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The prisoner swap with Russia; the prospect of a long war in Ukraine; a coup plot foiled in Germany; and the first Iranian protestor is executed

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China's COVID Policy Is a Danger to the Population

China is loosening its restrictive COVID policies after a wave of protests. This could get very dangerous, says GPS's John Defterios. If China completely ends its zero COVID policy, the country would hit 45 million new doses of COVID-19. It could give million new daily infections after just one month. Virtually everyone would get infected. 680,000 people would die, assuming enough ICU beds for everyone - which they definitely are not.

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