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News Wrap: Biden directs US intel to probe COVID origin

In our news wrap Wednesday, President Biden ordered U.S. Intelligence agencies to redouble efforts to pinpoint COVID-19's origins, pressing China to cooperate. A tropical cyclone roared ashore in eastern India, forcing more than a million people to flee and killing at least six. A court in the Netherlands ordered Royal Dutch Shell to cut carbon emIssions by a net 45 percent by 2030.

News Wrap: Biden directs US intel to probe COVID origin

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