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China has approved two more COVID-19 vaccines for wider use, adding to its growing arsenal of shots

The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes declined again as inventory struggles to keep up with demand

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week in a sign that layoffs may have eased, though claims remain at a historically high level

Stocks are off to a mostly lower start on Wall Street, led by drops in several big technology companies, while bond yields marched steadily higher as traders anticipate greater economic growth and more stimulus from Washington

Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket goods shot up 3.4% in January, pulled up by surge in orders for civilian aircraft

Supporters of Myanmar’s junta have attacked protesters demanding the end to the military government that took power in a coup

The economy grew at a slightly faster pace in the final three months of 2020 than first thought, ending a year that saw the overall economy shrink by the largest amount in more than seven decades

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week but remained high by historical standards

Dr. Anthony Fauci says if a coronavirus vaccine is available, regardless of which one, take it

A regulatory agency that’s responsible for the water supply of more than 13 million people in four states is scheduled to vote Thursday on a proposal to permanently ban natural gas drilling and fracking in the watershed

The ruling Communist Party is celebrating the official end of extreme poverty in China with a propaganda campaign that praises President Xi Jinping’s role, part of efforts to cement his image as a history-making leader who is reclaiming his country’s rightful place as a global power

American drugmaker Pfizer has begun studying whether a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine provides protection against mutated versions of the coronavirus

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British television presenter and writer David Walliams and “Doc Martin” star Martin Clunes are among several actors who formally settled damages with a newspaper publisher over phone hacking claims

Facebook says it will remove all Myanmar military-linked pages from its site and from Instagram, which it also owns

The World Health Organization’s Europe unit is reporting that about one in 10 people who contracted COVID-19 continue to show “persistent ill health” 12 weeks after infection

India has rolled out new regulations for social media companies and digital streaming websites to make them more accountable for the online content shared on their platforms

Finland plans to reintroduce a state of emergency that would allow the Nordic country to close restaurants for a three-week period starting March 8 as it fights the variant first discovered in Britain

Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce says he doesn't expect his airline will resume international travel except for New Zealand until late October, after the Australian population is vaccinated for COVID-19

The Czech government is barring its citizens and residents from traveling to countries hit by highly contagious coronavirus variants and is tightening rules for face coverings

Global stock markets have followed Wall Street higher after the Federal Reserve chairman said the U.S. central bank is in no hurry to withdraw support for the economy

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Taiwan will begin slightly easing restrictions on foreign visitors coming to the island beginning Monday

Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy has mild symptoms of COVID-19, and a state House member also tested positive for the virus