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Members of a WHO team tasked with investigating the origins of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic are due to leave quarantine in Wuhan on Thursday [Thomas Peter/Reuters]
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WHO COVID team prepares to leave quarantine, urges patience

Dutch expert who is part of team in Wuhan cautions it could take years to work out the origins of the virus.

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Police officers, wearing protective face masks and applying social distancing, stand guard in front of the parliament building during a demonstration of Greek university students against government plans to set up a university police, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Athens, Greece, January 21, 2021 [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]

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Police walk out from a door of the apartment where Oleg Navalny lives, brother of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, January 27, 2021. [Mstyslav Chernov/AP Photo]

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GameStop, a struggling US video game retailer, has seen its share price surge from below $3 in April 2020 to more than $373 on Wednesday [File: Carlo Allegri/Reuters]
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A Lebanese soldiers stands next to a burning dumpster during ongoing demonstrations in Tripoli [Fathi Al-Masri/AFP]

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The US rejects China's maritime claims in the South China Sea 'to the extent they exceed the maritime zones' permitted under international law [File: Nicholas V Huynh/Handout via Reuters]

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The US conducted six Middle East flyovers with B-52 bombers since November [Courtesy of CENTCOM]

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An F-35B fighter jet lands at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona in this December 10, 2013 file photo [File: Ross D. Franklin/AP Photo]

Biden administration pauses weapons sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE

A farmer holds a sword during a protest against farm laws at the historic Red Fort in Delhi [Adnan Abidi/Reuters]

Indian farmers call off parliament march after deadly violence

Police officers, wearing protective face masks and applying social distancing, stand guard in front of the parliament building during a demonstration of Greek university students against government plans to set up a university police, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Athens, Greece, January 21, 2021 [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]

‘We’re afraid’: Greek plan to police universities panics students

Police walk out from a door of the apartment where Oleg Navalny lives, brother of jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny, in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, January 27, 2021. [Mstyslav Chernov/AP Photo]

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GameStop, a struggling US video game retailer, has seen its share price surge from below $3 in April 2020 to more than $373 on Wednesday [File: Carlo Allegri/Reuters]
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Climate change has been blamed for severe weather conditions such as the deadly wildfires in the US in 2020 [File: Robyn Beck/AFP]

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A Lebanese soldiers stands next to a burning dumpster during ongoing demonstrations in Tripoli [Fathi Al-Masri/AFP]

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The US rejects China's maritime claims in the South China Sea 'to the extent they exceed the maritime zones' permitted under international law [File: Nicholas V Huynh/Handout via Reuters]

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The US conducted six Middle East flyovers with B-52 bombers since November [Courtesy of CENTCOM]

US flies B-52 bombers over Middle East for third time this year

Bernie Sanders mitten meme helps grab big bucks for charity

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An image of Senator Bernie Sanders at the presidential inauguration, which became a popular meme, has helped to raise money for charity [File: Brendan Smialowski/AFP]
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The 16-year-old, a Protestant Christian, was detained in December under Singapore’s Internal Security Act [File: Edgar Su/Reuters]

‘Psychological war’: Iran dismisses Israel military action threat

Senior Iranian official says the country is not worried about Israeli threats but will defend itself if necessary.

President Hassan Rouhani chairs a meeting next to his chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi [File: Iranian Presidency handout via AFP]
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The explosive growth in retail day trading, powered by platforms like the Robinhood trading app and forums like wallstreetbets, has turned the old order on its head [File: Bloomberg]

Italy could have saved 200 drowning migrants: UN committee

Italy failed to protect ‘right to life’ of migrants who died when their boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea in 2013.

Since 2014, more than 20,000 migrants and refugees have died at sea while trying to reach Europe from Africa [File: Faras Ghani/Al Jazeera]

Fed’s Powell: US economic recovery hinges on vaccination drives

‘There’s nothing more important to the economy than people getting vaccinated,” Powell said on Wednesday.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told reporters on Wednesday that he has been vaccinated once and expects to get his second jab 'soon' [File: Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via AP]

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