Russia mocked British Prime Minister Boris Johnson as "utterly confused" and ridiculed British politicians for their "stupidity and ignorance" on Wednesday, hurling more scorn at the West after President Vladimir Putin accused Washington of trying to provoke war.
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The world's first "human challenge" trial in which volunteers were deliberately exposed to COVID-19 to advance research into the disease was found to be safe in healthy young adults, leaders of the study said on Wednesday.
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- BusinessAlphabet inches closer to $2 trln market value after blowout results
Google-parent Alphabet Inc inched closer to joining peers Apple and Microsoft in the elite $2 trillion market valuation club as the search giant's shares surged 10% on Wednesday after another blowout quarter.
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- EuropeSwiss start relaxing pandemic measures
- Asia PacificAustralia's COVID-19 hospital admissions fall to lowest in weeks
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- Healthcare & PharmaceuticalsU.S. considers authorization of first COVID vaccine for children under 5
- COVID-19Virginia governor sued again over order to make masks optional in schools
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