Here are the news items:

• The head of the World Health Organization calls for further investigation into the possibility that the coronavirus escaped from a laboratory in China.
• China is considering establishing a whole new stock exchange, in part to attract foreign companies like Apple and Tesla.
• With Europe's vaccine rollout in shambles, some leaders are talking about importing Russia's Sputnik V vaccine.
• One of the world’s biggest smartphone companies is investing $10 billion in a new electric car business.
• Scientists have found the coldest natural temperature ever measured on planet Earth.

PLUS: An interview with Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of the New York Times, about the Times’ business model and the future of the paper.

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