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In this May 12, 2020, photo, a pedestrian passes a closed barbershop during the coronavirus pandemic, in the North End neighborhood of Boston. A new survey by the National Federation of Independent Business shows that the percentage of business owners expecting better economic conditions in the next six months decreased one point to a net negative 38% in November, tying a 48-year record low in optimism. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) **FILE**

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Yoon Suk Yeol, center right, the presidential election candidate of South Korea's main opposition People Power Party (PPP), and Lee Jae-myung, center left, the presidential election candidate of the ruling Democratic Party, attend a ceremony for the first trading day of stock market at the Korea Exchange (KRX) in Seoul, South Korea Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. (Kim Hong-ji/Pool Photo via AP)

After a big 2021, Wall Street starts new year edging higher

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President Joe Biden waves as he leaves St. Ann Roman Catholic Church after attending Mass in Wilmington, Del., Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Joe Biden has really sucky poll numbers

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Pope Francis delivers his homily as he celebrates a Mass for the solemnity of St. Mary at the beginning of the new year, in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope on new year: Pandemic is hard, but focus on the good

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Fireworks explode over the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge as New Year's Eve celebrations begin in Sydney, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)

New Year’s Eve muted by omicron; many hoping for better 2022

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Indians, some wearing face masks as a precaution against the COVID-19, crowd a weekly market in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2021. In India, which has been getting back to normal after a devastating COVID-19 outbreak earlier this year, omicron is once again raising fears, with more than 700 cases reported in the country of nearly 1.4 billion people. The capital, New Delhi, banned large gatherings for Christmas and New Year's, and many other states have announced new restrictions, including curfews and vaccination requirements at stores and restaurants. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Census Bureau: World grew by 74 million over past year

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A health care worker (right) directs a man who was just vaccinated to an observation area at NYC mobile vaccine clinic in the Manhattan borough of New York, Dec. 6, 2021. A surprise year-end decree by Mayor Bill de Blasio orders virtually all businesses to get workers vaccinated, forcing vaccine holdouts to choose between jabs or jobs. The mandate will take effect on Dec. 27, with workers needing to provide proof they have received at least one dose of the vaccine. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) **FILE**

NYC workplace vaccine mandate calls for fines up to $5K; de Blasio insists he’ll work with employers

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Another arrest made in fatal New Years shootings in Wichita

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How Coast’s Vietnamese community celebrated Lunar New Year

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A man and a child put on their face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus after taken a souvenir photo near a Year of the Ox statue on display at the capital city's popular shopping mall during the first day of the Lunar New Year in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021. Festivities for the holiday, normally East Asia's busiest tourism season, are muted after China, Vietnam, Taiwan and other governments tightened travel curbs and urged the public to avoid big gatherings following renewed virus outbreaks. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China holiday train travel down nearly 70% amid restrictions

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Saudi health worker, Wedad Modaifen prepares to collect a swab sample for a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test at drive-through testing center at King Abdulaziz University in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. In Saudi Arabia, where authorities already have banned travel to the kingdom from 20 countries including the U.S., officials ordered all weddings and parties suspended. It closed down all shopping malls, gyms and other locations for 10 days, as well as indoor dining. Authorities warned the new measures could be extended. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Gulf Arab states launch new restrictions over virus fears

By JON GAMBRELL - Associated Press

Customers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus, look at pots of Phalaenopsis orchids at one of Hong Kong's largest orchid farms located at Hong Kong's rural New Territories on Jan. 14, 2021. The Lunar New Year holiday is usually a busy period for flower farms in Hong Kong, which gear up to sell plum blossoms, orchids and daffodils at flower markets during the festive season. But the pandemic and restrictions on such festive markets this year has taken a toll on many farms, who worry that they may be left with an oversupply of flowers. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

Flower farms see their Lunar New Year sales wilted by virus

By ALICE FUNG and NICOLE KO - Associated Press

Gong Linhua, a seller of Lunar New Year decorations, speaks about the impact of the coronavirus on her business ahead of the Year of the Ox Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. A recent resurgence in coronavirus cases in China has prompted authorities to curb Lunar New Year activities, impacting a wide swath of industries from airlines, trains, hotels and restaurants to small shops selling decorations for the Year of the Ox. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

AP PHOTOS: Virus uncertainty for China’s Year of Ox vendors

By EMILY WANG FUJIYAMA and NG HAN GUAN - Associated Press

After Parkinson’s diagnosis, guitarist learns to play again

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In this Oct. 19, 2020, file photo, women eating snack walk by a Chanel cosmetic shop at the capital city's popular shopping mall in Beijing. China’s economy grew 2.3% in 2020 as a recovery from the coronavirus pandemic accelerated while the United States, Europe and Japan struggled with disease flare-ups. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

China economy grows in 2020 as rebound from virus gains

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