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AstraZeneca is the latest company, after Pfizer, to warn of delivery issues, frustrating officials.

Delaying second Pfizer doses to give more people their first is "difficult to justify", says BMA

Some call it the ghost town, because for decades it didn't appear on any maps -- a clandestine location that at the height of the Cold War likely concealed a deadly arsenal of nuclear weapons capable of wiping out major Western cities.

1. Thousands of Hong Kongers locked down to contain coronavirus  The Associated Press
2. Hong Kong to Impose First-Ever Lockdown in Kowloon Area  Bloomberg Quicktake: Now
3. Coronavirus live news: Hong Kong orders partial lockdown; Covid fragments found in Sydney sewage  The Guardian
4. Hong Kong to place tens of thousands in lockdown for first time: report  Yahoo News
5. Hong Kong orders thousands to stay home in two-day virus lockdown  Bangkok Post
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1. UK chief scientist says new virus variant may be more deadly  Fox News
2. More contagious U.K. COVID strain is also deadlier, Boris Johnson warns  Yahoo News
3. Boris Johnson says some evidence new Covid variant in the UK may be more deadly  CNBC
4. Boris Johnson: Covid Variant Detected In England May Have Higher Degree Of Mortality | NBC News NOW  NBC News
5. UK says new variant may be linked to higher death rates  The Boston Globe
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Arguments will not begin until the week of 8 February, giving the ex-president's lawyers time to prepare.

Loyal dog waits for six days outside hospital for her sick owner  CNNView Full Coverage on Google News

1. Beny Steinmetz, a Mining Magnate, Found Guilty in Swiss Corruption Trial  The New York Times
2. Steinmetz Sentenced to 5 Years in Jail in Swiss Bribery Case  Bloomberg
3. Israeli minerals magnate Beny Steinmetz convicted of corruption  The Guardian
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1. State Dept. to review Trump admin's decision to label Houthis a terrorist organization | TheHill  The Hill
2. Biden admin launches review of Trump decision to designate Yemen's Houthis as foreign terrorist organization  CNN
3. America Is Complicit in Yemen Atrocities. Biden Says That Ends Now.  New York Magazine
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1. Seattle 'vaccine' peddler arrested for selling untested drug  KOMO News
2. Cruise line says only vaccinated passengers can sail  CNN
3. Covaxin and Covishield: What we know about India's Covid vaccines  Yahoo News
4. Texas doctor stole coronavirus vaccine to give to his family and friends, authorities say  The Dallas Morning News
5. Texas Doc Accused of Taking Damaged Vial of COVID-19 Vaccine  NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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Historical documents are uncovered that provide clues to a puzzle that haunted Charles Darwin.

Inadequate PPE and a new variant may be putting the lives of nurses at risk, says nursing union.

Some will enable women to have overnight visits with their children, the Ministry of Justice says.

1. Canada considers mandating hotel quarantine for travelers  Fox News
2. Canada working with the US to close travel 'loophole'  CNN
3. Justin Trudeau Gets Call From Biden as Canada and U.S. Mend Relations  The New York Times
4. Trudeau says Pfizer CEO promises more COVID vaccine coming — but challenges remain  New York Post
5. Canada thinking of quarantining travelers in hotels  Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Rémy Julienne was one of the world's top stunt artists, devising crashes and collisions in 1,400 films.

1. London wedding with 150 guests broken up by police over lockdown violations  Fox News
2. Police shut down ultra-Orthodox Jewish wedding with 150 guests amid London lockdown  CNN
3. Covid: Wedding party in Stamford Hill broken up by police  BBC News
4. UK police break up lockdown-flouting wedding with 400 guests  WFLA
5. About 150 people defy UK lockdown, gather for wedding at London school  New York Post
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As the UK rejects £500 Covid pay outs, how are others countries getting people to stick to the rules?

A selection of striking images taken around the world this week.

Tips on how to reduce back pain through the Covid-19 lockdown and beyond.