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  5 days ago

  What is HMPV and how does it spread?

  BBC News - Kelly Ng

  A surge in cases of the flu-like human metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China has raised fears of another Covid-style pandemic. Images of hospitals overrun with masked patients have circulated widely on social media, but health experts say HMPV is not like Covid, and point out it has been around for many …

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  French far-right figurehead Jean-Marie Le Pen dies at 96

  France 24

  France's far-right figurehead Jean-Marie Le Pen died on Tuesday aged 96, according to local media. Le Pen founded France's National Front party, which is now known as the National Rally and led by his daughter Marine. Jean-Marie Le Pen, who died Tuesday aged 96, was the far-right bogeyman of French …

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  Jan 6

  Canada PM Trudeau to announce resignation as early as Monday, Globe and Mail reports

  rappler.com - Reuters

  Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce as early as Monday, January 6, that he will resign as Liberal Party Leader, The Globe …

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  Russia's economic situation worsens ahead of Trump's return to the White House

  Le Monde in English - Benjamin Quénelle

  President Vladimir Putin has not responded to the US president-elect's settlement offer. His army remains on the offensive in the Ukraine. However …

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  The notable lives we lost in 2024

  PBS News - Bernard McGhee, Associated Press

  It was a life that took him from peanut farming to the presidency. While former President Jimmy Carter ’s time in the White House only lasted one …

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  China targets dozens of U.S. companies ahead of anticipated Trump tariffs

  CBS News - By Kate Gibson

  China on Thursday said it was adding dozens of American companies to its export control list to "safeguard national security and interests." China's …