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Brazil faces 400,000 COVID-19 deaths and new virus variants

Brazil has surpassed 400,000 official coronavirus deaths amid warnings that new variants could fuel a tsunami of new infections. Brazilian scientists continue to blame the federal government’s slow r

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Peruvians still struggling with COVID deaths, vaccine access

01:41 A slow vaccine rollout and record deaths in a second wave of infections has provoked fears in Peru that the country could face a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.Officially, there are

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Colombia facing slowdowns with COVID-19 vaccine

02:11 Colombia plans to vaccinate 35 million citizens by the end of 2021, but the rollout has been slow.More than2.6 million doses have been reportedly administered sinceColombiastarte

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U.S. officials use data to help boost vaccination rates

01:46 Local officials in the U.S. are using data to help boost coronavirus vaccination rates in communities hit by a double problem: high numbers of COVID-19 cases followed by a slow s

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Hundreds of thousands of ducks to be culled due to H5N8 outbreak

Men hold living ducks before putting them in cages for culling as a new epizootic disease caused by the H5N8 virus spreads in multiple European countries in Mugron, France, January 13, 2021.

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Portland protest shows no signs of slowing down

02:58 In the U.S. city or Portland, Oregon, nightly protests continue, now for more than two months. The Trump administration has sent in federal law enforcement to try and calm the si

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Huawei says UK ban threatens to move UK into digital slow lane

Chinese technology company Huawei said Tuesday that the British government's move to ban the company's involvement in the country's 5G networks is a "disappointing dec

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California banks on early response to limit spread

02:42 California has secured some 200-million masks a month for its healthcare workers.The Governor says that state efforts to slow the pandemic appear to be bearing fruit.The San Fran

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Safety measures focus of U.S. hearing on coronavirus

02:24 The U.S. government is paying close attention to the coronavirus and what can be done to stop it - or at least slow its spread.

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Why Android phones slow down over time, and how to speed them up

Ifyou’vehadyourAndroiddeviceforawhile,you’veprobablystartedtonoticesomelagthatwasn’ttherebefore.Appsloadabitslower,menustakeabitlongertoshowup.Thisisactually(an

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Baa Baa Land: The 'dullest movie ever' that will put you to 'sheep'

Havingtroublefallingasleep?YoumightwanttovisitLondon’sPrinceCharlesCinemainSeptemberforaneight-hour,slow-motionfilmfeaturinghundredsofbleatingsheepentitled“BaaB

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Thrill ride or damp squib? Hong Kong water slide fails to impress on second day

Low turnout, complaints of messy changing rooms and a rather slow slide have made the giant water park installed on the Central Harbour front less than a roaring success so far.

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Scientists plan major project to study "silent earthquakes" off New Zealand

​An international team of scientists will begin a pioneering project beneath the seafloor off New Zealand in 2018 as they seek to learn more about the causes of earthquakes and tsunamis.

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Singapore to maintain policy of modest, gradual appreciation of Singapore dollar

​The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) said Tuesday that it would maintain its policy of a modest and gradual appreciation of the Singapore dollar.