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Trump openly floats idea of 2024 White House run 02 Dec 2020 - 07:24 pm
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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
Ardern declares climate emergency, pledges carbon neutral New Zealand government 02 Dec 2020 - 04:09 pm
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speak during a press conference about the charges laid over the 2019 White Island volcanic eruption, in Wellington on November 30, 2020. AFP / Marty Melville
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
Armed bank robbers storm another Brazilian town, battle police in streets 02 Dec 2020 - 03:37 pm
The attack on Wednesday saw the group of men, armed with high-caliber weapons, storm a Banco do Brasil bank...
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
Taiwan says COVID 'passports' would be a good idea 02 Dec 2020 - 01:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: Notes about quarantine measures can be seen at Songshan Airport, during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Taipei, Taiwan November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang
US attorney general says no evidence of decisive election fraud 02 Dec 2020 - 12:52 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 15, 2020, US Attorney General Bill Barr speaks during a roundtable meeting on seniors with US President Donald Trump in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington, DC. AFP / Saul Loeb
Second cyclone in a week threatens Sri Lanka, India 02 Dec 2020 - 12:26 pm
Residents prepare sandbags to protect their homes ahead of cyclone Burevi landfall in Sri Lanka's north-eastern coast, in Trincomalee on December 2, 2020. AFP / STR
Philippines gives FDA emergency use powers for COVID-19 drugs, vaccines 02 Dec 2020 - 12:16 pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during his fourth State of the Nation address at the Philippine Congress in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
10 rescued from Nigeria 'baby factory' 02 Dec 2020 - 12:13 pm
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Thai PM found 'not guilty' in conflict of interest case 02 Dec 2020 - 11:35 am
Riot police stand guard in front of the 11th Infantry Regiment as pro-democracy protesters take part in an anti-government rally in Bangkok on November 29, 2020. AFP / Lillian Suwanrumpha