‘There is no negotiation’: EU stokes vaccine war warning ‘zero’ jabs will be exported to the UK

A senior EU official has threatened to block all AstraZeneca supplies from entering Britain until the drugmaker ups its deliveries to the bloc, as the EU ramps up its rhetoric over coronavirus vaccines again. Thierry Breton, the EU’s internal market commissioner, said ‘zero’ AstraZeneca jabs made on the continent would be shipped across the Channel until … Read more

Fossils: Chicken-sized dinosaur with shoulder ‘needles’ may have been illegally exported from Brazil

Controversy has surrounded the fossil of a chicken-sized dinosaur with unique shoulder ‘needles’ — after claims it may have been exported from Brazil illegally. Dating back some 110 million years, the unusual specimen was recently named Ubirajara jubatus — or ‘Maned Lord of the Spear’ — after its distinguishing spines. Experts have proposed that the … Read more