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Today on Rappler – the latest news in the Philippines and around the world:

• Joe Biden and Kamala Harris named Time ‘Person of the Year’

United States President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are Time magazine’s 2020 ‘Person of the Year.’

• At least 7 of 10 women journalists face online violence – global survey

About 7 in 10 women journalist respondents experience online violence, according to a 2020 survey by UNESCO, and the International Center for Journalists.

• AstraZeneca no longer conducting COVID-19 vaccine trials in Philippines

COVID-19 vaccine developer AstraZeneca withdraws its application to conduct Phase 3 clinical trials in the Philippines.

• Entertainment news: Taylor Swift’s ‘evermore,’ Ellen’s COVID status, Black Panther

Singer Taylor Swift releases one more album in 2020 Evermore. Ellen de Generes tests positive for COVID-19. Disney decides to ‘retire’ the late Chadwick Boseman’s ‘Black Panther’ role.

• FALSE: COVID-19 vaccine can modify DNA

A video claiming Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine can alter human DNA is false. – Rappler.com