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Cuba begins vaccinating children as young as two against COVID-19
Cuba, using its homegrown vaccines, is one of the first nations to begin vaccinating very young children.
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India tells China border troop pullback needed for better ties
India’s FM says relations will only develop when both countries pull their troops back from disputed Himalayan border.
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