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Xi holds virtual summit with leaders of France, Germany

Chinese President Xi Jinping had a virtual summit with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Tuesday.Xi pointed out that the combined im

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Fed likely to strengthen tightening outlook despite new variant risks

The U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell appears on the television screen of the New York Stock Exchange, November 3, 2021. /CFP Editor's note: Jimmy Zhu is chief strategist at Fullerto

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U.S. daily COVID-19 cases could exceed 200,000 in coming weeks, warns NIH director

U.S. COVID-19 cases could break 200,000 a day as the latest surge of the virus driven by the Delta variant is "going very steeply upward with no signs of having peaked

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U.S. daily COVID-19 cases could exceed 200,000 in coming weeks, warns NIH director

U.S. COVID-19 cases could break 200,000 a day as the latest surge of the virus driven by the Delta variant is "going very steeply upward with no signs of having peaked

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U.S. daily COVID-19 cases could exceed 200,000 in coming weeks

People walk on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S., August 13, 2021. Louisiana holds one of the U.S.'s lowest vaccination rates with just 38 percent of its residents fully vaccinated.

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Beyond Delta, scientists are watching new coronavirus variants

The Delta variant first detected in India is the dominant strain spreading around the world, but more variants are emerging. /CFP The continued spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus has spawned a Gre

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Nigeria’s Decagon raises millions to finance and train software engineers

This past decade, Nigeria has seen several companies cater to the development and growth of software engineers and tech talent in general. It’s a space many in the Nigerian ecosystem like to thi

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NYC first U.S. city to mandate COVID jabs to enter restaurants, gyms

FILE PHOTO: New York City will become the first major U.S. city to require proof of COVID vaccination for customers and staff at restaurants, gyms and other indoor businesses. /AP New York Cit

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Biden considering vaccine mandate for all federal workers

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday said his administration is considering a mandate that requires all federal workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, escalating the

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America faces a bleak political future

The White House Visitor Center in Washington, D.C., U.S., March 16, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Thomas O. Falk is a London-based political analyst and commentator. He holds a Master of Arts i

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WHO: Rich countries should donate vaccines, not use boosters

People wear protective masks as they wait for a taxi van in Pretoria, South Africa, February 8, 2021. /CFP Top officials at the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday called for COVID-19 v

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Opioid addiction treatment apps found sharing sensitive data with third parties

Several widely used opioid treatment recovery apps are accessing and sharing sensitive user data with third parties, a new investigation has found.As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to r

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Pride parades commence, Italy curfews end: COVID-19 daily bulletin

TOP HEADLINES• Germany has introduced stricter new travel measures for Portugal and Russia amid a surge in cases of the Delta variant first discovered in India. From Tuesday, only citizens and reside

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Bonjour! France welcoming back (vaccinated) tourists

A stroll in Pablo Picasso’s footsteps in Montmartre; breathing in the scents of Provence; a humbling walk along D-Day beaches: These and all of France’s other attractio

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S. Africa political parties in rare unity to promote COVID-19 jabs

A health worker receives COVID-19 vaccine in Charlottle Maxeke Academic Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, March 2, 2021. /Xinhua Major political parties in South Africa on Sunday stood t

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Scientists race to study variants in India as cases explode

A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily. But the country is behind in doing the kind of testing needed to track it a

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APD | G-7 Meeting and China

Author: Prof. Engr. Zamir Ahmed Awan, Sinologist (ex-Diplomat), Editor, Analyst, Non-Resident Fellow of CCG (Center for China and Globalization), National University o