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North Korea seen across border after it fires ballistic missile into sea. IMAGES
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, holds a press conference during which he warns that the developing world "will pay the price" if Russia does not extend its grain deal. IMAGES
The US envoy to the United Nations says North Korea's barrage of missile tests made a mockery of the Security Council in veiled criticism of China and Russia. "These members have bent over backwards to justify the DPRK's repeated violations, and in turn they have enabled the DPRK and made a mockery of this council," Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield tells a Security Council session, using the North's official name, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. SOUNDBITE
IOC spokesperson Mark Adams says reports that 15-year-old figure skating star Kamila Valieva tested positive for a banned heart medication before the Beijing Olympics are "complete speculation". "I'm not from the podium of a press conference going to comment on a legal case, because it wouldn't be appropriate," he adds. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden maintains "complete confidence" in the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff after a book reported that the top US general secretly contacted China amid worries that Donald Trump was out of control, the White House says. "The president has complete confidence in his leadership, his patriotism and his fidelity to our constitution," Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters during a press briefing in Washington, DC. SOUNDBITE
Beijing, Feb 23 (EFE/EPA).- China expects to increase its COVID-19 vaccines production to 2 billion doses in 2021 and 4 billion by 2022, an ambitious plan with which Beijing aims to become the major distributor of the vaccines in developing countries.These 4 billion doses will cover up to 40 percent of global demand, the president of the China Vaccine Industry Association, Feng Duojia told local media. (Camera: ARCHIVE).ARCHIVE FOOTAGE OF CHINESE VACCINES DEVELOPERS AND COVID-19 VACCINATION SITE IN BEIJING, CHINA.