Here’s a quick summary of what has happened around the world over the last 24 hours, brought to you exclusively by British Herald.
Britain gave AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine a vote of confidence when it asked its regulator to assess the shot for a rollout after experts raised questions about trial data and the company said it may run another study to gauge efficacy.
The Times newspaper reported that Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she wants to conduct a second independence referendum as soon as next year.
Britain asked its medicine regulator to assess Oxford University and AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate for temporary supply, a step towards beginning a roll-out before the end of the year.
US President Donald Trump said he will leave the White House if the Electoral College too chooses Democratic President-elect Joe Biden.
An Iranian diplomat and three other Iranians went on trial in Belgium accused of planning to bomb a meeting of an exiled opposition group in France in 2018, the first time an EU country has put an Iranian official on trial for terrorism.
The Italian government will ease anti-COVID restrictions in five regions, including in the country’s richest and most populous region Lombardy, the Health Ministry said.
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