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Data withheld from WHO team probing COVID-19 origins in China -Tedros 30 Mar 2021 - 07:20 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS//File Photo
German state suspends AstraZeneca vaccine use for under-60s 30 Mar 2021 - 02:52 pm
AstraZeneca vaccine is seen during a vaccine process in Pristina, Kosovo March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Laura Hasani
BioNTech-Pfizer raise 2021 vaccine output goal to 2.5 bln doses 30 Mar 2021 - 02:22 pm
Syringes containing doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen prepared to vaccinate patients at their homes in Cologne, Germany, March 28, 2021. Reuters/Thilo Schmuelgen
Austria in talks to buy a million doses of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine 30 Mar 2021 - 02:13 pm
Workers take care of the shipment of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the airport, in Caracas, Venezuela March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero
Cambridge on home waters for crowd-free Oxford boat race 30 Mar 2021 - 11:28 am
Cambridge University rowers prepare for the annual boat race against Oxford which due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions is held this year in Ely, Cambridgeshire, Britain March 24, 2021. Picture taken March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Alexander Smit
City of London says bulk of workers will return to the office after pandemic 30 Mar 2021 - 11:13 am
The City of London financial district can be seen as people walk along the south side of the River Thames, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls//File Photo
Actor Lenny Henry tells Black Britons: get the COVID vaccine 30 Mar 2021 - 10:41 am
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Johnson is ‘hopeful’ UK can avoid another pandemic lockdown 29 Mar 2021 - 09:35 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson holds a news conference on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain March 29, 2021. Hollie Adams/Pool via REUTERS
Spain's rising COVID-19 rate gathers pace 29 Mar 2021 - 09:31 pm
Tourists dine outdoors, as Madrid's more relaxed COVID-19 policies attract European tourists who are escaping lockdowns due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Madrid, Spain, March 27, 2021. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho
Mourners start drawing almost 150,000 hearts in London to remember COVID victims 29 Mar 2021 - 07:17 pm
Volunteers and relatives of bereaved paint hearts along a wall beside St Thomas' hospital as a memorial to all those who have died so far in the UK from COVID-19, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease pandemic in London, Britain, March 29, 2021. REUT
Merkel under pressure to spell out plan to beat virus surge 29 Mar 2021 - 02:45 pm
File photo: German Chancellor Angela Merkel looks on at the country's parliament, the Bundestag, in Berlin, Germany, March 25, 2021. Reuters/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo
WHO report says animals likely source of COVID 29 Mar 2021 - 12:54 pm
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Ship 'partially refloated,' but still stuck in Suez Canal 29 Mar 2021 - 11:39 am
A view shows the container ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, after it was partially refloated, in Suez Canal, Egypt March 29, 2021. Suez Canal Authority/Handout via Reuters
'Happy Monday' - English lockdown measures ease but Johnson urges caution 29 Mar 2021 - 10:51 am
People socially distance while walking across London Bridge as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown restrictions begin to ease, allowing groups of 6 to meet up outside starting from March 29, in London, Britain, March 28, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs/Fil
Merkel presses German states to get tough with COVID curbs 28 Mar 2021 - 11:42 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives a statement after video conference of EU leaders at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, March 25, 2021. Michael Kappeler/Pool via REUTERS
Venezuela calls Facebook suspension of Maduro 'digital totalitarianism' 28 Mar 2021 - 08:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a ceremony in Caracas, Venezuela January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero/File Photo
Putin felt minor side effects from COVID-19 vaccine - Ifax 28 Mar 2021 - 08:27 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the supervisory council of
Sweden says will not meet vaccine target due to delay in deliveries - SVT 28 Mar 2021 - 08:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: A health worker vaccinates an elderly person with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a temporary vaccination clinic in a church in Sollentuna, north of Stockholm, Sweden March 2, 2021. Fredrik Sandberg/TT News Agency/via REUTERS

Africa

Security escort migrants in a National Public Health Agency (NPHA) after their arrival at Freetown International Airport, formerly known as Lungi International Airport, in Lungi on May 20, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Sierra Leone receives migrants deported from US
A health worker monitors visitors arriving at the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB) in Goma, on May 19, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) Race to find vaccines, treatments for Ebola strain behind outbreak
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A visitor has their temperature checked by a health worker before entering Kyeshero Hospital, as part of Ebola prevention measures in Goma on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) WHO chief says 'deeply concerned' by 'scale and speed' of DR Congo Ebola outbreak

Americas

Peninsula UN calls for resumption of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine
Representational Photo File US stocks dip as markets fret over inflation
Fire fighters use a bulldozer to combat the Sandy Fire as it burns on a hill at a residential area in Simi Valley, California (Photo by Apu Gomes / AFP) Brush fire near Los Angeles forces thousands to evacuate
US President Donald Trump attends a healthcare affordability event in the South Court Auditorium of The White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP) Tuesday's planned military attack on Iran paused: US President

Gulf

Peninsula Boost for UK-Qatar trade and investment as Gulf Cooperation Council trade deal concludes
Peninsula UAE urges Iraq to prevent attacks from its territory 'immediately'
Peninsula UAE says drones targeting Barakah Nuclear Power Plant on May 17 'originated from Iraqi territory'
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