Morning news brief: N Korea fires missile, AstraZeneca updates vaccine efficacy, and more
Kim Jong-un and Joe Biden
North Korea may have fired ballistic missile into the sea, reports say
North Korea launched at least two projectiles suspected to be ballistic missiles on Thursday, officials in South Korea, Japan, and the United States said | READ MORE
Biden to hold first press conference after breaking 100-year record without one
After seven weeks into his Oval Office tenure, Joe Biden will give his first formal press conference as president today, at 1:15 p.m. ET | READ MORE
AstraZeneca says Covid vaccine 76% effective in updated US trial data
British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca has revised down the efficacy figure for its two-dose Covid vaccine following a clinical trial held across the United States, Peru and Chile | READ MORE
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BREAKING | Israel-Iran War: Iran launches new barrage of missiles at Israel
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Israel-Iran conflict | In a special gesture, Iran opens airspace to evacuate Indians
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'Do you remember me?' Deeply eerie, creepy voice greets people calling homes in Iran
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‘Won’t stop until we remove threat’: Israeli FM says delayed Iran’s nuclear bomb by ‘at least two or three years’
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Did Iran test Israel’s limits? Israel deploys Barak Magen air defence system for the first time
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Operation Sindhu: India evacuates 517 nationals from Iran as war rages in the Middle East
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Zelensky says Russia ‘not in the mood for a ceasefire’, warns ‘Ayatollah Putin’ of ending up in ‘decay’
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'Shattered by missile from evil regime': Israel's ‘crown jewel of science' targeted by Iran | What was destroyed as missile hit Weizmann Institute
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F-35 stuck in India: 'Stealth code' talk, ‘OLX listing’, Modi-Starmer memes swirl about UK fighter jet stranded for 6 days
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1,000 kg nuclear bombshell: Why attack on Iran’s Bushehr plant could trigger catastrophic fallout
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Israel claims top IRGC commander Mohammad Saeed Izadi, who armed Hamas for Oct 7 attack, eliminated in Qom airstrike
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‘Iran doesn’t want to speak to Europe’: Trump says European powers can’t help in ending Israel-Iran conflict
Nike faces social media storm in China over Xinjiang statement
Anger with Nike Inc erupted on Chinese social media late on Wednesday after China`s netizens spotted a statement from the sporting goods giant saying it was "concerned" about reports of forced labour in Xinjiang and that it does not use cotton from the region | READ MORE
Olympics torch relay starts in Fukushima as North Korea launches missiles
The Olympic torch relay set off from Fukushima on Thursday, beginning a four-month countdown to the Summer Games in Tokyo, delayed from 2020 and the first-ever organised during a global pandemic | READ MORE
From prison camp to ballot box: North Korean defector seeks British election win
Sixteen years after she was left to die unremembered outside a labour camp in North Korea, Jihyun Park will enter the British political history books if she wins office in local elections this May | READ MORE
Prince Harry takes role fighting 'avalanche of misinformation'
Britain's Prince Harry -- who is often at war with the British press -- was on Wednesday announced as a commissioner for a US study into misinformation online | READ MORE