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Italy tells TikTok to block users after death of young girl 23 Jan 2021 - 11:26 am
FILE PHOTO: The TikTok logo is pictured outside the company's U.S. head office in Culver City, California, U.S., Sept. 15, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake
A year after Wuhan lockdown, China reports small rise in COVID-19 cases 23 Jan 2021 - 11:01 am
FILE PHOTO: Volunteers from the Blue Sky Rescue team disinfect at the Qintai Grand Theatre in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, April 2, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
US and Mexican presidents talk migration, coronavirus after nagging tensions 23 Jan 2021 - 10:56 am
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (2nd L) holds a call with U.S. President Joe Biden, accompanied by Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard, businessman Alfonso Romo and Mexico's Security Minister Rosa Icela Rodriguez, in San Pedro Garza, in
Hong Kong locks down thousands for compulsory COVID-19 testing 23 Jan 2021 - 10:52 am
Health workers are seen in protective gear inside a locked down portion of the Jordan residential area to contain a new outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Hong Kong, China January 23, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Greece to reopen high schools but stay in lockdown 22 Jan 2021 - 08:39 pm
A woman wearing a protective face mask waits to enter a shop on the first day of the re-opening of retail stores, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Athens, Greece, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis
US Senate confirms Biden nominee Austin as defense secretary 22 Jan 2021 - 08:01 pm
Retired General Lloyd Austin testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee during his confirmation hearing to be the next Secretary of Defense in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, U.S. January 19, 2021. Jim Lo Scalzo/Pool via REUTER
UK estimates COVID-19 infections falling, but warns cases still high 22 Jan 2021 - 06:28 pm
People walk behind a sign showing the way to the NHS Vaccination Centre and the testing centre parking lots, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Manchester, Britain January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Phil Noble/File Photo
New coronavirus variant spreads in Denmark despite epidemic receding 22 Jan 2021 - 06:10 pm
A view of a deserted Stroeget street amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Copenhagen, Denmark January 12, 2021. Emil Helms Ritzau Scanpix/via REUTERS
Morocco gets 2 mln AstraZeneca vaccine doses; 1st big shipment to Africa 22 Jan 2021 - 05:28 pm
A vial and sryinge are seen in front of a displayed AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken January 11, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Distraught families of Sriwijaya Air victims visit Java Sea crash site 22 Jan 2021 - 04:54 pm
A colleague of the crew of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ 182, which crashed into the sea, throws flowers and petals from the deck of Indonesia's Naval ship KRI Semarang as they visit the site of the crash to pay their tribute, at the sea off the Jakarta coast,
Lithuania says expects enough COVID-19 vaccines for herd immunity by July 22 Jan 2021 - 04:28 pm
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda takes off his mask as he arrives for a European Union summit during the coronavirus lockdown in Brussels, Belgium, December 10, 2020. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Biden to sign order to increase pandemic-related food aid 22 Jan 2021 - 04:03 pm
With a portrait of former President Abraham Lincoln hanging in the background, U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's plans to fight the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic during a COVID-19 response event at the White House in Was
Long queues as China's capital launches mass virus tests 22 Jan 2021 - 03:45 pm
People line up to get their nucleic acid test at a mass testing site following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beijing, China, January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Virus still has upper hand, Belgium says as it mulls banning foreign tourism 22 Jan 2021 - 03:20 pm
A member of the medical personnel wearing a protective suit, protective mask and face shield is seen in the intensive care unit at the CHIREC Braine l?Alleud-Waterloo hospital, in Braine l'Alleud, Belgium, October 23, 2020
German minister warns against relaxing COVID-19 measures too soon 22 Jan 2021 - 03:02 pm
German Health Minister Jens Spahn speaks during a news conference, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Berlin, Germany, January 22, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/Pool
UK police break up Covid rule-breaching wedding with 400 guests 22 Jan 2021 - 01:31 pm
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Modi says India self-reliant on Covid-19 vaccines as 1 mln inoculated 22 Jan 2021 - 12:59 pm
A man walks past a graffiti of people wearing protective masks amidst the spread of Covid-19 on a street in Navi Mumbai, India January 21, 2021. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas
Hungary buys Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, first in EU, minister says 22 Jan 2021 - 11:46 am
An empty vial of the second dose of the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine is pictured at the San Martin hospital, in La Plata, on the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina January 21, 2021. Reuters/Agustin Marcarian