William Shakespeare is 2nd in U.K. to get COVID-19 vaccine
"If Margaret Keenan is patient 1A for the vaccine, would William Shakespeare be 2B, or not 2B ..." one Twitter user wrote.
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"Unprecedented" image captures a sunspot larger than Earth
The enormous sunspot is approximately 10,000 miles across — large enough that Earth could "comfortably fit inside."
Indian officials find first clues after hundreds suffer mystery illness
Medical experts are struggling to find the cause of the illness that gave patients symptoms like nausea, seizures and vomiting.
Peer-reviewed study confirms Oxford vaccine up to 90% effective
The paper is the first-peer reviewed study of Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trial results in the world.
Indian farmers' protest squeezes food supplies into major cities
Hundreds of thousands of farmers have flocked to the capital to show their anger over laws deregulating the agriculture sector.
Breakdancing will make Olympic debut at 2024 Paris Games
Also confirmed for Paris by the IOC executive board were skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing.
Mystery illness puts over 300 in the hospital in southern India
Officials say there's no apparent link to COVID-19, but they have no explanation for the epilepsy-like symptoms that hit one city suddenly over the weekend.
U.K. grandmother, 90, gets the 1st dose of Pfizer's COVID vaccine
First mass-inoculation program in the West launches with U.K. declaring "V-Day" after a grueling year of coronavirus, but most will still have to wait until the new year.
The world's highest mountain officially just got a little bit higher
Ending a years-long dispute, China and Nepal agree on official new height for Mount Everest, and it's higher than either had previously said.
China arrests 8 more in crackdown on Hong Kong democracy advocates
The activists, including 3 former lawmakers, were detained for taking part in an annual demonstration that was banned this year amid a clampdown on freedoms in the city.
Scientist killed by satellite-controlled machine gun, Iran says
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh's head of security took four bullets "as he threw himself" on the scientist, an Iranian deputy commander says.
Students unite internationally to fight campus sexual assault
"Together we will amplify the demands of campus survivors until their voices no longer fall upon deaf ears," activist says.
Mass-vaccination program against COVID-19 launched in Moscow
The Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine was approved before Phase 3 trials even started, and unlike most Western countries, Russia is not putting the elderly first in line for inoculation.
U.K. dad raises cash and smiles with his "bonkers" pet portraits
Phil Heckels never fancied himself an artist, but his work is raising thousands of dollars for a worthy cause - and giving pet owners something to smile about.
China is first country to execute robotic docking in lunar orbit
The 23-day mission to collect moon rocks has been front-page news in Chinese state media.
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