The UK’s chief medical officers have defended a decision to delay second doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine in order to prioritize first doses, saying it will protect as many vulnerable people as possible while the coronavirus is running rampant.
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Iranian conservative cleric Ayatollah Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah Yazdi died in Tehran on Friday, according to Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
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It is the first time this has happened in his presidency, just days before he leaves.
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The move would be Tehran’s most serious breach of an international nuclear deal yet.
Read More »New era as UK completes separation from EU
Boris Johnson celebrates the “freedom in our hands” as the long Brexit process comes to a conclusion.
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The US flew nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to the Middle East Wednesday in the latest show of force meant to deter Iran, as defense officials remain divided over the risk posed by the regime and the Iraq-based militias it supports.
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Omar Elabdellaoui, who plays for Turkish club Galatasaray, suffers burns and is taken to hospital.
Read More »Norway landslide: Body found as rescuers search Gjerdrum landslide
Nine people are still missing, two days after a hillside collapsed due to flowing clay mud.
Read More »Afghanistan violence: Bismillah Aimaq is fifth journalist to die
Local radio editor-in-chief Bismillah Aimaq had survived at least one prior assassination attempt.
Read More »First Minneapolis police death since George Floyd captured on bodycam
Footage is released of the first police-involved death in the US city since George Floyd’s in May.
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