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The first big real-world study of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be independently reviewed shows the shot is highly effective at preventing COVID-19, in a potentially landmark moment for countries desperate to end lockdowns and reopen economies. Up until now, most data on the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines has come under controlled conditions in clinical trials, leaving an element of uncertainty over how results would translate into the real world with its unpredictable variables. The research in Israel - two months into one of the world's fastest rollouts, providing a rich source of data - showed two doses of the Pfizer shot cut symptomatic COVID-19 cases by 94% across all age groups, and severe illnesses by nearly as much.
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- The Independent
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- Yahoo News
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Thai court ousts 3 Cabinet members found guilty of sedition
Three Cabinet ministers in Thailand were forced to leave their posts Wednesday after a court found them guilty of sedition for taking part in sometimes-violent protests in 2013-2014 against the government then in power. The Criminal Court in Bangkok found Digital Economy Minister Buddhipongse Punnakanta, Education Minister Nataphol Teepsuwan and Deputy Transport Minister Thaworn Senneam guilty along with about two dozen other defendants in a case that was launched in 2018.
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UK's Sunak to build bridge to recovery with more spending
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- USA TODAY
Carnival, Disney Cruise Line cancel sailings until June; Holland America, Princess scrap Canadian cruises
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- Associated Press
Asylum seekers rush to register for US border processing
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- The Independent
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s race for reelection in 2022 will be a ‘bloodbath’
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A judge dismissed claims by a Capitol riot suspect that he shouldn't be held responsible because Trump put him up to it
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Republican leaders Kevin McCarthy and Liz Cheney clash over support for Trump at a press conference
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- Associated Press
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