Biden chooses Kamala Harris as VP candidate, questions on Kodak loan, Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine
FT News Briefing
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🗓️ 12 August 2020
⏱️ 11 minutes
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Summary
Democrat Joe Biden has named Kamala Harris as his vice-presidential running mate, an Eastman Kodak board member donated $116m in company shares to an Orthodox Jewish congregation just before the stock price collapsed, and McDonald’s is suing its former chief executive, Steve Easterbrook, over sexual conduct allegations. Plus, Russia has become the first country to grant regulatory approval to a vaccine against Covid-19. The FT’s Henry Foy explains what this means for the global race to treat coronavirus.
Joe Biden names Kamala Harris as his running mate
https://www.ft.com/content/6b975742-3200-4a5c-902c-e6303f55da03
McDonald’s gets tough with former chief over fresh sexual conduct claims
https://www.ft.com/content/99718ee2-152f-4749-b8d7-db8065a20a39
Kodak board member donated $116m in shares to charity
https://www.ft.com/content/6e7494c4-56cd-4121-8027-ecfc9586958c
Russia to start mass use of its Covid-19 vaccine in coming weeks
https://www.ft.com/content/219b973f-c50a-4071-994f-cc4592d43e1b
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| 0:00.0 | Good morning from the Financial Times. |
| 0:01.9 | Today is Wednesday, August 12th, |
| 0:04.3 | and this is your FT news briefing. |
| 0:08.8 | Joe Biden's Vice Presidential Pick, |
| 0:10.8 | Historic and moderate. |
| 0:13.4 | Russia says it has a vaccine for coronavirus, but is it safe? |
| 0:18.4 | And new details in two corporate scandals. |
| 0:21.9 | I'm Mark Filipino, and here's the news you need to start your day. |
| 0:31.4 | Joe Biden's running mate sweepstakes is over. |
| 0:34.0 | The presumed U.S. Democratic presidential nominee yesterday announced his vice presidential |
| 0:39.2 | running mate for November's election. |
| 0:41.2 | Kamala Harris, a U.S. senator from California. |
| 0:45.1 | For our listeners outside the U.S. |
| 0:47.0 | Miss Harris's name probably sounds familiar. |
| 0:49.8 | She ran against Mr. Biden in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race, she dropped out in December. |
| 0:55.3 | Now, while Ms Harris probably isn't the first pick for Progressive Democrats, she might draw |
| 1:00.9 | moderates who jumped ship for Donald Trump back in 2016. |
| 1:04.8 | The FT's US managing editor Peter Spiegel explains that Miss Harris, who is of |
| 1:09.1 | Jamaican and South Asian descent, has a wide appeal amongst interests. |
| 1:13.4 | Well the first thing to know is she is as he's been saying all along a woman. |
| 1:18.9 | I mean he's been saying that he wanted to have gender balance on the ticket and you know at a time |
| 1:24.2 | when the Black Lives Matter movement in particular has been motivating Democratic |
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