This year is on track to be one of the three warmest on record.
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This is an historic moment. The beginning of the end of the pandemic. And it starts here in the UK, the first country to licence a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Cloud computing pioneer Salesforce has agreed a $27.7bn (£20.6bn) deal to buy Slack, the workplace messaging app that has enjoyed a near-doubling of its market value during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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One of the world's largest radio telescopes, used to monitor the stars for more than half a century, has collapsed.
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A struggling cryptocurrency backed by Facebook has changed its name, in a bid to get it off the ground and approved by regulators.
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Moderna has said it is filing for regulatory approval in the US, and that its vaccine trials have shown no serious safety concerns.
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British telecoms providers will be banned from installing 5G equipment manufactured by Huawei from next September, the government has said, even if they still have unused stock.
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The government has secured an additional two million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, which trials suggest has a 95% effectiveness.
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Free vitamin D deliveries will be offered to around 2.7 million vulnerable people by the government, officials have said.
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Astronomers have discovered a series of enormous new sunspots on the side of the sun facing Earth, ahead of a period of what is expected to be increased solar activity.
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Gamers are sharing tips on how to derail auctions for high-end graphics cards and consoles to try to end scalping - where people buy limited-supply goods to sell on at a profit.
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A new UK watchdog is to police the dominance of tech giants such as Google and Facebook to try to prevent them exploiting consumers and small businesses.
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Amazon staff in the UK are set to see a Christmas boost in their pay packet, after the firm announced $500m (£374m) in global bonuses.
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A new blood test that could help detect the early signs of more than 50 types of cancer is set to be piloted across England by the NHS.
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Manchester United are being assisted by the UK's cyber security agency after an online attack left the club unable to fully restore its systems.
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AstraZeneca - the company collaborating with Oxford University on a coronavirus vaccine - is set to run an extra trial of the jab.
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Bitcoin fell 8.7% on Wednesday - just as it neared its highest-ever price - passing $19,000 (£14,241) for the first time since its 2017 collapse.
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A UK rover is a step closer to landing on Mars after a successful round of testing on a new parachute system.
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Scientists have accidentally discovered a species of fungus-farming ant is growing its own body armour using biominerals, something never previously seen in insects.
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Bitcoin is nearing its highest-ever price - passing $19,000 (£14,241) for the first time since its calamitous collapse in 2018.
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