Michelle Yeoh to receive US Presidential Medal of Freedom from Biden

Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh is among the honorees set to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from US President Joe Biden on May 3.

The first Asian to win the Academy Award for Best Actress will be on the list which play special homage to"firsts" in their field, including Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman in space; and Jim Thorpe, the versatile athlete who became the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal in 1912.

Biden also included some key political allies in the Democratic Party, from Representative Jim Clyburn, who rescued his 2020 presidential primary bid, to Nancy Pelosi, who shepherded his legislative agenda through Congress as House of Representatives speaker until last year. "After winning the popular vote, he accepted the outcome of a disputed presidential election for the sake of our unity," the White House wrote of Gore's concession to George W. Bush in the 2000 election, a jab at ex-president Donald Trump, who has never conceded his 2020 loss to Biden.

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