The military on Sunday used live ammunition and tear gas in cities across Myanmar, attacking protesters who have been calling for a return to democracy since a Feb. 1 coup. At least 18 were killed, the United Nations said.

The committee’s approval echoed the Food & Drug Administration’s decision on Saturday to authorize the vaccine for emergency use.

At least 18 protesters killed in Myanmar.

The company’s coming trials will also involve pregnant women and people whose immune systems are compromised.

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For over 70 years, the letters lay undisturbed in the wreckage of the S.S. Gairsoppa, sheltered from the ravages of ocean currents by well-positioned mail bags. Now, conservators are piecing together these undelivered messages from the past.

Before Sunday, only a handful of people had been formally charged with breaking the law China imposed last year, which is punishable by life in prison.