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Published: Jan. 10, 2022, 10 a.m.

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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast. 

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The Straits Times\' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh chats with Money FM 89.3\'s Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish about the following points:

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Highlights (click/tap above):

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00:51 US\' rate of hospitalisation in January 2022 surpasses record set in January last year due to the Omicron variant

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02:53 Citigroup staff face vaccine mandate; they must get exemption or risk losing job

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04:50 US will push for a more comprehensive approach with Asia, amid its rivalry with China

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06:18 US House candidate Shelley Luther\'s call for Chinese students to be banned from Texas universities may drive up anti-Asian hate crime

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Produced by: Nirmal Ghosh (nirmal@sph.com.sg), The Breakfast Huddle, Money FM 89.3, Ernest Luis & Fa\'izah Sani

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Edited by: Dan Koh

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