India's jumbo-sized vaccine rollout in numbers

India began one of the world's biggest coronavirus vaccination programmes on Saturday, hoping to end a pandemic that has killed 150,000 people in the country and torpedoed the economy.
Trump to leave town early Wednesday before Biden inauguration

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World migration down 30 percent due to pandemic: UN

Global Covid-19 death toll passes two million
The global death toll from Covid-19 surpassed two million on Friday, with the World Health Organization (WHO) urging mass vaccinations as the pandemic progresses at a record pace.
US capital locks down as security threats mount
The center of Washington was in lockdown Thursday as more than 20,000 armed National Guard troops were mobilized following the deadly assault on the Capitol and the threat of more violence at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden.
11 die, 7 injured as mini-bus collides with truck in India
Eleven people died and another seven were injured in India's southwestern state of Karnataka after a mini-bus collided with a truck coming from the opposite direction on Friday morning.
Mexico hit by deadliest week of pandemic yet
Mexico reeled Thursday from its worst week of the pandemic yet, with deaths averaging nearly 1,000 a day and a health system that was close to reaching a breaking point.