January 25, 2021

The United States reported a 21 percent drop in new cases of COVID-19 last week, as all but one state reported declines in new infections, and the number of coronavirus patients in hospitals also fell.

The country reported 1.2 million new cases in the week ended Jan. 24, down from 1.5 million new cases in the previous week.

It was the biggest decline on both percentage and absolute basis in the past year, according to a Reuters analysis of state and county reports.

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Large numbers of Ghanaians are filing past the coffin of the former president, Jerry Rawlings, ahead of his funeral on Wednesday.

The open casket is surrounded by flowers, candles, and a glass screen at Accra’s international conference centre.

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Mourners are wearing face masks and are socially distanced, in line with coronavirus restrictions. Mr. Rawlings, who was 73, died in November from an undisclosed illness.

His burial was delayed, in part, because of disagreements between Ghana’s current political leaders.

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Taiwan on Sunday expelled nearly 4,000 Chinese vessels illegally dredging sand from its waters in 2020, local authorities have said.

In recent times, China has taken an increasingly belligerent tone towards Taiwan under President Xi Jinping — especially over the last twelve months with Beijing’s jets and bombers buzzing the island at a record rate.

But the waters surrounding Taiwan have become another hot zone.

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Taiwan’s coastguard on Monday told AFP it recorded a huge spike in Chinese sand dredgers illegally entering its waters.

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President Joe Biden will re-impose a Covid-19 travel ban on most non-US citizens who have been in Britain, Brazil, Ireland and much of Europe, a White House official said Sunday, as the new administration ramps up its pandemic response.

Biden will also on Monday extend the ban to travelers who have recently been to South Africa amid warnings that new, more transmissible coronavirus variants are already establishing themselves in the United States, the official said, confirming US media reports.

The new president last week tightened mask-wearing rules and ordered quarantine for people flying into the United States, as he seeks …