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Millions of Echo products were reportedly shipped worldwide over the holiday season. Fan favorite Echo Dot became the No. 1 selling Amazon device and best-selling product “from any manufacturer in any category across all of Amazon." Along with its touch-screen Echo Spot and playful Echo Buttons counterparts, the Dot proved an extremely popular gift this year: All three sold out by Christmas.
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French Transportation Minister Clément Beaune says national railway strikes during the Christmas holiday season aren’t "inevitable," as employees of rail operator SNCF are on strike this weekend. SOUNDBITE
It's a sea of bodies and suitcases at Paris's Gare de Lyon on what is the busiest day of the summer for the SNCF (French national rail network, Eds.). A million passengers, some leaving for, others returning from their holidays, are expected to travel by train over the weekend. IMAGES
16 states across the US broke a grim record on Friday, reporting their highest total of people hospitalized for COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Business Insider reports that since last fall, cases of COVID-19 have surged nationwide, particularly following the end of the holiday season. Alabama, Arkansas, Maryland, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia were hit hardest. Record hospitalizations were also seen this week in Arizona, California, Delaware, and Maine. The US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization for two COVID-19 vaccines at the end of 2020. However, a slow rollout means it will be many months before all who want a vaccination are immunized.
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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