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World to spend $157 billion on COVID-19 vaccines through 2025 -report 29 Apr 2021 - 01:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech, AstraZeneca, Sputnik V, and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Chinese officials plan next steps in oil spill clean-up off Qingdao 29 Apr 2021 - 01:25 pm
A fishing boat is seen near a China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) vessel off the coast of Qingdao, Shandong province, China, following an oil spill in the Yellow Sea caused by a collision between tanker A Symphony and bulk vessel Sea Justice off Qingdao
Harris, Jill Biden dress for history and unity at Congress speech 29 Apr 2021 - 12:40 pm
US Vice president Kamala Harris and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi listen as U.S. President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2021. Doug Mills/Pool via Reuters
US tells citizens to get out of India as Covid crisis deepens 29 Apr 2021 - 12:23 pm
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Biden pleads for unity, warns of Chinese threat, in speech to Congress 29 Apr 2021 - 12:23 pm
US President Joe Biden addresses a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2021. Melina Mara/Pool via Reuters
BioNTech expects vaccine trial results for babies by September 29 Apr 2021 - 12:17 pm
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Parents of Nigeria kidnap victims plead for government help 29 Apr 2021 - 12:02 pm
Parents of students from the Federal College of Forestry Mechanization who have been abducted speak after a meeting in Kaduna, Nigeria April 28, 2021. Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde
India foreign secretary says 40 countries to supply oxygen 29 Apr 2021 - 11:39 am
FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks wait to receive a vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a vaccination centre in Mumbai, India, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Niharika Kulkarni/File Photo
Germany to send ventilators, mobile oxygen facility to India 29 Apr 2021 - 11:26 am
FILE PHOTO: A paramedic uses an oximeter to check the oxygen level of a patient inside an ambulance while waiting to enter a COVID-19 hospital for treatment, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ahmedabad, India, April 22, 2021. REUT
American astronaut Michael Collins of Apollo 11 fame dies at 90 28 Apr 2021 - 08:32 pm
Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins speaks at a panel discussion on the 50th anniversary of the launch, in Cocoa Beach, Florida, U.S., July 16, 2019. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
Philippines extends limits on movement, gatherings to curb COVID 28 Apr 2021 - 07:48 pm
Patients are watched over by relatives and hospital aides inside the COVID-19 emergency room of the government hospital National Kidney and Transplant Institute, which has declared overcapacity amid rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections in Quez
Britain agrees deal for 60 million more Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines 28 Apr 2021 - 07:35 pm
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US contractor sentenced for stealing truck from Afghan base 28 Apr 2021 - 07:24 pm
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South Africa resumes giving J&J jabs to health care workers 28 Apr 2021 - 07:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: Empty vials of Johnson & Johnson's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen on a table at a vaccination centre in Ronda, Spain, April 23, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/File Photo
Donate $7 for a COVID-19 vaccine to help end pandemic, WHO urges 28 Apr 2021 - 07:14 pm
A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Uber app in U.S. to enable users to book vaccines and rental cars 28 Apr 2021 - 06:39 pm
A screen displays the company logo for Uber Technologies Inc at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., May 10, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermi/File Photo
GSK focused on split as cost checks, COVID-19 easings aid earnings 28 Apr 2021 - 05:10 pm
A general view outside the Glaxo Smith Kline pharmaceutical company headquarters in West London following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 5, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
With few travellers, Thailand turns airport into vaccination centre 28 Apr 2021 - 04:50 pm
People line up to receive their vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok, Thailand April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Jorge Silva