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Congo working to stop new Ebola outbreak in country’s east

Health officials in Congo confirmed another Ebola outbreak in the country’s east on Sunday, the fourth in less than three years
Cuban government opens up economy

Cuba has increased the number of industries that will be free from state involvement. It is one of the biggest economic reforms for the country in years.
Coronavirus Updates: Fauci Says Two-Dose Vaccine Series Should Not Be Delayed To Give More People First Shots
People wait in line for a COVID-19 vaccine at the Yankee Stadium vaccination site in the Bronx on February 6th, 2021.
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Trump left behind a monstrous predicament. Here’s how to tackle it | Robert Reich

One of the nation’s two major political parties has abandoned democracy and reality. We must now move a vast swath of America back into a fact-based pro-democracy society
Next week’s Senate trial is unlikely to convict Donald Trump of inciting sedition against the United States. At least 17 Republican senators are needed for conviction, but only five have signaled they’ll go along.
Why won’t Republican senators convict him? After all, it’s an open and shut case. As summarized in the brief submitted by House impeachment managers, Trump spent months before the election telling his followers that the only way he could lose was through “a dangerous, wide-ranging conspiracy against them that threatened America itself”.
Europe shows its support for Belarus Solidarity Day

The day was called by the leadership of the opposition, based in Latvia.
Brussels open to deal for Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine

Russia is offering doses of its Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 to the EU in order to compensate for the shortages of other vaccines, which have failed to be delivered.
The public investment fund that co-finances and sells the vaccine said that Russia would be able to supply 100 million doses of Sputnik V to the European Union by the spring.
With these doses, 50 million EU citizens would be able to receive the two shots needed to be vaccinated.
Russia has already fully vaccinated about 1.5 million of its 140 million population, however, Sputnik V cannot be administered in the EU until it is approved by the European Medicines Agency, which is currently in the process of analyzing it.
According to the Sputnik V manufacturers, the vaccine has already been approved in 15 countries across the globe, with Hungary as its first EU member state to approve it.
While Russia permitted the administration of the vaccine back in August, no results of independent studies about its efficacy have been published yet.
Fauci: Second vaccine doses should not be delayed ‘based on the scientific data that we’ve accumulated’

Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert, said Sunday that he disagreed with experts who have suggested the second dose of the coronavirus vaccine could be delayed to prioritize more first doses.”…
Chile: Violence flares after police officer shoots street performer dead

Social media footage shows a police officer in Chile shooting a man dead, sparking violent protests.
Tens of thousands of protesters return to Myanmar streets to oppose the military coup

In Myanmar’s recent history, bloody crackdowns have followed every popular uprising.
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