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Germany will suspend using the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in the under-60s over concerns about rare blood clots. Officials agreed unanimously to only give the jab to people aged 60 or older, unless they are at high risk from COVID-19 or are health workers, following a recommendation from the country’s independent vaccine expert panel. The country’s medical

The most likely origin for coronavirus was transmission from a bat to humans via an unidentified intermediate animal species, according to a long-awaited World Health Organisation (WHO) report due to be published today. The WHO team state that “it remains to be determined where SARS-CoV-2 originated”, according to a draft copy of the report seen

The stranded container ship blocking the Suez Canal has been freed, allowing traffic in the channel to finally resume. Egyptian authorities said other vessels were moving again after the gigantic Ever Given ship was refloated, which was seen by witnesses for the Reuters news agency. The Ever Given has started heading towards the Bitter Lakes

Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic’s richest man, has been killed in a helicopter crash in Alaska. The billionaire’s death, along with those of four others, was announced by his financial group PPF. An investigation into the crash has been launched by the National Transportation Safety Board. Image: The crash happened near Knik glacier, about 50

The mother of a man killed by suspected Islamist insurgents in Mozambique has told of the moment he was shot as he tried to flee a hotel. Meryl Knox’s 40-year-old son Adrian Nel was shot dead in a vehicle he was trying to escape in with his father and younger brother. They were fleeing after

The killing of reportedly at least 114 unarmed civilians – including a five-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl – by Myanmar’s security forces in the single deadliest day since the military coup on 1 February has drawn strong condemnation from around the world. The shootings came as people took to the streets again on Saturday to protest

A convoy of fleeing civilians, including foreign nationals, was ambushed by suspected Islamist insurgents in a northern Mozambique town, officials have said. At least one person in the convoy was killed, according to security and diplomatic sources who spoke to Reuters, as an Islamist insurgency in the northern province of Cabo Delgado continues. Mozambique conflict:

At least 50 people have been killed across Myanmar after security forces opened fire on protesters, according to local media reports. The deadly tally is said to include 13 in the country’s second-biggest city, Mandalay, nine in the nearby region of Sagaingand seven in the commercial capital Yangon. The shootings came as a rebel leader

In the Ethiopian city of Adigrat, the general hospital may be the only thing that actually works in a community which now lacks all government-run services. The health facility’s front door is firmly open and the wards are full. In fact, there are far more patients than beds, and we watched the staff treat gunshot

EU leaders have told AstraZeneca that it must “catch up” on vaccine deliveries in Europe before it is allowed to export jabs to other countries. Frustration is growing in Brussels over a massive shortfall in the number of jabs that EU countries are receiving – with the continent’s vaccination programme lagging behind the UK. At

Efforts have resumed to free the container ship blocking the Suez Canal, as fears it could take “weeks” force trapped boats to consider turning around. Eight tug boats are currently working to drag the 400m (1,312ft) Ever Given to deeper water after it ran aground and blocked one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes on

North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile off the east coast into the sea, South Korea says. Earlier, Japan said Pyongyang might have fired a ballistic missile, with the coast guard warning ships against coming close to any fallen objects. The Japanese defence ministry said: “It may have been a ballistic missile. It has not

AstraZeneca has hit back after claims of a stockpile of 29 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine at a factory near Rome, saying the jabs are for the EU and developing countries. It follows an inspection of the Catalent plant in Anagni over the weekend by Italian authorities at the request of the European Commission.

Benjamin Netanyahu has failed to secure a majority in Israel’s elections, leaving his future as prime minister uncertain. Mr Netanyahu fell short of the 61 seats needed to maintain control of the country’s 120-seat parliament, exit polls suggest. Opposition parties managed to secure 60, but small right-wing party Yamina is forecast to win seven and

A seven year-old girl has died after being shot at her home in Myanmar by security forces, staff at a funeral service have said. The child, who has not been named, died of bullet wounds when security forces opened fire in a suburb of Mandalay, according to news agency Reuters. It would make her the