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1 in 100,000 had severe reactions to Pfizer vaccine: US study

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Roughly one in a hundred thousand people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine have…

Indonesian baby sea turtles make a break for freedom

BANYUWANGI, Indonesia (AFP) -- Newly hatched, dozens of baby turtles flipped and flopped their way down a beach towards the…

Israeli firm in Gaza extracts drinking water from air

by Guillaume Lavallee Agence France-Presse GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — The densely populated Gaza Strip has long lacked sufficient…

Mexican fisherman dies after clash with conservationists

TIJUANA, Mexico (AFP) — A Mexican fisherman has died after his vessel collided with a boat of the US conservation…

Race to save Bangladesh hound from extinction

by Shafiqul ALAM Agence France-Presse SARAIL, Bangladesh (AFP) — In a rickety hut on the border with Bangladesh and India, two…

US extends Iraq sanctions waiver for further 3 months

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) — The US has granted Iraq a three-month extension to a sanctions waiver allowing it to import…

WHO validates Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for emergency use against COVID-19

WHO criteria for safety and efficacy met   (Eagle News) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has given emergency validation…

AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid vaccine approved for use in UK

  by James PHEBY Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain on Wednesday became the first country in…

China’s Sinopharm says vaccine ‘79% effective’ against Covid-19

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Phase 3 trials of a Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine found it was 79 percent effective, the…

From the lab to the jab: how BioNTech-Pfizer won the vaccine race

by Hui Min NEO with Yannick PASQUET in Hamburg and Michelle FITZPATRICK and Yann SCHREIBER in Mainz Agence France Presse…

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