Here’s a quick summary of what has happened around the world over the last 24 hours, brought to you exclusively by British Herald.
British researchers are to explore mixing doses of the Pfizer and AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines shots in a world first trial aimed at finding new ways to swiftly reduce coronavirus infections as new mutated variants emerge.
British regulators have received extra trial data from AstraZeneca that supports their view that the COVID-19 vaccine developed with Oxford University is effective in the elderly, a vaccines official said.
England will go ahead with local elections on May 6 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the government said, citing the success of its vaccine rollout and announcing a range of additional safeguards to make voting flexible and secure.
A US warship sailed near the Chinese-controlled Paracel Islands in the disputed South China Sea in a freedom of navigation operation, the US Navy said, the first such mission under President Joe Biden’s new administration.
Turkish police arrested 65 people late over protests, continuing a crackdown on the protesters in spite of growing international criticism.
The European Union’s top diplomat appealed to Russia to free jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, a case he said had brought EU-Russian ties to a low, drawing a robust response from Moscow which called the EU an unreliable partner.
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