Over 500,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the United States. The Biden administration conducted its first known military operation, against Iranian-backed militias in Syria.

Meanwhile, the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo was killed in an attack on a United Nations convoy earlier this week. And the push to distribute vaccines for COVID-19 continues around the world.

We got to those stories and more on the News Roundup.

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