#UPDATE A coronavirus vaccine developed by drug firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University has shown 70 percent effectiveness in trials involved 23,000 people, they said in a statement on Monday
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#UPDATE Evidence suggesting an initial half dose of the coronavirus #vaccine being developed by drugs firm #AstraZeneca and Oxford University is more effective than a full dose is counterintuitive, and even took the researchers by surprise u.afp.com/3Fpp @Kelly_Macnamara

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23 Nov

#BREAKING Joshua Wong says will plead guilty at Hong Kong protest trial

#UPDATES Prominent Hong Kong dissident Joshua Wong announces he and two other leading activists will plead guilty at the opening of a trial over their involvement in last year's protests, adding he expects to be jailed u.afp.com/3FUs

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22 Nov

#BREAKING US expects to begin Covid vaccinations in early December: official

#UPDATE The United States hopes to begin a sweeping program of Covid vaccinations in early December, the head of the government coronavirus vaccine effort said Sunday

The beginning of vaccinations could be a crucial turning point in the battle against the virus that has claimed more than 255,000 lives in the US, the world's highest reported toll, since emerging from China late last year
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21 Nov

#BREAKING Multiple blasts rock Kabul, casualties feared: #AFP

#UPDATES A series of loud explosions shake central Kabul, including several in quick succession
No immediate reports of any casualties but explosions occurred in densely populated parts of the Afghan capital including near the Green Zone

At least three people are killed when a barrage of rockets strikes densely populated parts of Kabul, officials say, marking the latest attack in an ongoing wave of violence sweeping the Afghan capital u.afp.com/3yy6

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