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The Oxford vaccine is up to 90% effective in preventing COVID-19, according to tests on thousands of volunteers.

There is a civil war in Ethiopia that is being fought largely in the shadows.

A female racing pigeon from Belgium called New Kim has been sold for a record €1.6m (£1.4m) to a mystery Chinese buyer at an online auction.

Boris Johnson has suggested the "vast majority" of people most vulnerable to coronavirus could be vaccinated against the disease by Easter.

We stood on the Sudanese side of the Tekeze River and watched them as they clambered down the canyon wall.

Mystery surrounds a secret night-time flight and alleged meeting between the Saudi crown prince and the Israeli prime minister.

The Oxford University-AstraZeneca vaccine is a collaboration between a pharmaceutical giant and an ancient institution aiming to become as adept at monetising its discoveries as it is at making them.

England's second national lockdown will be lifted on 2 December when a revised three-tiered system of restrictions will allow shops, gyms and hairdressers to reopen across the country.

A key ally of Brazil's president has been arrested after anti-corruption officers discovered a wad of banknotes in the underpants he was wearing.

The EU has thanked US president-elect Joe Biden for his "clear support" amid the bloc's dispute with Britain over Boris Johnson's controversial Brexit legislation.

Cineworld has secured a $750m (£552m) funding lifeline to see it through the coronavirus crisis until a hoped-for reopening of screens in the spring.

Boris Johnson has laid out his plan to reduce the spread of COVID-19 this winter, with England entering a tougher three-tier system.

Jeremy Corbyn has been told by Labour's chief whip to apologise "unequivocally, unambiguously and without reservation" for his reaction to a damning antisemitism report.

The government has been accused of "killing Christmas" for hospitality businesses and their staff through tough new restrictions after England's second coronavirus lockdown ends next week.

China has successfully launched a robotic spacecraft to the moon to bring samples of lunar rock back to earth.

Britain is set for a "double dip" downturn after the latest lockdown resulted in business activity shrinking this month, according to a closely-watched business survey.

The Bank of England governor has warned that a no-deal Brexit would end up causing deeper long-term damage to the UK economy than the COVID-19 pandemic.