Global News
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Countries are scrambling for vaccines. Mongolia has plenty
At a time when most countries are scrambling for coronavirus vaccines, Mongolia now has enough to fully vaccinate its entire adult population, in large part thanks to deals with both China and Russia
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Vaccinated travellers will be allowed to visit, EU says
Under the plan, the bloc would accept visitors who have completed their immunization at least two weeks before their arrival, using vaccines from AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech and Sinopharm
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How Naomi Osaka became everyone's favourite spokesmodel
According to Forbes, she made $37.4 million in endorsements and tournament prizes between May 2019 and May 2020, the most a female athlete has ever earned in a single year
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Publicly supportive, Biden is said to sharpen his tone with Netanyahu in private
Biden's juggling act on Israel, always a challenge for a U.S. president, is especially difficult given that Democrats are no longer solidly in Israel's corner
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Censorship, surveillance and profits: A hard bargain for Apple in China
While both the Trump and Biden administrations have taken a tougher line toward China, Apple's courtship of the Chinese government shows a disconnect between politicians in Washington and America's wealthiest company
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They live in the US, but they're not allowed to come home
The US has restricted entry from a number of countries, but the most recent ban has had a disproportionate effect on Indians in the United States given that Indian citizens claim more than two-thirds of H-1B visas issued each year
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Wealth disparity, legal hurdles and supply hamper effort to vaccinate world
Only 0.3% of the vaccine doses administered globally have been given in the 29 poorest countries, home to about 9% of the world's population
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A desperate India falls prey to Covid-19 scammers
Medicine, oxygen and other supplies are brokered online or in hushed phone calls and in many cases, the sellers prey on the desperation and grief of families
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As India's Covid-19 crisis rages, its neighbours brace for the worst
As India battles a horrific surge of the coronavirus, most of its nearby countries have sealed their borders while several that had been counting on Indian-made vaccines are pleading with China and Russia instead
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The public split of Bill and Melinda Gates spotlights a secretive fortune
The fortune of Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates exceeds the size of Morocco's annual economy, combines the value of Ford, Twitter, and Marriott International, and is triple the endowment of Harvard
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Despite chip shortage, chip innovation is booming
Even as a chip shortage is causing trouble for all sorts of industries, the semiconductor field is entering a surprising new era of creativity, from industry giants to innovative startups seeing a spike in funding from venture capitalists that traditionally avoided chipmakers