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USA mending ties with WHO a major boost for global health, says WHO Africa
Newly inaugurated US President Joe Biden has halted a process started by his predecessor Donald Trump last year to withdraw from the WHO.
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US virus deaths top WWII fatalities as Biden warns worst yet to come
The United States remains the worst-hit country, with around a fifth of the two million global COVID-19 deaths, and new President Joe Biden has made the fight against the pandemic his administration's top priority.
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China calls for 'better angels' to prevail in reset with Biden's US
Beijing also welcomed news that the US would rejoin the World Health Organization and the Paris climate accord, as Biden tried to immediately pivot his office back to a key role in global leadership.
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HAJI MOHAMED DAWJEE: 17 reasons why it's all go for Joe
In just his first few hours as leader of the United States, Joe Biden has signed a number of executive orders that should change the country.
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Google signs deal on copyright payments to French press
The accord signed with the APIG alliance of French dailies involves "neighbouring rights," which call for payment for showing news content with internet searches, a joint statement said.
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Rescuers scramble to free Chinese miners trapped underground
Twenty-two workers were entombed hundreds of metres underground at the Hushan mine near Qixia city in east China's Shandong province after a 10 January explosion sealed the entrance and cut off communications.
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French Muslim groups deal blow to Macron's anti-extremism charter
The charter rejects "instrumentalising" Islam for political ends and affirms equality between men and women, while denouncing practices such as female circumcisions, forced marriages or "virginity certificates" for brides.
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'America is back' - South Korea's President Moon
The relationship between treaty allies Seoul and Washington was at times deeply strained under former president Donald Trump.
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'Democracy has prevailed': Biden begins U-turn from Trump
President Biden pushed through a flurry of orders the moment he entered the White House, starting with rejoining the 2015 Paris climate accord, from which the US withdrew under Trump, an ally of the fossil fuel industry.
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Who is Biden inauguration poet Amanda Gorman?
The 22-year-old became the youngest inaugural poet in US history.
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'Democracy has prevailed', says Biden in inauguration speech
Biden appealed to Trump's supporters, pledging to listen to all sides after four years of deep polarization in which Trump belittled minority groups and tried to cast doubts on basic facts.
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LIVE BLOG: 'I will be a president for all Americans' - Biden
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are both being sworn-in on 20th January in Washington DC, US.
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Greta Thunberg wishes 'old man' Trump a 'wonderful future'
The teenager was reversing a barb that Trump -- who frequently disputes the science behind climate change -- had aimed at her in 2019.
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Biden sworn in as 46th US president, Harris is officially VP
Earlier, former California senator Kamala Harris was sworn in as vice president of the United States, the first woman ever to hold the post.
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GALLERY: Joe Biden's inauguration as US President
Go inside the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th President of the United States at the US Capitol.
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WATCH LIVE: The inauguration of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
Joe Biden is being inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States at the US Capitol's western front. Kamala Harris will be sworn in as his Vice President.
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Trump leaves the White House, skipping Biden inauguration
Donald Trump, 74, and First Lady Melania Trump walked a short red carpet and boarded Marine One on the White House lawn on a sunny but chilly day in Washington for the short flight to Joint Base Andrews where he will board Air Force One.
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School closures still 'last resort' despite variants: WHO
The debate on shutting schools during the COVID-19 pandemic has been revived by the emergence of more contagious virus mutations.
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Biden plans immediate orders on immigration, COVID-19, environment
Many of the actions will take government policies back to where they were on 19 January 2017 - the final day of the Barack Obama-Joe Biden administration, before Trump entered office and took a wrecking ball to many of their initiatives.
