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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
White House sees no federal mandate for COVID-19 vaccine verification 29 Mar 2021 - 09:25 pm
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki holds the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. March 24, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Pakistan PM Khan replaces finance minister 29 Mar 2021 - 08:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during a joint news conference with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani (not pictured) at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail/File Photo
Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines highly effective after first shot in real-world use, -U.S. study 29 Mar 2021 - 08:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Brazil foreign minister resigns after vaccine snags, source says 29 Mar 2021 - 07:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo attends a news conference at the Itamaraty Palace in Brasilia, Brazil March 2, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado/File Photo
Pakistan's president tests positive for COVID-19 29 Mar 2021 - 07:29 pm
Pakistani President Arif Alvi speaks during the Pakistan Day military parade in Islamabad, Pakistan March 25, 2021. REUTERS/Salahuddin
CDC Chief warns of ‘impending doom’ as Covid cases on rise 29 Mar 2021 - 07:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testifies during a U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing to examine the COVID-19 response, focusing on an update from federal offic
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
Giant ship finally freed, allowing Suez Canal to reopen 29 Mar 2021 - 06:18 pm
Ship Ever Given, one of the world's largest container ships, is seen after it was fully floated in Suez Canal, Egypt March 29, 2021.
Palestinians get Chinese-donated COVID-19 vaccines 29 Mar 2021 - 06:13 pm
REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria/File Photo
Australia’s Brisbane hit with three-day Covid lockdown 29 Mar 2021 - 03:49 pm
Shoppers line up outside a Woolworths store as greater Brisbane has been ordered into a snap three-day lockdown after four more cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged in the community, in Brisbane, Australia, March 29, 2021. AAP Image/Nick Gi
Pakistan launches anti-polio drive amid surge in coronavirus 29 Mar 2021 - 03:33 pm
FILE PHOTO: An elderly resident receives the first dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, as the government started vaccination for the general public, starting with elderly people, at a vaccination center in Karachi, Pakistan March 10, 2021.
Ethiopia to receive 300,000 Sinopharm doses on March 30 29 Mar 2021 - 03:00 pm
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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
Philippines sees 10,000 new COVID-19 cases as tight curbs return to capital 29 Mar 2021 - 02:44 pm
A health worker verifies a senior citizen's information prior to receiving her first dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, at a covered court in Manila, Philippines, March 29, 2021. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David
Indonesia Pertamina aims to restarts refinery in days after blaze 29 Mar 2021 - 02:29 pm
Smoke rises during a fire at Pertamina's oil refinery in Balongan, Indramayu regency, West Java province, Indonesia, March 29, 2021 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Antara Foto/Dedhez Anggara/ via Reuters
Myanmar civil war fears growing after airstrikes on ethnic army 29 Mar 2021 - 01:30 pm
Protesters use slingshots while taking cover behind a barricade as smoke rises from burning debris during ongoing protests against the military coup, in Monywa, Sagaing region, Myanmar March 29, 2021 in this still image from video obtained by REUTERS
Beijing launches air pollution crackdown after sandstorms engulf city 29 Mar 2021 - 01:23 pm
File photo: Staff members stand near a Boeing 737-800 airplane of Air China on the tarmac of Beijing Capital International Airport, which is shrouded in dust as the city is hit by a sandstorm, in Beijing, China March 28, 2021. Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlin