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President Joe Biden speaks about efforts to combat COVID-19, in the State Dining Room of the White House, Tuesday, March 2, 2021, in Washington

11:23 GMT 07 March 2021 / updated: 11:23 GMT US

Not Only About Saving Americans? Biden Says COVID Relief Bill to Help US 'Outcompete Rest of the World', Specifically China

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II looks on from the balcony of the Foreign Office, during the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph, in Whitehall, London, Sunday Nov. 8, 2020

Queen Elizabeth's Planes Will be Sold as Part of Cuts Made by Defence Ministry, Report Says

Mink looking out from a cage at a mink farm

Hello From the Other Side: Danish Minks Culled Due to COVID Are Polluting Soil, Agency Says

'Active Threat': US Reportedly Forming Task Force to Tackle Massive Microsoft Breach

Pope Francis speaks with Iraqi religious figures during an interfaith service at the House of Abraham in the ancient city of Ur in southern Iraq's Dhi Qar province, on March 6, 2021.

Pope Francis Denounces 'Religious Extremism' During Iraq Visit in Address From Abraham's Birthplace

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