Morning news brief: More on Covid vaccine, Alibaba's clarification, and more
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It's all about the Covid vaccine again. And guess, will remain so unless an innovation strikes and changes everything. Stay updated with WION's daily morning news brief.
A panel of outside advisors to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has overwhelmingly endorsed emergency use of Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine | READ MORE
Researchers from the University of Oxford and pharmaceutical major AstraZeneca said that Oxford’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate has a better immune response when a two full-dose regime is used rather than a full-dose followed by a half-dose booster | READ MORE
Alibaba Group has said it would not allow its technology to be used for targetting and identifying specific ethnic groups, following a report that its facial recognition technology can pick out Uighur minorities | READ MORE
More than 300 Nigerian schoolboys were released on Thursday after being abducted in an attack claimed by Boko Haram | READ MORE
US military warned on Thursday that US warships will be "more assertive" against international law violations particularly by China | READ MORE
All five babies born to women with COVID-19 infection during a study in Singapore have had antibodies against the virus, although the researchers said it is not yet clear what level of protection this may offer | READ MORE
China's Huawei is planning to press ahead with a roll-out despite French curbs on firms using its 5G gear | READ MORE
Microsoft Corp said on Thursday it found malicious software in its systems related to a massive hacking campaign disclosed by U.S. officials this week | READ MORE
The U.S. Food and Drug administration on Tuesday authorized emergency use of the first over-the-counter COVID-19 antigen test, which can be used at home | READ MORE