By Neha Arora NEW DELHI - India said it will administer homegrown coronavirus vaccine COVAXIN in seven more states from Monday as it seeks to inoculate 30 million healthcare workers across the country. The government this month gave emergency-use approval to the vaccine, developed by Bharat Biotech International Ltd and state-run Indian Council of Medical Research, and another licensed

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Authorities in Chile said they regretted spreading panic with a mistaken tsunami warning calling for people to get out of coastal areas following an earthquake in Antarctica.

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The music video for "Dynamite," the historic BTS song that topped the Billboard's main singles chart last year, has earned 800 million YouTube views, the band's agency said Sunday.  YouTube views for "Dynamite" hit 800 million views at 12:26 p.m. on Sunday, becoming the septet's sixth music video to reach the milestone, according to Big Hit Entertainment. The feat came just a month after it earned...

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High-profile female solo artists are making comebacks this month, heating up competition in the sizzling K-pop chart race this year. Singer Yubin, a former member of the girl group Wonder Girls, kicked off the competition with the single “PERFUME,” which hit the streaming sites Jan. 13.

K-pop female artists heat up competition in chart race with comebacks this month

After appearing in a number of thought-provoking movies such as “Thread of Lies” (2014) and “Innocent Witness” (2019), actress Kim Hyang-gi aims to share glimpses of healing with another heart-warming family drama “I.”

Kim Hyang-gi's new film 'I' shares glimpses of healing, hope

The Moon Jae-in administration and the ruling Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) have started the legislative process to allow small businesses and the self-employed to get state compensation for their losses arising from COVID-19. The move has gained momentum since Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun instructed the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Thursday, to work out measures to help those hit hard by the pandemic.

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President Joseph R. Biden Jr. ― what a relief it is to write those words ― was unstintingly candid in acknowledging the drastic circumstances that made his inauguration so unlike any other. His appeal for the necessary unity to overcome those shadows recalled John F. Kennedy's speech of 60 years ago.

[Opinion] People's trust needed to heal nation

LG Electronics has begun the process of shedding its smartphone business unit, which has accumulated aggregated losses of 5 trillion won ($4.52 billion). “We have reached a moment to make the best decision concerning our mobile business by coolly weighing its present and future competitiveness,” CEO Brian Kwon said in an email sent to employees.

[Opinion] Cold-headed restructuring

US greenhouse gas emissions tumbled below their 1990 level for the first-time last year as a result of the response to the coronavirus pandemic.

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