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2nd body found after landslide in Norway; 8 still missing 02 Jan 2021 - 06:26 pm
View of the damage following a deadly landslide in Ask, Gjerdrum, Norway January 2, 2021. NTB/Haakon Mosvold Larsen
Texas judge dismisses suit aimed at overturning election 02 Jan 2021 - 04:43 pm
US President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after returning from Mar-A-Lago to the White House in Washington, December 31, 2020. (REUTERS/Leah Millis)
UK's Alok Sharma offers to resign to lead climate summit: Report 02 Jan 2021 - 04:39 pm
Britain's Business Secretary Alok Sharma attends a virtual news conference. (Leon Neal/Reuters)
Turkish-developed vaccine against Covid-19 to be ready by April: Erdogan 02 Jan 2021 - 04:34 pm
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Britain will allow mixing of COVID-19 vaccines on rare occasions 02 Jan 2021 - 03:56 pm
An ambulance is seen driving following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, January 2, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Netherlands to vaccinate emergency care workers as soon as possible 02 Jan 2021 - 03:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: People ride bikes on an empty street as Netherlands has gone into lockdown as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Amsterdam, Netherlands December 15 2020, REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
Syria blasts US for sanctions, following UN expert's remarks 02 Jan 2021 - 02:39 pm
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Japan to consider new Covid-19 emergency declaration 02 Jan 2021 - 02:08 pm
People wearing protective masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, pray on the first day of the new year at the Meiji Shrine in Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2021. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Third state identifies more transmissible variant as US cases surpass 20 million 02 Jan 2021 - 01:55 pm
Lab staff wear personal protective equipment (PPE) while collecting tests from travelers in an on-site Covid-19 testing laboratory at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on December 31, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. AFP / Patrick T. Fallon
French police shut down huge party defying COVID-19 restrictions 02 Jan 2021 - 01:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: Medical staff members work in the ICU where patients suffering from the coronavirus are treated at the Pasteur hospital in Nice, France, November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
India approves AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine 02 Jan 2021 - 01:32 pm
People wearing protective masks exit a railway station amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India, December 11, 2020. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
In graying Italy, the old defy biases laid bare by pandemic 02 Jan 2021 - 11:18 am
A man crosses a street near the Colosseum on New Year's Day amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Rome, Italy January 1, 2021. Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Iran tells IAEA it plans to enrich uranium to up to 20% at Fordow site 02 Jan 2021 - 10:31 am
Flags flutter in the wind in front of the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna, Austria, December 16, 2020. Reuters/Lisi Niesner
Thailand eyes tougher measures amid virus second wave 02 Jan 2021 - 09:45 am
The sun sets behind a building as Bangkok will close all schools for two weeks after the New Year's Day holiday as it tightens measures to control a new wave of the coronavirus pandemic, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thaila
Ireland to replace British travel ban with stricter testing: Minister 01 Jan 2021 - 08:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney and his German counterpart Heiko Maas (not pictured) attend a news conference in Berlin, Germany, December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
UK reactivates emergency hospitals as coronavirus cases surge 01 Jan 2021 - 07:38 pm
Cars enter the testing centre amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Milton Keynes, Britain, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
Italy reports 462 coronavirus deaths on Friday, 22,211 new cases 01 Jan 2021 - 07:15 pm
A man crosses a street near the Colosseum on New Year's Day amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Rome, Italy January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Norway lifts ban on flights from Britain introduced due to virus variant 01 Jan 2021 - 04:55 pm
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