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Large-scale coronavirus vaccine trial begins in South Africa

A large-scale test of the coronavirus vaccine began in South Africa on Wednesday, making it the first African nation included in the study. The University of Oxford in Great Britain is conducting vaccine trials in South Africa, Great Britain and Brazil. The university, the Oxford Jenner Institute and the University …

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Illegal logging blamed for worsening floods in Ukraine

MOSCOW – Rain-flooded rivers flooded towns, broke dams and stranded towns in western Ukraine on Wednesday, in what officials called the worst flooding in the region in more than a decade, with the response this time complicated by the coronavirus epidemic. As the water rose, a hospital was partially evacuated, …

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