BEIJING – Midway through its annual session, China’s ceremonial parliament is focusing on boosting the economy, building self-reliance in technology and further squeezing room for political opposition in Hong Kong.

The weeklong meeting of the National People’s Congress, which rubber stamps policies approved by the Communist Party leadership, provides a window into government priorities.

SETTING AN ACHEIVABLE GROWTH TARGET The party set a growth target of “over 6%”, as the world’s second-largest economy shrugs off the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.

Last year, it departed from practice and didn't set a target because of pandemic-related uncertainty. The target was lower than the 7% to 8% that forecasters expected and seen by some as

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1st US ministers' Japan visit under Biden to focus on China

TOKYO – Concerns about China's growing influence in the region is expected to be a main focus when two ministers of President Joe Biden's administration visits Japan for their first in-person talks with their Japanese counterparts.

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Asian shares mixed as China reports so-so economic data

BANGKOK – Shares were mixed in Asia on Monday as China reported a variety of data that painted a complicated picture of its recovery from the pandemic.

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Chinese single moms, denied benefits, press for change

TAIPEI – Sarah Gao had a busy job. As the head of a 500 million yuan ($76.8 million) investment fund, she was constantly flying across China on business trips. Then she found out she was pregnant.

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Flights canceled during China's worst sandstorm in decades

BEIJING – China’s capital and a wide swath of the country's north were enveloped Monday in the worst sandstorm in a decade, leading to the cancelation of hundreds of flights.

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Biden breaks his silence on Cuomo sexual harassment scandal, declines to call for his resignation

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Biden declines to call for Cuomo to resign, awaits probe

WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden on Sunday passed up an opportunity to join other Democrats calling for the resignation of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is under investigation after multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

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Reports: Cuomo vaccine czar's loyalty calls raise concerns

NEW YORK – A longtime adviser to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo leading the state's COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been calling county executives to gauge their loyalty to the Democratic governor amid a sexual harassment investigation, according to reports in The Washington Post and The New York Times.

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Immigrant victims of crime hope Congress eases visa hurdles

HARRISBURG, Pa. – In a bid to become a legal permanent resident of the United States, she says she lives in fear, afraid both of being deported and of retribution after she testified against men who were convicted of killing her boyfriend.

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With Cuomo under fire, No. 2 Kathy Hochul treads carefully

BUFFALO, N.Y. – As a chorus of top Democrats demanded New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation over sexual harassment allegations last week, the woman who would succeed him if he stepped down did what she's done for most of her time in office: Kept a discreet profile.

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What has happened with the AstraZeneca vaccine?

Ireland has followed several European countries who have temporarily suspended the AstraZeneca vaccine following reports of people suffering blood clots.

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China, NKorea loom as Blinken, Austin head to Asia

WASHINGTON – Threats from China and North Korea will loom large over the Biden administration's first Cabinet-level trip abroad, part of a larger effort to bolster U.S. influence and calm concerns about America's role in Asia.

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Over six Covid-19 vaccines to come up in India, says Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

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Gwyneth Paltrow Explains Why She Held Off On Revealing Her COVID-19 Diagnosis

Last month, Gwyneth Paltrow revealed she had contracted COVID-19 “early on” in the pandemic, and in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter she explained why she held off on sharing her diagnosis.

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China streamlines visas for domestic COVID-19 vaccine recipients in Hong Kong

China‘s foreign ministry office in Hong Kong said that it will simplify mainland China visa applications for foreigners in the city who have been inoculated with Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines.The simplified process, effective from Monday, resumes pre-pandemic application requirements, and will be available only to applicants and their family members inoculated with Chinese-produced vaccines who have obtained a vaccination certificate, the office of China‘s foreign commissioner in Hong Kong said in a statement dated Friday.It said it made the move “in view of resuming people-to-people exchanges between China and other countries in an orderly manner.” It did not say why the simplified procedures were not extended to those receiving other

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Gwyneth Paltrow Explains Why She Didn't Reveal Her COVID-19 Diagnosis When She Had It

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Full list of the most common Covid vaccine side effects -and when you should call for help

direct to your inboxIt is estimated that more than 23 million people in the UK have now had at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, with the Government aiming to offer a first dose to around 32 million people in nine priority groups by April 15.Some people have reported feeling unwell after getting side effects from taking the vaccine. These can include tiredness, pain as well as flu-like symptoms, but doctors have said they are normally nothing to worry about, according to the Mirror.

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EXPLAINER: Striking jurors in ex-cop's trial in Floyd death

As attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death screen potential jurors, they're on guard for anything that suggests jurors would help, or hurt, their side.

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How Cuomo investigation, possible impeachment could play out

NEW YORK – Gov. Andrew Cuomo has urged New Yorkers to “wait for the facts."

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No new COVID-19 case of UK variant in MP post last week: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

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Top Dems call on Cuomo to resign amid harassment allegations

NEW YORK - Both of New York's Senators and multiple members of its congressional delegation joined the growing chorus of legislators calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign over sexual misconduct allegations and a nursing home scandal.In a statement released on Friday, Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand, both Democrats, called on Cuomo to resign."Due to the multiple, credible sexual harassment and misconduct allegations, it is clear that Governor Cuomo has lost the confidence of his governing partners and the people of New York," the joint statement read.

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Governor Cuomo says he won't resign, wave of NY lawmakers call for him to go

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EXPLAINER: How will US make more shots available by May 1?

President Joe Biden's promise that all of the nation's 255 million adults will be eligible for coronavirus vaccines by May 1 means the U.S. needs to move fast.

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China approves sweeping changes to Hong Kong’s electoral system

China’s parliament approved on Thursday a draft decision to change Hong Kong’s electoral system, calling it “another major step on Hong Kong’s governance” during a press conference Friday. The decision further reduces democratic representation in the city’s institutions and introduces a mechanism to vet and screen politicians’ loyalty to Beijing.

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COVID-19 Scan for Mar 12, 2021

In a review of 65 studies from around the world, pooled data indicate that one in five healthcare workers (HCWs) have experienced moderate depression, anxiety, and/or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study published this week in PLOS One.The study covered patients in 21 countries, most commonly in East As

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EXPLAINER: What's this craze for 'NFTs' all about, anyway?

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'Quad' countries to launch joint venture to boost Covid vaccine production

New Delhi: The US, India, Australia and Japan on Friday announced the launch of their ambitious joint partnership venture to boost production of vaccines to combat covid-19, in a move seen as mounting a challenge to China, at the inaugural summit of Quad now upgraded to the leaders’s level.US President Joe Biden, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, Australian prime minister Scott Morrison and Japanese prime minister Yoshihide Suga shared a virtual stage to herald the start of a reinforced partnership aimed at global good.

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Members of NY Congressional delegation call on Cuomo to resign

NEW YORK - Multiple members of New York's congressional delegation joined the growing chorus of legislators calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign over sexual misconduct allegations and a nursing home scandal.U.S.

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Multiple NY congressional members call on Cuomo to resign

ALBANY, N.Y. – Multiple members of New York’s congressional delegation called Friday on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to resign in the wake of mounting allegations of sexual harassment and an allegation of groping.

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Hungary emerges as an EU vaccination star amid surging cases

BUDAPEST – Hungary has emerged as a European Union leader in COVID-19 vaccinations thanks to a strategy that sought shots from Russia and China as well as from inside the bloc, spurring increasing trust in jabs from eastern nations.

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US, Indo-Pacific allies to expand India's vaccine production

President Joe Biden and fellow leaders of the Indo-Pacific alliance known as the Quad are set to announce a plan to expand coronavirus vaccine manufacturing capacity in India, according to administration officials.

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Olympic host Japan will not take part in China vaccine offer

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China hits back at US criticism of Hong Kong election change

BEIJING – A Chinese official hit back Friday at U.S. criticism of planned election law changes in Hong Kong, noting the chaos surrounding the recent American presidential election.

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EXPLAINER: What's behind Hong Kong election law changes

HONG KONG – China's ceremonial parliament this week approved a resolution to alter Hong Kong's election law that many see as effectively ending the city's already weakened local democracy.

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China ended vaccine partnership due to politics, Canadian researcher says

vaccine researcher says he believes that Chinese political machinations ended a vaccine partnership last summer.Dr. Scott Halperin, the director of the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology, made the accusation Thursday to the Special Committee on Canada-China Relations.The partnership was originally planned to be between China’s CanSino Biologics and the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia.

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'Wrong, un-American, must stop': Joe Biden condemns 'hate crimes' on Asian Americans during pandemic

Former President Trump repeatedly used xenophobic termsFormer President Trump has repeatedly used xenophobic terms to refer to the virus that originated in China's Wuhan province.

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Newspaper: China to soon try 2 Canadians on spying charges

BEIJING – A Communist Party newspaper says China will soon begin trials for two Canadians, who were arrested two years ago in apparent retaliation for Canada’s detention of a senior executive for Chinese communications giant Huawei Technologies.

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Australian leader says Quad meeting will anchor stability

CANBERRA – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday his first-ever meeting with President Joe Biden as well as the leaders of India and Japan will become an anchor of stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Coronavirus: Biden says U.S. will come out of pandemic stronger

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday in his first primetime address stressed that the country would come out of the pandemic “stronger” because there was “nothing we can’t do when we do it together.” He said Americans had a “shared experience that binds us together as a nation” both by the pain and by the possibilities in front of them.

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N Korean defectors struggle to send money home amid pandemic

ANSAN – For the first time in years, Choi Bok-hwa didn’t get her annual birthday call from her mother in North Korea. Each January, Choi’s mother had climbed a mountain and used a broker's smuggled Chinese cellphone to call South Korea to wish her happy birthday and arrange a badly needed money transfer.

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Biden's $1.9T rescue signed, agenda now a slog in Congress

WASHINGTON – Tough as it was for Democrats, passing President Joe Biden’s sweeping $1.9 trillion COVID-19 rescue package into law was the easy part.

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Gov. Cuomo's groping allegation reported to police

ALBANY, N.Y. - A lawyer for Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that she reported a groping allegation made against him to police after the woman involved declined to press charges herself.The Times Union of Albany reported Wednesday that an unidentified aide had claimed Cuomo reached under her shirt and fondled her after summoning her to his official residence late last year.

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EXPLAINER: What is 'spark-of-life' testimony in trials?

MADISON, Wis. – Prosecutors trying a white former Minneapolis police officer in George Floyd's death plan to use a legal doctrine called “spark of life” to humanize Floyd in front of jurors.

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It is 'normal' to feel unwell after Covid jab - most common side effects to look out for

coronavirus jab, doctors have reassured.Side effects from the vaccine being rolled out across Scotland and the UK are 'very common', according to official guidance.People can be hit with tiredness and pain as well as flu-like symptoms - but doctors have said these side effects are normally nothing to worry about.Official UK government guidance says that the vaccines can cause side effects 'like all medicines.'It says that most of these are 'are mild and short-term, and not everyone gets them' and that even if you have symptoms after the first dose you still need the second jab.

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Dozens of Democrats demand Cuomo's resignation

ALBANY, N.Y. – A group of 59 Democratic lawmakers demanded New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's resignation Thursday in the wake of an allegation that he groped an aide at the Executive Mansion last year.

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IOC and China make vaccine deal for Tokyo, Beijing Olympians

GENEVA – The International Olympic Committee and China have teamed up to offer vaccines to athletes and teams preparing for the upcoming games in both Tokyo and Beijing.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

EXPLAINER: What's happened so far at China's annual congress

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