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France could ease health pass restrictions in large shopping malls - minister 04 Sep 2021 - 01:40 pm
Tourists walk at Trocadero square near the Eiffel Tower and miniatures of it on a warm and sunny day in Paris, France, September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
Florida teachers on edge as mask war, Covid surge mark first weeks of school 04 Sep 2021 - 01:26 pm
File photo: Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks before a crowd of striking educators at Capital High School in Charleston, West Virginia, U.S., February, 19 2019. Reuters/Lexi Browning/File Photo
Philippines to lift coronavirus travel ban on 10 countries 04 Sep 2021 - 11:23 am
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Japan PM Suga to back vaccine minister Kono to succeed him 04 Sep 2021 - 11:18 am
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga sits in the cockpit of a F4EJ Kai jet fighter of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force at Iruma Air Base in Sayama, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, November 28, 2020. Kimimasa Mayama/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Iran dismisses US sanctions of Iranians over alleged kidnap plot 04 Sep 2021 - 10:34 am
FILE PHOTO: Masih Alinejad, 37, Iranian journalist, poses for a portrait in London October 8, 2013. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Extremist was released from New Zealand jail despite fears 04 Sep 2021 - 09:00 am
FILE PHOTO: A screen grab shows a police officer walking with a gun outside a shopping mall following a knife attack in Auckland, New Zealand September 3, 2021. TVNZ via Reuters TV/File Photo
Top US health officials plan narrower COVID-19 booster launch - source 03 Sep 2021 - 09:14 pm
Medical assistant Mariasha Davis draws the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe before people are inoculated at Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, Illinois, U.S., February 13, 2021. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo
Trash to treasure: Thailand makes COVID-19 protective gear out of upcycled bottles 03 Sep 2021 - 08:40 pm
Women work in a weaving factory, as Bangkok city administration and temples drive efforts to encourage the public to donate plastic bottles, which will be collected and upcycled into reusable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) to reduce plastic waste as
Spain's 14-day COVID-19 contagion rate falls below 200 for first time in two months 03 Sep 2021 - 07:57 pm
People queue to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) without appointment at Arc de Triomf in Barcelona, Spain, July 8, 2021. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Ho Chi Minh City could lift lockdown, end 'zero COVID-19' policy 03 Sep 2021 - 07:34 pm
Medical workers in protective suits stand outside a quarantined building amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Thanh Hue/File Photo
UK advisers decide against COVID vaccines for healthy 12- to 15-year-olds 03 Sep 2021 - 06:16 pm
Students attend a lesson at Weaverham High School, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown begins to ease, in Cheshire, Britain, March 9, 2021. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff/File Photo
Singapore takes pause on reopening, moves onto vaccine boosters 03 Sep 2021 - 06:02 pm
People wearing face masks cross a road amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore May 14, 2021. REUTERS/Caroline Chia
Merkel: Germany will spend what's needed to fix flood damage 03 Sep 2021 - 05:09 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a news conference after visiting an area, affected by floods several weeks ago, in Grafschaft, near Ahrweiler, Germany, September 3, 2021. REUTERS/Thilo Schmuelgen
Britain distributing COVID-19 vaccines to climate talks delegates 03 Sep 2021 - 05:03 pm
Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
N.Korea's Kim calls for preventing natural disasters and COVID-19 outbreaks 03 Sep 2021 - 04:51 pm
North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un leads the first workshop of the commanders and political officers of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in Pyongyang, North Korea in this image supplied by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on July 30, 2021. KCNA via RE
As Arctic shipping grows, Russia prepares for first LNG-fuelled icebreaker 03 Sep 2021 - 03:45 pm
The nuclear-powered icebreaker Arktika is seen during the sea trials in the Gulf of Finland, in the Baltic Sea, Russia July 5, 2020. Nikita Greydin/Baltic Shipyard/Handout via REUTERS
China faces difficulties in expanding COVID-19 vaccination drive, official says 03 Sep 2021 - 03:32 pm
A medical worker prepares to administer a dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a man at a vaccination site, during a government-organized visit, in Beijing, China January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins/File Photo
EU reviewing risk of rare inflammation after COVID-19 vaccinations 03 Sep 2021 - 03:24 pm
A woman holds a small bottle labelled with a