China fired back at the U.S. on Sunday over allegations from the White House that Beijing withheld some information about the coronavirus outbreak from World Health Organization (WHO) investigators.In a statement on Saturday, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said Washington had “deep concerns about the way in which the early findings of the COVID-19 investigation were communicated and questions about the process used to reach them.” China refused to give WHO investigators raw data on early coronavirus cases: team member “It is imperative that this report be independent, with expert findings free from intervention or alteration by the Chinese government,” he said, referring to the WHO mission investigating the origins of.

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Biden to order a review of US supply chains for vital goods

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is preparing to sign an executive order to review U.S. supply chains for large-capacity batteries, pharmaceuticals, critical minerals and semiconductors that power cars, phones, military equipment and other goods.

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Chinese official calls for 'joint efforts' in China-US trade

BEIJING – China’s commerce minister appealed to Washington for “joint efforts” to revive trade but gave no indication Wednesday when tariff war talks might resume or whether Beijing might offer concessions.

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Biden calls on China to release Michael Kovrig, Michael Spavor

Following a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden called upon China to release two Canadians still being held in detention in China: Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor.

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‘Human beings are not bartering chips’: Biden calls for China to release 2 Michaels

Joe Biden said Canada and America will work together to secure the safe release of two Canadians — Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig — detained in China.Biden’s remarks came after a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Tuesday afternoon.“Human beings are not bartering chips,” Biden told reporters. “We’re going to work together until we get their safe return.

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A look at how Biden's Cabinet nominees fared Tuesday

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden's Cabinet is starting to fill out, with nominees for agriculture secretary and United Nations ambassador gaining Senate approval Tuesday.

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Things to Know: Vaccine producers promise big jump in doses

Here’s what’s happening Tuesday with the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S.:

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Critics: GOP measures target Black voter turnout in Georgia

ATLANTA – Fueled by Black turnout, Democrats scored stunning wins in Georgia in the presidential and U.S. Senate races. Now, Republicans are trying to make sure it doesn't happen again.

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Senate confirms Biden's choice for UN ambassador

WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed President Joe Biden’s choice to lead U.S. diplomacy at the United Nations on Tuesday. The vote for Linda Thomas-Greenfield reflected a divide between the Biden administration’s determination to re-engage with the world body and former President Donald Trump’s diplomacy that often left the U.S. isolated internationally.

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Biden calls US Covid-19 toll 'heartbreaking' as deaths pass 500,000

An emotional US President Joe Biden called the milestone of more than 500,000 US deaths from Covid-19 "heartbreaking" and urged the country to unite against the pandemic.

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Joe Biden says 'we must not become numb to sorrow' as US marks 500,000 Covid deaths

US President Joe Biden gave a sombre address to the nation as the country marked the 'grim milestone' of more than 500,000 Covid deaths.

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‘We grieve and begin healing’: Biden addresses U.S. as COVID-19 deaths surpass 500K

Joe Biden is planning a head-on acknowledgement of the country’s once-unimaginable loss — half a million Americans in the COVID-19 pandemic — in striking contrast to the approach of his predecessor.Confronting the grim milestone directly and publicly, Biden is trying to strike a balance between gravity and hope, while Donald Trump generally avoided constructs of collective grief for the deaths on his watch.Monday’s bleak threshold was playing out against contradictory crosscurrents: an encouraging drop in coronavirus cases and worries about the spread of more contagious variants. The grief of a nation: U.S.

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US coronavirus death toll tops 500,000 as grim half a million milestone reached

The US death toll from coronavirus has topped 500,000 as the grim milestone of half a million has been reached, according to data.

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US COVID-19 death toll hits 500,000 as hospital cases drop

Today the United States met a grim milestone: In 1 year, more than half a million Americans have died from COVID-19, as at least 28,174,133 million have suffered infections, thousands have lost jobs, and all have had the pandemic touch multiple aspects of everyday life.

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A look at Merrick Garland, the nominee for attorney general

WASHINGTON – Merrick Garland, President Joe Biden's nominee for attorney general, appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for his confirmation hearing on Monday. Here are some key facts to know about Biden's nominee to run the Justice Department:

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Biden administration to temporarily target PPP loans to smallest businesses

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden is targeting federal pandemic assistance to the nation's smallest businesses and taking steps to further equity in what is known as the Paycheck Protection Program.The administration is establishing a two-week window, starting on Wednesday, in which only businesses with fewer than 20 employees — the overwhelming majority of small businesses — can apply for the forgivable loans.

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Biden to boost pandemic lending to smallest businesses

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is targeting federal pandemic assistance to the nation's smallest businesses and taking steps to further equity in what is known as the Paycheck Protection Program.

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US nears 500,000 Covid-19 deaths

US President Joe Biden will join in a moment of silence and a candle-lighting ceremony for Americans who have died due to Covid-19 as nations globally press on with vaccinations, including with Australia giving its first shots.

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Biden to mark nation crossing 500,000 COVID-19 deaths

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden will mark the U.S. crossing 500,000 lives lost from COVID-19 with a moment of silence and candle lighting ceremony at the White House.

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U.S. faces dark milestone as nation nears 500,000 COVID-19 deaths

COVID-19 cases as it prepares to mark a staggering half million deaths this week, nearly a year after the novel coronavirus pandemic upended the country with duelling public health and economic crises.While the number of COVID-19 cases fell for the fifth straight week and officials scrambled to inoculate the population, the nation prepared to soon reach 500,000 deaths from the highly infectious respiratory disease.“It’s nothing like we’ve ever been through in the last 102 years since the 1918 influenza pandemic… It really is a terrible situation that we’ve been through — and that we’re still going through,” Dr.

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With COVID-19 vaccination pace set to take off, Biden team well on path to hit 100M goal

WASHINGTON (AP) - It sounded so ambitious at first blush: 100 million vaccination shots in 100 days.Now, one month into his presidency, Joe Biden is on a glide path to attain that goal and pitching well beyond it to the far more ambitious and daunting mission of vaccinating all eligible adults against the coronavirus by the end of the summer.Limited supply of the two approved COVID-19 vaccines has hampered the pace of vaccinations — and that was before extreme winter weather delayed the delivery of about 6 million doses this past week.

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Beyond 100M: Biden team aiming for bigger vaccine numbers

WASHINGTON – It sounded so ambitious at first blush: 100 million vaccination shots in 100 days.

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Face masks may be necessary into 2022, Dr Fauci says

Americans may still need to wear face masks in 2022, even as the country relaxes other restrictions to combat Covid-19, the nation's top infectious disease expert has said.

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COMMENTARY: We need a national strategy to cope with loss beyond the pandemic

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President Biden declares major disaster in Texas

WASHINGTON (AP) - Add Mother Nature to the pile of crises on President Joe Biden's plate.A month into the job and focused on the coronavirus, Biden is seeing his disaster management skills tested after winter storms plunged Texas, Oklahoma and neighboring states into an unusual deep freeze that left millions shivering in homes that lost heat and power, and in many homes, water.At least 69 deaths across the U.S.

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Extreme weather testing Biden's disaster management skills

WASHINGTON – Add Mother Nature to the pile of crises on President Joe Biden's plate.

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At Biden's G7 debut, leaders look beyond COVID to trade and China

London: Group of Seven leaders, who control a little under half of the world's economy, on Friday sought to look beyond the COVID-19 pandemic towards rebuilding their battered economies with free trade and to countering China's "non-market oriented" policies.U.S.

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Pandemic will not end until the world is vaccinated: Merkel at G7 virtual summit

Berlin: Germany and other wealthy countries may need to give some of their own stock of vaccines to developing countries in addition to money, since only vaccinating the whole world will end the coronavirus pandemic, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday.Speaking after a video conference of leaders of the G7 group of large developed economies, Merkel said they had not discussed specific percentages of their vaccine stocks that should be given to poorer countries.But she told journalists: "I stressed in my intervention that the pandemic is not over until all people in the world have been vaccinated."Merkel said new U.S.

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Biden to visit Mich. vaccine plant as winter throws a curve

WASHINGTON – Extreme winter weather is dealing the first major setback to the Biden administration's planned swift rollout of coronavirus vaccines just as the national vaccination campaign was hitting its stride.

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President Biden to lay out his foreign policy at G-7, Munich summit

WASHINGTON (AP) - Joe Biden will make his first big appearance on the global stage as president on Friday, offering Group of Seven allies and other foreign leaders a glimpse into his plans to dramatically reshape U.S. foreign policy even as he deals with a number of international crises that are coming to a head.In advance of Biden’s virtual appearances at a G-7 meeting and the Munich Security Conference, the White House sought to underscore that the new administration will move quickly to reorient the U.S.

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EU to double Covax vaccine funding to €1bn - reports

The European Union will announce it is doubling its contribution to the Covax global Covid-19 vaccination programme to €1 billion at a G7 meeting, a European source said.

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Asia stocks follow Wall St. down after weaker US jobs data

BEIJING – Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Friday after disappointing U.S. jobs and economic data.

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Joe Biden rolling out plan for USD 4 billion global Covid-19 vaccine effort

Joe Biden will use his first big presidential moment on the global stage at Friday's Group of Seven meeting of world leaders to announce that the US will soon begin releasing USD 4 billion for an international effort to bolster the purchase and distribution of coronavirus vaccine to poor nations, White House officials said.Biden will also encourage G-7 partners to make good on their pledges to COVAX, an initiative by the World Health Organization to improve access to vaccines, according to a senior administration official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to preview Biden's announcement.Also Read | Turnout modest for second covid shotFormer President Donald Trump declined to participate in the COVAX initiative because of its ties to WHO,

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Biden rolling out plan for $4 billion global vaccine effort

WASHINGTON – Joe Biden will use his first big presidential moment on the global stage at Friday’s Group of Seven meeting of world leaders to announce that the U.S. will soon begin releasing $4 billion for an international effort to bolster the purchase and distribution of coronavirus vaccine to poor nations, White House officials said.

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Muddled promises on schools pose political problem for Biden

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is in a political firestorm over how and when to get more schools open amid the coronavirus pandemic, with Republicans seizing on confusion surrounding Biden's goal to reopen a majority of schools within his first 100 days to paint the president as beholden to teachers’ unions at the expense of American families.

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Biden optimistic on reopening of elementary schools

MILWAUKEE - President Joe Biden is promising a majority of elementary schools will be open five days a week by the end of his first 100 days in office, restating his original goal after his administration came under fire when aides said schools would be considered open if they held in-person learning just one day a week.Biden's comments, during a CNN town hall in Milwaukee, marked his clearest statement yet on school reopenings.

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NATO chief urges joint spending as budget debate rolls on

BRUSSELS – Donald Trump is no longer around as president to berate U.S. allies in Europe and Canada for failing to spend enough on their defense budgets. But the debate about military spending appears likely to continue to rage at NATO, even under President Joe Biden.

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Biden reframes goal on reopening of elementary schools

MILWAUKEE – President Joe Biden is promising a majority of elementary schools will be open five days a week by the end of his first 100 days in office, restating his goal after his administration came under fire when aides said schools would be considered open if they held in-person learning just one day a week.

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President Biden extending ban on housing foreclosures during pandemic

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden is extending a ban on housing foreclosures to June 30 to help homeowners struggling during the coronavirus pandemic.

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Vigorous preparation returns as Biden calls other leaders

WASHINGTON – A new-old ritual is taking shape in the Biden White House, one that starts with bulky briefing packages, war-gaming the “what-ifs,” and Oval Office discussions about how to talk to this or that particular U.S. ally or adversary.

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Fauci wins $1 million Israeli prize for 'defending science'

TEL AVIV – Dr. Anthony Fauci has won the $1 million Dan David Prize for “defending science” and advocating for vaccines now being administered worldwide to fight the coronavirus pandemic.

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‘We will not wait for the next mass shooting’: Biden calls for tougher gun laws on Parkland anniversary

WASHINGTON - Sunday marks three years since 17 people were killed and another 17 wounded when a gunman opened fire at a school in Parkland, Fla. on Valentine's Day 2018.President Joe Biden used the occasion to call on Congress to strengthen gun laws with "commonsense" reforms.

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China fires back at US allegations of lack of transparency

BEIJING – China fired back Sunday at the U.S. over allegations from the White House that Beijing withheld some information about the coronavirus outbreak from World Health Organization investigators.

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Biden White House seeks to turn page on Trump

WASHINGTON – The end of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial opens a new chapter for his successor in the White House.

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White House voices skepticism on China’s role in Covid-19 probe

White House issued its strongest criticism yet of the World Health Organization’s handling of the investigation into the origins of the Covid-19 virus and China’s involvement in the probe’s findings.“We have deep concerns about the way in which the early findings of the Covid-19 investigation were communicated and questions about the process used to reach them," National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement Saturday.

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Tensions high as mass protests in Myanmar enter second week

YANGON – Mass street demonstrations in Myanmar entered their second week Saturday with neither protesters nor the military government they seek to unseat showing any signs of backing off from confrontations.

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Months after Biden win, Arizona officials still face threats

PHOENIX – For months, the four elected Republicans and one Democrat on the board overseeing Arizona's most populous county have been facing threats and harassment for backing election results that saw Democrat Joe Biden win in the state.

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Biden: Governors and mayors need $350 billion to fight COVID

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden met with a bipartisan group of governors and mayors at the White House on Friday as part of his push to give financial relief from the coronavirus pandemic to state and local governments — a clear source of division with Republican lawmakers who view the spending as wasteful.

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Biden to press for $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan with governors, mayors

Joe Biden will meet with a bipartisan group of mayors and governors on Friday as he continues to push for approval of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan to bolster economic growth and help millions of unemployed workers.Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will also receive an economic briefing from Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, shortly after she takes part in the first meeting of the Group of Seven rich economies since the new US administration took office.Biden's proposed spending package, coming on top of $4 trillion enacted by his predecessor Donald Trump, will have important consequences for the global economy which is slowly recovering - but very unevenly - after last year suffering its worst downturn since the Great

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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