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Covid: France approves AstraZeneca vaccine for over-65s
The French government says older people with pre-existing conditions can now get AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine, revising its stance on the…
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DR Congo findings raise hopes of HIV cure
A new study published in eBioMedicine , part of the medical journal The Lancet, has found that about 4% of…
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Nigeria school abduction: Hundreds of girls released by gunmen
A group of nearly 300 girls who were kidnapped from a school in north-western Nigeria last week have been released,…
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Covid-19 variants pose ‘real threat’ to vaccine progress, CDC warns
The spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants is threatening to fuel a “potential fourth surge of cases” in the US,…
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Nigeria’s school abductions: Why children are being targeted
Since December, more than 600 students have been abducted from schools in north-west Nigeria, highlighting a worrying development in the…
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Khashoggi: Journalist’s fiancée demands ‘punishment’ for Saudi prince
The fiancée of the murdered Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has called for Saudi Arabia’s crown prince to be “punished without…
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Ivory Coast to be the first to roll out Covax vaccines
Healthcare workers in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan will get Covid vaccinations on Monday. It is the first national…
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CPAC: Trump rules out new political party in speech to conservatives
Donald Trump says he has no plans to launch a new political party, telling a conservative conference in Florida that…
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Coronavirus: EU urged to adopt ‘vaccine passports’
Greece and Austria are urging other EU states to adopt coronavirus vaccination “passports” which could help revive Europe’s stricken tourist…
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Nigeria’s Zamfara school abduction: More than 300 Nigerian girls missing
More than 300 schoolgirls have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen from a school in Nigeria’s north-western Zamfara state, police say.…
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