Brazil trial finds efficacy of Sinovac vaccine at 50.4 percent
Efficacy rate of China-developed product barely sufficient to secure regulatory approval.
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US court stays female inmate’s execution, cites mental health
Judge blocks execution of Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on federal death row, to allow mental health hearing.
Egypt court acquits TikTok stars jailed over ‘debauchery’
The two young female TikTok users were sentenced last July for 'breaching public morals'.
Trump’s rush to build US border wall fuels fear of lasting harms
Environmentalists and scientists worry US-Mexico border wall could do permanent damage to biodiverse region.
Ethiopia warns Sudan over military build-up amid border tensions
Tensions over longstanding feud over the disputed al-Fashqa region come amid new impasse in three-way dispute over mega-dam.
Mexico moves to create world’s largest legal cannabis market
The reforms would allow the legal cultivation of marijuana on Mexican soil after decades of drug war violence.
Where to next? Bitcoin rebounds after 11 percent slide
The bounce-back still leaves investors in the dark about what lies ahead for the cryptocurrency.
Canada’s largest province declares emergency over COVID-19
Ontario says rising infections, hospitalisations and risks in long-term care homes are particularly worrying.
What’s the actual human cost of Syria’s war?
Decade-long war has had a devastating toll - half a million dead and 12 million displaced - and it is not over yet.
US to release millions of doses to speed up COVID vaccinations
The move aligns with the incoming Biden administration strategy to quickly release most vaccine doses.
Bangladesh’s Beximco could sell AstraZeneca vaccine by next month
Private sales of the vaccine could go for a retail price of 1,125 taka ($13.27) per dose, Beximco's COO told Reuters.
Kuwait’s cabinet members resign amid dispute with Parliament
It come days after legislators submitted a motion asking to question the premier over issues including cabinet's makeup.
US House of Representatives to move quickly to impeach Trump
Democrats will take up debate on article of impeachment for 'insurrection' if Trump is not removed or does not resign.
Ex-officers charged in George Floyd death to be tried separately
Judge rules that Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who held his his knee on Floyd's neck, will be tried alone.
Bobi Wine, the pop star seeking to unseat Uganda’s longtime ruler
Pop star-turned-politician poses the strongest challenge to longtime President Yoweri Museveni's bid to win sixth term
Pompeo says al-Qaeda’s ‘new home base’ is Iran, with no evidence
Iran refuted the claims as 'warmongering lies'.
Malawi declares state of disaster as two ministers die of COVID-19
Transport Minister Sidik Mia and Local Government Minister Lingson Berekanyama passed away after contracting disease.
Russian judge asked to jail Kremlin critic Navalny in abstentia
Leading critic of President Vladimir Putin accuses the Kremlin of trying to scare him into not returning to Russia.
Israel bans screening of ‘Jenin, Jenin’ after soldier’s lawsuit
The film is about the 2002 deadly confrontations between armed Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in occupied West Bank.
Sheldon Adelson, conservative megadonor and casino magnate, dies
Adelson died at 87 from complications related to treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, Las Vegas Sands said on Tuesday.