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China has reported the first COVID-related deaths in over a year this past week, raising concerns about the accuracy of the country's reporting.

The Biden administration said Friday it would resume plans for oil and gas drilling on federal lands and waters after an appeals court ruled to allow the use of an approximately fivefold higher “social cost of carbon” value in evaluating permits, according to reports.

As some people have now been vaccinated for more than half a year, evidence is pouring in about Covid vaccine efficacy.

The CDC has changed the status of tens of thousands of COVID-related deaths, including 24% of minor deaths previously credited to the pandemic.

The Central Intelligence Agency reportedly helped train Ukrainian snipers by sending a contingent of veteran agents to meet with the Ukrainian shooters attempting to fend off Russians in the Donbas region.

Russian Radiological, Chemical, and Biological Defence Troops chief says Ukraine was "kept in the dark, and have no real idea about the true goals of the ongoing research."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers virtual address to Congress.

Thailand pays out roughly $45 million to victims of COVID-19 vaccines so far.

The current estimated number of people impacted in Ukraine is 18 million, of which 6.7 million are internally displaced, the WHO Europe said in a statement on Monday.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Sunday said the vaccine maker plans to submit data on a fourth dose of its COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration because protection after three doses is “not that good against infections” and “doesn’t last very long” when faced with a variant like Omicron.