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1. Top official admits China's COVID-19 vaccines have low efficacy

   

   In a rare admission of the weakness of coronavirus vaccines developed in China, the country's top disease control official says their effectiveness is low and the government is considering mixing them to get a boost.

2. 8 killed in Indonesia quake, president orders rescue effort

   

   Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Sunday ordered swift rescue and relief efforts after eight people died in an earthquake that hit off southern Java island.

3. Prince Philip's funeral will be held April 17, palace announces

   

4. 'You cannot claim any more:' Russia seeks bigger piece of Arctic

   

   Russia wants to stretch out imaginary lines on the ocean floor — and below it — and that has one northern security expert worried about consequences for other Arctic countries like Canada.

5. Ash-covered St. Vincent braces for more volcanic eruptions

   

   People who ignored an initial warning to evacuate the area closest to a volcano on the eastern Caribbean island of St. Vincent raced to get clear Saturday, a day after it erupted with an explosion that shook the ground, spewed ash skyward and blanketed the island in a layer of fine volcanic rock.