World
One in three COVID patients in UK readmitted within five months
Fresh research into the long-term effects of COVID finds the disease plagues sufferers for months - and more than one in 10 have died after being discharged.
- by Bevan Shields
Opinion & Perspectives
North America
Biden to block Trump's plan to lift COVID-19 travel restrictions
A Biden spokeswoman said: "With the pandemic worsening, and more contagious variants emerging around the world, this was not the time to be lifting restrictions."
- by David Shepardson
Inside 'Fortress Washington' ahead of Inauguration Day
Washington residents never liked Donald Trump. But instead of party central, the US capital feels like an occupied military zone in his final days as President.
- by Matthew Knott
Europe
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Coronavirus pandemic
'We're not alarmed': Norway finds no direct link between elderly deaths and vaccine
- by Lars Erik Taraldsen
Asia
'Don't stop trying to reach us': Miners trapped for a week send note
The Chinese mining company did not report the 22 gold miners were missing for more than 30 hours. A week later, a note came to the surface.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Secret jabs as black market COVID vaccine doses traded at high prices
Chinese employees of the Philippines' online casinos are smuggling in shipments of Pfizer and Sinovac, though locals cannot get any vaccine legally yet.
- by Regine Cabato
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