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World food prices jump to six-year high: UN 03 Dec 2020 - 01:53 pm
World Food Programme employee walks between sacks of food at the Um Rakuba refugee camp which houses Ethiopian refugees fleeing the fighting in the Tigray region, on the Sudan-Ethiopia border in Sudan, November 29, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Moscow to open COVID-19 vaccination centres on Saturday 03 Dec 2020 - 01:49 pm
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Former French President Giscard d'Estaing dies of COVID-19 complications at 94 03 Dec 2020 - 11:22 am
Former French President Valery Giscard D'Estaing died at the age of 94, announced his entourage on December 2, 2020. / AFP / JACQUES DEMARTHON
Britain's Prince Harry suggests COVID is rebuke from nature 03 Dec 2020 - 12:12 am
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Germany to extend COVID-19 restrictions until Jan. 10- Merkel 02 Dec 2020 - 11:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wear protective face masks as they walk beside Christmas decorations at a shopping mall amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Berlin, Germany, November 21, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/File Photo
Pfizer CEO confident vaccine supply will exceed needs by end of 2021 02 Dec 2020 - 10:40 pm
The Pfizer logo is seen at the entrance to Pfizer factory in Puurs, Belgium December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Bart Biesemans
Spain caps year-end parties at 10 people, restricts domestic travel 02 Dec 2020 - 10:25 pm
A man walks past a part of one kilometre-long Christmas illuminations with the colours of the Spanish flag, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Madrid, Spain, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
Putin orders Russia to begin large-scale COVID-19 vaccinations next week 02 Dec 2020 - 08:27 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a ceremony to launch a new pharmaceutical substance large-scale production department at the Bratskkhimsintez plant of Russian drugmaker Pharmasyntez, via video link at Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow
Boris Johnson won't jump queue for virus vaccination: aide 02 Dec 2020 - 08:03 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, wearing a hair net and face covering, poses for a photograph with a vial as he views the last minute quality testing of the 'fill and finish' stage of the manufacturing process of COVID-19 vaccines, Wales, Britain N
UN: Warmer world in 2020 busted weather records, hurt people 02 Dec 2020 - 04:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: A firefighter walks past burning trees during a battle against bushfires around the town of Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales on December 31, 2019.  AFP / SAEED KHAN
BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine will be sent by plane or ferry to UK: Exec 02 Dec 2020 - 04:08 pm
A dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination of BioNTech and Pfizer is pictured in this undated handout photo, as Britain became the first western country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, in Mainz, Germany. BioNTech SE 2020, all rights reserved/
Hungarian Santas ditch the chimney for the internet 02 Dec 2020 - 03:51 pm
Janos Nemes, dressed as Santa Claus, waves as he interacts with children by video in a photo studio, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Budapest, Hungary, December 1, 2020. Picture taken December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo
Two wounded in stabbing, fire in Dutch supermarket: police 02 Dec 2020 - 03:33 pm
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Austrian schools, shops to reopen, as lockdown eases, ski opening looms 02 Dec 2020 - 03:24 pm
A healthcare worker wearing protective equipment is seen in a container as he waits for participants in rapid antigen testing at a mass testing station, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Vienna, Austria November 30, 2020. R
Norway PM: Celebrate Christmas and New Year, but 10 guests only 02 Dec 2020 - 03:20 pm
File photo: Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg waits for Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Vilnius, Lithuania September 8, 2020. Reuters/Ints Kalnins/File Photo
WHO recommends masks indoors if ventilation poor 02 Dec 2020 - 02:32 pm
In this photo taken on November 24, 2020, a man wearing face mask as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus rides a scooter next to the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market in Wuhan, in China’s central Hubei province. AFP / Hector Retamal
Ukrainian student launches initiative to turn fallen tree leaves into paper 02 Dec 2020 - 02:03 pm
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UK regulator says it did not cut any corners to approve Pfizer vaccine 02 Dec 2020 - 01:34 pm
In this file photo taken on November 17, 2020 (FILES) This file photo illustration picture shows vials with Covid-19 Vaccine stickers attached, with the logo of US pharmaceutical company Pfizer, on November 17, 2020. Britain on December 2, 2020 became the