Global News
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China's mass testing mantra is building a waste mountain
From Beijing to Shanghai, Shenzhen to Tianjin, cities are now home to an archipelago of temporary testing kiosks, while authorities order hundreds of millions of people to get swabbed every two or three days
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Abortion: How things stand in US as court prepares to rule
A look at the state of affairs, as the Supreme Court is expected to deliver an opinion by next week that could roll back 50 years of abortion rights in the US
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Britain set for biggest rail strike in decades
Over 50,000 workers will take part in a three-day national strike to protest over pay in the midst of soaring inflation
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'The power of cannabis': Japan embraces CBD despite drug taboo
Japan's CBD industry had an estimated value of $59 million in 2019, up from $3 million in 2015; the government is discussing approving medicines derived from marijuana, already used in many countries to treat conditions like severe epilepsy
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Elon Musk sued for $258 billion over dogecoin 'pyramid scheme'
Keith Johnson, who says he lost money after investing in dogecoin, described himself as an "American citizen who was defrauded" by what he called a "Dogecoin Crypto Pyramid Scheme"
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North Korea says hundreds of families ill with intestinal disease
The unidentified illness is putting a strain on a crumbling healthcare system in the midst of the Covid-19 storm
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US panel recommends Covid vaccines for children under five
Formal authorizations for Moderna and Pfizer should follow soon, with the first shots in arms expected early next week, just over a year-and-a-half after the first Covid vaccines were greenlighted for the elderly in December 2020
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A forlorn fight to stop America's gun factories
The American state that produced and shipped out the most firearms since 2015, New Hampshire has funneled millions of weapons into the already-flooded domestic market of a nation beset by a gun death epidemic
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YouTube Shorts takes on TikTok with 1.5 billion monthly users
YouTube Shorts went live less than two years ago, adding videos of no longer than 60 seconds to the mix of offerings on the platform
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Child malnutrition soars in Ethiopia as drought worsens
Over one million people need urgent food aid across the region after four consecutive rainy seasons have failed in the Horn of Africa, with a fifth also expected to fare poorly, causing the worst drought in 40 years and a major hunger crisis spanning Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia
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India all but sinks WTO sustainable fishing deal
Negotiations towards banning subsidies that encourage overfishing and threaten the sustainability of the planet's fish stocks have been going on at the World Trade Organization for more than two decades; India refused to sign up without a 25-year transition exemption