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Trump to skip New Year's Eve in Florida for early return to Washington 31 Dec 2020 - 07:24 pm
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North Korea holds New Year's Eve show despite COVID-19 restrictions 31 Dec 2020 - 07:08 pm
People visit a shopping district on New Year's Eve in Seoul on December 31, 2020. / AFP / Jung Yeon-je
Goodbye 2020 as Australia and New Zealand welcome 2021 31 Dec 2020 - 04:45 pm
New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour Bridge and Opera House (L) during the fireworks show on January 1, 2021. / AFP / SAEED KHAN
Search continues for survivors after major Norway landslide 31 Dec 2020 - 03:52 pm
A helicopter flies over Ask in Gjerdrum municipality on December 31, 2020, one day after a major landslide and clay landslide. A major landslide destroyed homes overnight to December 30, 2020 in the village of Ask in Norway close to the capital Oslo, leav
Guinea uses Russian COVID-19 vaccine on some officials 31 Dec 2020 - 03:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: A medical worker fills a syringe with Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine as she prepares to vaccinate a Russian Army service member at a clinic in the city of Rostov-On-Don, Russia December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Sergey Pivovarov
Singapore sees most local coronavirus cases in 3 months, more of new variant 31 Dec 2020 - 03:29 pm
Workers wipe down doors at a train station during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Singapore August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
Philippine islands self-isolate after new COVID-19 variant found in Malaysia 31 Dec 2020 - 03:16 pm
Passengers wearing face masks and face shields for protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) queue for bus rides going to provinces amid the holiday season, at the Paranaque Integrated Terminal Exchange, in Paranaque City, Metro Manila, Philip
US vaccinations in 2020 falling far short of target of 20 mln people 31 Dec 2020 - 03:03 pm
Norman G. Einspruch, 88, a cardiology patient at Jackson Memorial Hospital, talks with a nurse after receiving a Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at Christine E. Lynn Rehabilitation Center, in Miami, Florida on December 30, 2020. / AFP / Eva Marie UZCATEG
Syria war killed 6,800 in 2020, lowest annual toll 31 Dec 2020 - 02:31 pm
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British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship 31 Dec 2020 - 01:28 pm
FILE PHOTO: Stanley Johnson, father of Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is seen in Westminster, in London, Britain September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Case of highly infectious UK variant of coronavirus identified in California 31 Dec 2020 - 12:32 pm
A hospital worker pushes two Computer on Wheels (COW) workstations outside the emergency room at the Community Hospital of Huntington Park during a surge in positive coronavirus cases in Huntington Park, California, U.S. December 29, 2020. REUTERS/Bing Gu
China confirms first case of UK coronavirus variant 31 Dec 2020 - 12:28 pm
A woman uses her mobile phone along the banks of the Yangtze River on New Year's Eve day in Wuhan in China’s central Hubei province on December 31, 2020. / AFP / Noel Celis
Foreign and Filipino travellers advised to reconsider New Year travel plans to the Philippines 31 Dec 2020 - 12:16 pm
Airport personnel monitor a thermal scanner as passengers arrive at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay, Philippines, January 23, 2020. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
Record COVID cases in Tokyo, heavy snow curtail New Year celebrations in Japan 31 Dec 2020 - 11:50 am
Year-end shoppers wearing protective face masks are reflected on mirrors at a shopping and amusement district, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Russia signs Bolivia vaccine deal but confusion remains over dosages 31 Dec 2020 - 12:26 am
A nurse prepares dose of the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) Covid-19 vaccine for a patient at a clinic in Moscow on December 30, 2020, as the country started its vaccination campaign for people aged 60 and over, to fight against the spread of the novel coronav
Netherlands sticks to plan to start COVID-19 vaccinations by Jan. 8 31 Dec 2020 - 12:03 am
An employee walks past portacabins in the Expo Houten, in Houten on December 30, 2020, as part of the locations setting-up for the Dutch national Covid-19 vaccination campaign to fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus. / AFP / ANP / Sem van der
Over 12.4 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines distributed, 2.5 mln administered: US CDC 30 Dec 2020 - 11:53 pm
KIRKLAND, WA - DECEMBER 28: Pharmacists prepare doses of the COVID-19 vaccine at the Life Care Center of Kirkland on December 28, 2020 in Kirkland, Washington. The Life Care Center of Kirkland, a nursing home, was an early epicenter for coronavirus outbre
Argentina approves AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid vaccine 30 Dec 2020 - 10:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: A test tube labelled with the Vaccine is seen in front of an AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo