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Mexico tops 155,000 COVID-19 deaths, may be 3rd highest

Mexico reached 155,145 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 Thursday, which would make it the country with the world's third-highest total, passing India's death toll of 153,847.

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BBC reports BAT tobacco giant paid bribes in east Africa

British American Tobacco paid bribes to officials in east Africa, including two members of a convention created under the World Health Organization (WHO) to combat smoking, according to a BBC investigation airing on Monday.