Regional Archive January 2021
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South Pacific Islands Target Rich Tourists as Pandemic Takes its Toll
When the head of Twitter, Mr. Jack Dorsey, recently made his fateful decision to ban former United States president Donald Trump from the social media platform, he did so from an island in French Polynesia, thousands of kilometres from Washington or Silicon Valley.
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Palau Could Become the First in the World to be Vaccinated
A cluster of islands in the Pacific Ocean that's one of the few places on Earth entirely free from COVID-19 could become one of the first countries vaccinated against the disease.
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China Blocks WHO Team Sent to Study Covid's Origins
China has blocked the arrival of a team from the World Health Organization investigating the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, claiming that their visas had not yet been approved even as some members of the group were on their way.
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