Two weeks later the pair met again in the US Open final but this time it was the Japanese who emerged victorious, picking up her third Grand Slam trophy.
US top infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci told MSNBC on Monday that Americans with no heightened risk factors could expect to get vaccinated by late March or early April.
The council encouraged the "Australian and Chinese governments to work together to resolve these issues and restore stability to the long-term trading relationship," she said in a statement.
China's banking regulator recently highlighted the property sector as a significant risk to financial stability, branding it a "grey rhino" - an obvious yet ignored threat.
Total fuel demand fell 3.7% on year after registering its first year-on-year increase since February in October, as manufacturing and services slowed with consumers staying indoors to avoid getting infected by the novel coronavirus.
In the Philippines, the peso advanced 0.2% and stocks climbed to their highest since Feb. 21, as the central bank raised its projections for current account and balance of payments surpluses this year and in 2021.
"Working in a healthcare facility without water, sanitation and hygiene is akin to sending nurses and doctors to work without personal protective equipment," said WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will chair a coronavirus meeting later in the day and could further restrict a travel subsidy programme to contain mounting infections.
Investors appeared to price in a "Blue Wave" Democratic sweep ahead of the Nov 3. vote, including gains for alternative energy stocks and a steeper US Treasury yield curve, only to then seize on the potential upside of a split government.