Chinese city under strict COVID lockdown ahead of Olympics

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People wearing face masks to protect from the coronavirus head to work during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. 

Tianjin, a large city near Beijing with 14 million people, reported 41 COVID-19 cases over the weekend. With the Winter Olympics less than a month away, the city is carrying out round-the-clock, mandatory COVID-19 tests. And students and teachers in Uganda reunited today, after nearly two years of COVID-19 shutdowns. We hear why many Ugandan students still won’t be returning to their classrooms. Plus, tango is one of the most famous musical genres coming out of Argentina, but its history is steeped in sexism. Now, some tango musicians are part of a movement to write songs with a feminist lens.

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