0649 GMT January 19, 2021
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National Desk
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China eked out 2.3% economic growth in 2020, likely becoming the only major economy to expand as shops and factories reopened relatively early from a shutdown to fight the coronavirus while the United States, Japan and Europe struggled with disease flare-ups.
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National Desk
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National Desk
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National Desk
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Scientists at the World Health Organization warned that mass vaccinations would not bring about herd immunity to the coronavirus this year, even as one leading producer boosted its production forecast.
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Iran’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday the total number of coronavirus positive cases approached 1.3 million.
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Oil prices fell on Monday, hit by renewed concerns about global fuel demand amid tough coronavirus lockdowns in Europe and new curbs on movement in China, the world’s second-largest oil user, where infections jumped.
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Cuba, Iran to cooperate on COVID-19 vaccine
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Regular rapid testing for people without coronavirus symptoms will be made available across England this week, the government has said.
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When Innocent Havyarimana started his soap-making business in Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp in early 2015, he was trying to move on from the traumatic events that had made him flee his native Burundi a year earlier.
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National Desk
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The US reported more than 4,000 COVID-19 deaths on Thursday — the most virus-related deaths the country has reported in one day since the pandemic's start.
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Tokyo Olympics organizers insisted Friday that the coronavirus-postponed Games will still go ahead despite Japan declaring a state of emergency less than 200 days before the opening ceremony.
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