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Major Powers Spotlight COVID-19 Response at UNGA

Margaret Besheer

   NEW YORK - As the U.N. General Assembly annual debate got under way
   Tuesday, combating and eliminating the coronavirus pandemic was the
   foremost preoccupation of the world's major powers.'¯

   Global leaders are meeting virtually this year due to COVID-19, the
   disease caused by the coronavirus. Confirmed coronavirus cases
   worldwide have surpassed 31 million, with more than 960,000 deaths,
   according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center, which
   tracks the data. '¯

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