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New York City celebrating Lunar New Year with pandemic adjustments

01:57 As the COVID-19 pandemic disrupts Lunar New Year festivities the world over, a botanical garden in New York City isn’t letting this annual celebration wither away because of it.

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Biden administration will ask remaining Trump-appointed U.S. attorneys to step down — with few exceptions

The Biden administration as early as Tuesday is expected to ask remaining U.S. attorneys appointed by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate to begin steppi

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Vaccine inequality remains major issue during rollout

02:37 New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine program is ramping up but there are growingconcerns about racial disparity in vaccination rates.Recent data shows that Black and Latino residents

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Second Trump impeachment trial begins

The first ever impeachment of a former president begins today in the U.S. Senate.Former President Donald Trump faces charges of inciting an insurrection in the Jan. 6th storming of the U.S. Capit

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What’s happening with GameStop and the stock market?

01:55 The video game retailer GameStop has been at the heartofa trading frenzy on Wall Street with its sharesskyrocketinglast week.The so-called “Reddit rally” was fueled byonlinetradi

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Indian healthtech startup Phable raises $12 million to serve patients with chronic conditions

Phable, a three-year-old healthtech startup that is serving patients with chronic illnesses in India, has raised $12 million in a new financing round as it looks to scale in the world’s second most po

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Dublin’s Frontline Ventures raises new $83.8M seed fund for European B2B startups

Dublin-based Frontline Ventures has released details of its new €70 million ($83.8M) Frontline Seed fund III which will be aimed at European B2B startups. The new fund will bring Frontline’s tot

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GameStop’s stocks tumble following frenzy

02:17 GameStop’s wild ride on Wall Street has continued into February with its shares falling more than 25 percent on Monday. This comes after buzz on social media sparked a rally that

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Minnesota case marks 1st detection of Brazil variant in U.S.

New Brazilian variant of the coronavirus is discovered in the U.S. /CFP A new Brazilian variant of the coronavirus has made its first known appearance in the United States in a person who rece

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Sano Genetics, a startup helping with Long Covid research, raises £2.5M in seed funding

Sano Genetics, a startup with a broad mission to support personalised medicine research by increasing participation in clinical trials, has raised £2.5 million in seed funding.The round is led by Epis

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Is anything too big to be SPAC’d?

While many deemed 2020 the year of SPAC, short for special purpose acquisition company, 2021 may well make last year look quaint in comparison.It’s probably not premature to be asking: is anythi

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Prince William worried about strain on UK emergency workers

Prince William says he is concerned about the mental health of U.K. ambulance drivers, police officers and other first responders who are being exposed to extraordinary levels of trauma and death

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Biden introduces relief plan as congress begins Trump 'show trial'

Editor's note: William Jones is a Washington-based political analyst and a non-resident fellow of Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies. The article reflects the author's views, and not necess

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New York City unveils ambitious COVID-19 vaccine rollout

02:16 New York City has set itself an ambitious task of administering one million COVID-19vaccinedoses by the end of the month.To help hit that target, several hundred vaccination cent

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Biden nominates longtime U.S. diplomat Burns to lead CIA

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will nominate former career diplomat and former deputy secretary of state William Burns to lead the CIA, his transition team said on Monday.Burns served 33 years as a U

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UK reports record 1,325 coronavirus deaths over 24 hours

Britain reported 1,325 new deaths from COVID-19 on Friday, its highest daily figure since the outbreak of the pandemic. /Xinhua Britain reported 1,325 new deaths from COVID-19 on Friday, its h

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Trump's last ditch on Georgia ballot count does no good to U.S. system

Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump host a "Stop the Steal" protest outside of the Georgia State Capitol building in Atlanta, Georgia, November 21, 2020. /Getty Editor's note:William Jon