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Covid vaccines cut risk of serious illness by 80pc in over-80s

A single shot of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca or the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid jab reduces the chance of needing hospital treatment by more than 80%, an analysis in England shows. The Public

How Serum Institute of India is vaccinating the world

As pharmaceutical giants ramp-up production in the race to vaccinate the world, one firm has shot into the lead. The Serum Institute of India (SII) isn’t a household name, but

Has China lifted 100 million people out of poverty?

Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country has reached the ambitious goal set when he assumed office in 2012 of lifting 100 million people out of poverty. But what has

The disease-resistant patients exposing Covid-19’s weak spots

The disease-resistant patients exposing Covid-19’s weak spots As a young man, Stephen Crohn could only watch helplessly as one by one, his friends began dying from a disease which had

Sri Lanka human rights: UK seeks new UN resolution on abuses

Sri Lanka is facing a new UN resolution calling on it to hold human rights abusers to account and deliver justice to victims of its 26-year civil war. Britain and

Did nuclear spy devices in the Himalayas trigger India floods?

In a village in the Indian Himalayas, generations of residents have believed that nuclear devices lie buried under the snow and rocks in the towering mountains above. So when Raini

Princess Latifa ‘being cared for at home’ – Dubai royal family

Dubai’s royal family says Princess Latifa is “being cared for at home” after the BBC obtained videos in which she accused them of holding her hostage since she tried to

North Korean defectors: What happens when they get to the South?

For Kim Ji-young, arriving in South Korea at the age of 31 after an arduous escape from the North “was like a dream”. But her joy at arriving in the

Amazon vs Reliance: Why are two of the world’s richest men in court?

A tussle over an Indian grocery company has pitted the world’s largest e-commerce business Amazon against India’s largest company Reliance. The companies are at odds because they both made separate

Thailand: Couples tie the knot on elephants on Valentine’s Day

Fifty-two couples got married while riding elephants on Feb 14, in an annual Valentine’s Day mass wedding ceremony at a botanical garden in the eastern Thai province of Chon Buri.