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Covid vaccine reducing risk of hospitalisations, Scottish study suggests 22 Feb 2021 - 01:59 pm
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are pictured in a vaccination centre in Geneva, Switzerland, February 3, 2021. Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
UK royals in TV head-to-head with Prince Harry and Meghan 22 Feb 2021 - 01:46 pm
Queen Elizabeth II talks to Prince Harry as they leave after the wedding of Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingston at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, near London, Britain May 18, 2019. Steve Parsons/Pool via Reuters
Barcelona sees sixth night of protests for jailed rapper 21 Feb 2021 - 11:35 pm
Demonstrators clash with police as supporters of arrested Catalan rapper Pablo Hasel protest in Barcelona, Spain, February 20, 2021. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Amsterdam police clear square of anti-lockdown demonstrators 21 Feb 2021 - 09:20 pm
FILE PHOTO: Police officers are seen, as people protest against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 21, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
Finland: New COVID-19 strain may not show up on tests 21 Feb 2021 - 08:39 pm
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With heavy hearts, Italians mark year of COVID-19 outbreak 21 Feb 2021 - 07:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk along a shopping street as the government prepares to bring in further restrictions over the Christmas period to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Milan, Italy, December 18, 2020
UK speeds up vaccinations: All adults get 1st jab by July 31 21 Feb 2021 - 02:33 pm
FILE PHOTO: People shop at market stalls, with skyscrapers of the CIty of London financial district seen behind, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
UK starting to restrict spread of virus variants, Hancock says 21 Feb 2021 - 12:44 pm
Health Secretary Matt Hancock visits Queen Elizabeth Hospital, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Birmingham, Britain, February 17, 2021. REUTERS/Molly Darlington/Pool
Russia reports first case of human infection with AH5N8 bird flu to WHO 20 Feb 2021 - 03:36 pm
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Mercedes-Benz to recall more than 40,000 SUVs in the US 20 Feb 2021 - 03:31 pm
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Kremlin, after Navalny appeal loss, says his political future is not its concern 20 Feb 2021 - 02:56 pm
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a hearing to consider an appeal against an earlier court decision to change his suspended sentence to a real prison term, in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2021, in this still image taken from video.
Russian court rejects Kremlin critic Navalny's appeal against jail term 20 Feb 2021 - 12:55 pm
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a hearing to consider an appeal against an earlier court decision to change his suspended sentence to a real prison term, in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2021. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Poland considering COVID-19 restrictions at Czech, Slovak borders -minister 20 Feb 2021 - 12:00 pm
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Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny tells Russian court to free him 20 Feb 2021 - 11:39 am
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny attends a hearing to consider an appeal against an earlier court decision to change his suspended sentence to a real prison term, in Moscow, Russia February 20, 2021. Reuters/Maxim Shemetov
Pfizer wants to store vaccine at higher temperatures, making distribution easier 19 Feb 2021 - 08:32 pm
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Moscow goes green: Russian capital eyes fully electric bus fleet by 2030 19 Feb 2021 - 05:45 pm
An electric bus travels along a road in Moscow, Russia February 19, 2021. The sign on the bus reads:
Spain close to vaccinating all nursing-home residents, on track for summer goals 19 Feb 2021 - 05:17 pm
Balafia nursing home resident Milagros Garcia, 79, prepares to receive an injection with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Lleida, Catalonia, Spain, December 27, 2020. REUTERS/Albert Gea/File Photo
Pfizer, BioNTech start testing COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant women 19 Feb 2021 - 04:02 pm
A medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine as Japan launches its inoculation campaign, at Tokyo Medical Center in Tokyo, Japan February 17, 2021. Behrouz Mehri/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

Africa

A general view of the vaccine developed for a strain of the Ebola virus at the Provincial Laboratory of Ituri in the northeastern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on September 19, 2026. Representational file photo. DR Congo launches major Ebola vaccine trial amid outbreak
This aerial view shows personell from the Kenya Defence Forces Disaster Response Battalion inspecting the rubble of a collapsed residential building that was still under construction in the Eastleigh neighborhood of Nairobi on October 23,2026. Photo by Tony Karumba / AFP Casualties feared as multi-storey building collapses in Nairobi: media
Peninsula Namibia slashes 2026 economic growth forecast to 2.3% as mining revenue drops
(FILES) A health official works in the laboratory extraction room of the Institute of Lassa Fever Research and Control in Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital in Irrua, Edo State, midwest Nigeria, on March 6, 2018. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP) WHO warns of 'complex' Ebola outbreak in Africa after spread to Nigeria

Americas

A Brazilian flag flies at sunset in Brasilia on October 24, 2026. (Photo by Pablo Porciuncula / AFP) More Lula, or back to the Bolsonaros? Brazil votes in cliffhanger
Brazil's presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro (L) and Brazil's President and presidential candidate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pose before a presidential debate ahead of the election runoff in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on October 23, 2026. (Photo by Pablo PORCIUNCULA / AFP) Lula, Bolsonaro hold final rallies ahead of Brazil election
File photo of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio Rubio urges Cubans to work with CIA, but warns: be discreet
Man leaving prison area while lowering his head due to nearby gunfire in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. AFP file photo. El Salvador deploys special forces to Haiti after four soldiers went missing

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