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Despite Trump pressure, Pence will not block Biden's election certification: Advisers 06 Jan 2021 - 08:12 am
Vice President Mike Pence finishes a swearing-in ceremony for senators in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Washington, DC, US January 3, 2021. J Scott Applewhite/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Studies to see if Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses can be halved may take 2 months 06 Jan 2021 - 12:30 am
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Georgia makes history with runoffs deciding Senate, Biden agenda 05 Jan 2021 - 10:12 pm
A voter casts her ballot in Georgia’s Senate runoff elections on an electronic voting machine at a Fulton County polling station in Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S. January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
Mexico's president sets out vaccination plan, targets rural areas 05 Jan 2021 - 10:08 pm
Workers unload a box with Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to be transported to Saltillo, at the Mariano Escobedo International Airport, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Apodaca, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico January 5
WHO 'disappointed' at Chinese delays letting experts in 05 Jan 2021 - 09:58 pm
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Germany introduces tougher restrictions in pandemic battle 05 Jan 2021 - 09:37 pm
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WHO recommends 2 doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine within 21-28 days 05 Jan 2021 - 09:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo/File
South African variant unlikely to fully negate COVID vaccines, scientist says 05 Jan 2021 - 08:57 pm
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Trump blasts niece's 'conspiracy theories' as he seeks fraud lawsuit's dismissal 05 Jan 2021 - 08:49 pm
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Canadians frustrated by slow pace of coronavirus vaccinations - Trudeau says 05 Jan 2021 - 08:33 pm
Pharmacy technician supervisor Tamara Booth Rumsey prepares a Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Canada January 4, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
UK's Three offers unlimited data to disadvantaged children in lockdown 05 Jan 2021 - 07:11 pm
A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's main opposition Labour Party leader Keir Starmer gesturing as he replies to the opening remarks from Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson during the debate on the second reading of the E
UK offers extra $6.2 billion to firms to soften new Covid-19 recession 05 Jan 2021 - 05:13 pm
Pedestrians walk across The Millenium Bridge, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Japan weighs state of emergency in Tokyo area as Covid cases surge 05 Jan 2021 - 04:55 pm
Commuters wearing protective face masks wait to enter a train on the way home, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at a train station in Tokyo, Japan, January 5, 2021. Reuters/Issei Kato
Iran finds first case of new virus variant in traveller from UK 05 Jan 2021 - 04:47 pm
An Iranian woman wearing a protective mask amid the Covid-19 pandemic, walks past a street musician in the capital Tehran, on December 30, 2020. AFP / Atta Kenare
Italy to invest in biotech ReiThera to support COVID-19 vaccine development 05 Jan 2021 - 04:39 pm
People wearing protective face masks sit near the Colosseum, one day before the country goes back to lockdown as part of the efforts put in place to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Rome, Italy, January 4, 2021. Reuters/Guglielmo
With US Senate at stake and Trump raging, Georgia votes in runoff elections 05 Jan 2021 - 04:26 pm
Republican US Senator David Perdue appears in a video as US President Donald Trump campaigns with Republican US Senator Kelly Loeffler on the eve of Georgia's run-off election in Dalton, Georgia, US, January 4, 2021. Reuters/Brian Snyder
Switzerland says residents who want a COVID-19 shot should get one by summer 05 Jan 2021 - 04:25 pm
FILE PHOTO: An employee shows the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
Brazil to requisition syringes for COVID-19 vaccination plan 05 Jan 2021 - 04:19 pm
A nurse holds a dose of China's CoronaVac, a potential vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) before administering it to a volunteer at Emilio Ribas Institute in Sao Paulo, Brazil July 30, 2020. Picture taken July 30, 2020. REUTERS/Amanda Pero