‘Dominant’ South African strain is powering second COVID-19 wave in Africa aje.io/ms9w4
• Brazil’s COVID cases surpass nine million
• Pfizer vaccine not linked to post-jab deaths and has no new side effects
• Signs of another wave emerge in South Korea
Johnson & Johnson's one-dose vaccine is less effective than other two-dose vaccines, but still holds potential for a world in dire need of doses:
• 66% effective at preventing mild to severe illness
• 85% against most serious symptoms
10 years ago, the Arab world changed forever. Here’s a look back at the first year of the Arab Spring as it unfolded - one tweet at a time - on Al Jazeera's Twitter accounts aje.io/bm24s
We first tweeted about Tunisia's uprising in December 2010 after Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire and triggered protests and calls for the end of Ben Ali's authoritarian rule.
Here's how Tunisia's revolution unfolded on our Twitter accounts: aje.io/v8864
Following the events in Tunisia, Egyptians began protesting against Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.
Using social media, they were able to broadcast their struggle to the world and challenge the government's narrative. Egypt's 18-day revolution in tweets: aje.io/v8864
After a two-week quarantine, WHO experts begin their investigation into the origins of the coronavirus in Wuhan - where the first cases were reported aje.io/2fa2n
What’s behind the bitter vaccine fight between the EU and AstraZeneca? aje.io/efwld
GameStop, a struggling US video game retailer, has seen its share price surge from below $3 in April 2020 to more than $373 on Wednesday.
Many millennials on Reddit are celebrating their power over Wall Street titans. aje.io/r7r9m
GameStop rally pauses as trading platforms bar purchases due to extraordinary volatility in the markets aje.io/aschm
Clients of Robinhood and other investing platforms reported trading restrictions in high-flying stocks, including GameStop and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc. aje.io/ms7p7
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“I felt like I was dying.”
A 42-year-old COVID-19 patient in a London hospital warns others to take the virus seriously, while medical staff say they’re seeing more patients in their 30s and 40s compared to the first UK wave.
India delivers COVID-19 jabs in the 'world's biggest vaccination drive' aje.io/uthxk