Tweets Of The Day

AP Morning Wire:

•Trump's trial starting: 'Grievous crime' or just 'theater'?
•Brazil's wealthy cause friction trying to jump queue for vaccines.
•New variants raise worry about virus reinfections.
•UAE spacecraft to orbit Mars in Arab world first.https://t.co/UeaoyPUCUs pic.twitter.com/5w3B1nZSIN
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 9, 2021

Today's top coronavirus headlines:
🇿🇦 South Africa to roll out AstraZeneca vaccine in steps to assess efficacy
🇲🇽 Tiny patients fight COVID in Mexico neonatal ward
💉 Not yet clear whether new vaccines are needed to fight variantshttps://t.co/AIkIfb2qKQ pic.twitter.com/ulpnnBGRZm
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 9, 2021

Virus update:
• WHO team: Coronavirus unlikely to have leaked from Chinese lab.
• @AP gets inside look at vaccinations at Miami’s largest hospital system.
• Iran starts limited COVID vaccinations with Russian shots.

Follow all @AP coverage: https://t.co/CC6QsCudvH
— The Associated Press (@AP) February 9, 2021

"Extremely unlikely" Covid leaked from lab, World Health Organization team says https://t.co/0JMsWmCa0j
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) February 9, 2021

An overview of Operation #Barkhane and of the jihadist threat since 2018 in central #Sahel (#Mali 🇲🇱, #BurkinaFaso 🇨🇲, and western #Niger 🇳🇪).

Higher resolution available here⤵️ https://t.co/dEiRFC7G41

Sources: @ACLEDINFO and @MENASTREAM. pic.twitter.com/FZOgl6qOHT
— Jules Duhamel (@julesdhl) February 9, 2021

Just 8.4% of the world’s population live in a “full democracy” according to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Democracy Index https://t.co/iqlCF546UX
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) February 3, 2021

An ally of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny announced plans for a new nationwide protest in support of the jailed politician, telling Russians to gather in residential courtyards on Sunday evening and turn on their mobile phone torches https://t.co/buQmAFJLqz
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 9, 2021