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Pfizer first dose 85% effective after 2-4 weeks: study

Feb 19, 2021

JERUSALEM (AFP) -- The first dose of the Pfizer vaccination is 85 percent effective against coronavirus infection between two and four weeks after inoculation, according to a study published in the L...
[Newsmaker] Trump acquitted, denounced in historic impeachment trial

Feb 14, 2021

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Donald Trump was acquitted Saturday of inciting the horrific attack on the US Capitol, concluding a historic impeachment trial that spared him the first-ever conviction of a curren...
[Newsmaker] Trump returns to spotlight in trial — but not on his terms

Feb 12, 2021

His rallying cry to supporters has been dissected. His videos, press conferences and calls to Fox News have played on loop. His Twitter account is once again dominating news coverage, his missives re...
[Newsmaker] Mori to resign Tokyo Olympics over sexist remarks: reports

Feb 11, 2021

Pressure is coming from all sides in Japan for Yoshiro Mori to step down as the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee
Biden in call with China's Xi raises human rights, trade

Feb 11, 2021

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday held his first call as president with Xi Jinping, pressing the Chinese leader about trade and Beijing's crackdown on democracy activists in Hong Kong as well as ot...
What the WHO coronavirus experts learned in Wuhan

Feb 11, 2021

A World Health Organization team has left China after gaining some new insights into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 2.3 million people but with the major questions ...
US backs Japan concerns on China ships

Feb 11, 2021

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced concern Wednesday over China's incursions into Japanese territorial waters, recommitting to the ally's defense. In a telephone call, Blinken and Japanese ...
Moscow police raid homes of Jehovah's Witnesses

Feb 10, 2021

MOSCOW (AFP) -- Russian security services raided the homes of several Jehovah's Witnesses in Moscow on Wednesday, in an ongoing crackdown on the US-based religious movement. Moscow outlawed the Jeho...
Row escalates between Twitter and India over blocking accounts

Feb 10, 2021

NEW DELHI (AFP) -- Twitter said Wednesday it had blocked some accounts in India over comments on mass farmers' protests in New Delhi, but the social media giant refused to shut down others despite th...
[Newsmaker] Trump trial begins but Republicans signal likely acquittal

Feb 10, 2021

WASHINGTON (AFP) -- Donald Trump's second impeachment trial began Tuesday with harrowing video footage of his supporters' assault on Congress, but Republican senators made clear how difficult it will...
From N. Korea to UK election candidate: defector fights for 'voiceless'

Feb 7, 2021

Jihyun Park shares the civic concerns of any other would-be town councilor in Britain, from local education to potholes in the roads. But she is unique in one regard: no other candidate has fled Nort...
AstraZeneca COVID jab 'less effective against S. African strain': study

Feb 7, 2021

The Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine fails to prevent mild and moderate cases of the South African coronavirus strain, according to research reported in the Financial Times. But in its study, due to be pu...
Internet access restored as Myanmar coup protests grow

Feb 7, 2021

As enthusiastic crowds of tens of thousands marched through the streets of Myanmar's biggest city on Sunday to protest last week's coup, their spirits were lifted by the return of internet services t...
Iran: US must lift sanctions before it lives up to nuke deal

Feb 7, 2021

Iran's supreme leader urged the United States to lift all sanctions if it wants Iran to live up to commitments under its nuclear deal with world powers, state TV reported Sunday, his first comments o...
Glacier breaks in India's north; flood kills 3, 140 missing

Feb 7, 2021

Indian authorities launched a search operation Sunday after part of a mountain glacier broke, sending a massive flood of water and debris slamming into two dams and damaging a number of homes. At lea...