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From: Counting the Cost
What is Angela Merkel’s economic legacy?
Once the sick man of Europe, Germany weathered the financial crisis and the Great Recession better than its neighbours.
India imposes quarantine on UK nationals in tit-for-tat move
The move comes after New Delhi called British decision not to recognise Indian vaccine, Covishield, ‘discriminatory’.
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Vote on Biden’s twin spending bills delayed anew amid impasse
US president makes rare visit to Congress but gesture fails to convince Democrats to compromise on twin spending bills.
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Opinion
From: Talk to Al Jazeera
South African FM: Is Africa facing COVID vaccine apartheid?
Naledi Pandor discusses the diplomatic struggles brought about by the unequal global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines.
Merck’s COVID pill cuts deaths, hospitalisations by half: Report
If authorised for use, it would be the first pill shown to treat COVID and a major step in controlling the pandemic.
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Could China’s power crisis help or harm its green energy push?
China is the world’s biggest producer and consumer of coal, and right now its inventories are at record lows.
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‘Living nightmare’: UN says Lebanon faces growing starvation
Amid economic meltdown, Lebanon’s medical crisis is a ‘death sentence’ and starvation a ‘growing reality’, UN says.
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