talks with South Korean Defense Minister L

The New York Times: The Morning Newsletter

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An underused COVID treatment. Views expressed in this geopolitical news summary are those of the reporters and correspondents.  Accessed on 31 January 2023, 1225 UTC.  Content provided by email subscription to "The New York Times:  The Morning Newsletter." Source:  https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzGrcPLnBCNtvXCFlHXJshBdgVrR (Latest World and U.S. news from "The New York Times"). Please click link or scroll down to read your selections.  Thanks for joining us today. Russ Roberts (https://www.hawaiigeopoliticalnews.com). January 31, 2023 By  German Lopez Good morning. Doctors are now a major barrier to Paxlovid. Paxlovid being manufactured in Italy in 2021. Pfizer, via Reuters Unnecessary deaths Covid is still linked to hundreds of deaths a day in the U.S. We have a treatment that could bring down those deaths: a prescribed pill called Paxlovid, which reduces the severity of a Covid infection, particularly among older and more vulnerable Americans. Yet th