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A new Brazilian test of one of China’s COVID-19 vaccines found that the shots were only 50 percent effective.

The FBI has warned of possible armed protests across the United States leading up to the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.

YouTube has been the slowest of the big social media platforms to react to the threat of letting president Trump continue to use its platform as a megaphone to whip up insurrection in the wake of the attack on the US capital last week. In a short Twitter thread today, the Google-owned service said it had removed new content uploaded to Trump's YouTube channel "in light of concerns about the ongoing potential violence". At the time of writing the verified Donald J Trump YouTube c...

A new study suggests Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is effective against new forms of the disease discovered in Britain and South Africa.

China is reportedly building a wall along its border with Vietnam to stop people and goods from leaving China.

Indonesia has decided to give COVID-19 vaccinations to working age adults before older citizens. The plans differ from vaccination programs in countries such as the United States and Britain, which give priority to older individuals who face a higher risk of death from the disease.

Millions of people awaiting their turn to receive newly-released COVID-19 vaccines. But delays in getting vaccines to the public have led to a growing number of online scams claiming to offer the shots to anyone willing to pay the right price.

Japan Pleased with Latest Asteroid Samples January 02, 2021 This optical microscope photo provided by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), shows soil samples seen inside C compartment of the capsule brought back by Hayabusa2. (JAXA via AP) Share share The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:05:04 0:00 asteroid material collected by a spacecraft and returned to Earth. Last week, officials from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, described the samples, which were coll...

China Approves Its First COVID-19 Vaccine for General Use The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:06:38 0:00 China has approved its first COVID-19 vaccine for general public use. The vaccine was developed by state-owned company Sinopharm. The shots had already been approved for emergency use for groups such as health care professionals and essential workers. But the approval for the general public came on New Year’s Eve. China has launched a program with an aim of vaccinating 50 mil...

New Technologies Created in 2020 to Fight COVID-19 The URL has been copied to your clipboard 0:00 0:06:31 0:00 Pop-out player The COVID-19 pandemic affected many industries across the world in 2020. Many companies faced severe economic difficulties related to the worldwide spread of the new coronavirus. But, some were able to develop new technologies to help fight the disease in an effort to improve people’s lives. 3D printed oxygen valves 3D printer to quickly produce oxygen valves to trea...