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Pfizer, Moderna testing their vaccines against UK coronavirus variant: CNN 22 Dec 2020 - 01:50 pm
Walgreens Pharmacist Jessica Sahni holds the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at The New Jewish Home in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yuki Iwamura
Gas pipeline blast kills two, destroys houses in western India 22 Dec 2020 - 01:46 pm
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Millions facing winter power shortages in China as coal supply squeezed 22 Dec 2020 - 01:31 pm
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WHO Europe to convene member states over new virus variant 22 Dec 2020 - 12:53 pm
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Prison doctors among five killed in Kabul bombing 22 Dec 2020 - 12:28 pm
Municipal workers clean up debris at the site of a bomb attack in Kabul on December 22, 2020. AFP / Zakeria Hashimi
Volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island, draws crowds to park 22 Dec 2020 - 12:24 pm
This handout satellite image taken and released by Maxar on December 21, 2020 shows the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island, which began erupting late on December 20. The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island erupted late on December 20, authorities s
UK govt borrowing soars further on virus spending 22 Dec 2020 - 12:23 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on December 21, 2020, after a string of countries banned travellers and all but unaccompanied freight arriving from the UK, due to t
BioNTech says can make mutation-beating vaccine in six weeks 22 Dec 2020 - 12:15 pm
Ugur Sahin, CEO and co-founder of German biotech firm BioNTech, is interviewed by journalists in Marburg, Germany September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
Taiwan reports first locally transmitted COVID-19 case since April 22 Dec 2020 - 11:21 am
Passengers wearing masks practice social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they wait to board a flight at Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport, in Taiwan, October 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ben Blanchard
S.Korea shuts ski resorts, winter tourism to curb COVID-19 spread 22 Dec 2020 - 11:07 am
A woman wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus rides an escalator at Seoul railway station in Seoul on December 22, 2020. / AFP / Jung Yeon-je
After months of inaction, US Congress approves $892 bln COVID-19 relief package 22 Dec 2020 - 10:52 am
In this file photo taken on December 4, 2020, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California, leaves after speaking during her weekly press briefing at Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. AFP / Nicholas Kamm
Thailand tells market buyers to seek tests as coronavirus cases climb 22 Dec 2020 - 10:47 am
Migrant workers talk with the public health authorities for a COVID-19 investigation at a fresh market, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand, December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Chalinee Thirasupa
Biden gets coronavirus vaccine as U.S. inoculation effort mounts 22 Dec 2020 - 10:34 am
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden receives a dose of a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at ChristianaCare Christiana Hospital, in Newark, Delaware, U.S. December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
Sweden blocks travel from Denmark over new virus strain 21 Dec 2020 - 07:31 pm
The border crossing between Sweden and Denmark at Oresund bridge is seen after the Swedish government decided to close it to visitors, to fight the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Malmo, Sweden, December 21, 2020. TT News Agency/Johan Nilsson
Pfizer, BioNTech Covid vaccine wins european backing 21 Dec 2020 - 06:44 pm
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Explainer: The new coronavirus variant in Britain: How worrying is it? 21 Dec 2020 - 05:04 pm
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Singapore gets first batch of COVID-19 vaccines: DHL 21 Dec 2020 - 04:14 pm
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Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announce partnership with food charity 21 Dec 2020 - 04:00 pm
Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, leave Canada House in London, Britain January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo