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Canada will require negative COVID-19 test for air passengers 30 Dec 2020 - 10:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: A traveller passes a YYZ airport code sign in the international arrival lounge amid a growing global number of coronavirus cases at Pearson Airport in Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Chris Helgren
Study suggests Italy's COVID-19 death toll is higher than reported 30 Dec 2020 - 08:18 pm
A general view shows an empty street with trulli, limestone buildings of Alberobello, a World Heritage Site, lit up with Christmas lights, as Italy goes back to a complete lockdown during Christmas season as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coron
UK widens English lockdowns as COVID variant surges 30 Dec 2020 - 08:06 pm
People watch the sunset ahead of the start of tier 4 restrictions as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, at Quayside in Newcastle, Britain December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Lee Smith
Iran to pay $150,000 to downed plane victims' families 30 Dec 2020 - 07:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: Soldiers carry a coffin containing the remains of one of the eleven Ukrainian victims of the Ukraine International Airlines flight 752 plane disaster during a memorial ceremony at the Boryspil International Airport, outside Kiev, Ukraine Janua
Link between COVID-19 shot, Swiss death 'highly unlikely' - drugs regulator 30 Dec 2020 - 07:26 pm
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Ukraine to buy 2 mln doses of China's CoronaVac vaccine 30 Dec 2020 - 07:20 pm
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Biden picks Hicks to be first female deputy defense secretary 30 Dec 2020 - 07:13 pm
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First reported US case of virus variant triggers questions 30 Dec 2020 - 06:34 pm
County of Los Angeles paramedics examine a potential Covid-19 patient sitting on the sidewalk before transporting him to a hospital in Hawthorne, California on December 29, 2020.  AFP / Apu GOMES
"Where shall we go?", families ask after Croatia quake 30 Dec 2020 - 03:28 pm
Picture taken on December 30, 2020 shows the rubble of a destroyed building in the village of Majske Poljane, where 5 people died, some 50kms from Zagreb, a day after the region was hit by a 6.4-magnitude quake. AFP / Damir Sencar
Germany set for longer lockdown as death figures spike 30 Dec 2020 - 03:20 pm
People queue in front of one of Berlin's 6 vaccination centres in Treptow, eastern Berlin, amid a Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, on December 29, 2020. / AFP / John MACDOUGALL
Switzerland sticks to 'lockdown light' despite virus variants 30 Dec 2020 - 03:12 pm
Skiers pass the restriction signs to line up at the chairlift at Les Portes du Soleil ski resort during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Les Crosets, Switzerland, December 19, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Mask up: South African police enforce 'zero tolerance' drive 30 Dec 2020 - 03:06 pm
A Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) officer frisks a driver during a roadblock after curfew, to help curb the spread of COVID-19, in Johannesburg on December 29, 2020. AFP / Wikus de Wet
Vaccinated US nurse contracts COVID-19, expert says Pfizer shot needed more time to work: ABC 30 Dec 2020 - 02:58 pm
A vial of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. Liam McBurney/Pool via Reuters
UK approves use of 2nd COVID-19 vaccine with easier storage 30 Dec 2020 - 02:54 pm
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US Congress inches closer to Trump veto override as Republican tensions grow 30 Dec 2020 - 02:09 pm
The US Capitol building is seen on a cold and sunny winter day as Congress is in session in Washington on December 29, 2020.  AFP / Eric BARADAT
Virus rates show Germany 'still very far from normality': minister 30 Dec 2020 - 01:57 pm
German Health Minister Jens Spahn wears a face mask as he arrives for a press conference in Berlin, Germany, on December 30, 2020, to comment on the current situation amid the new coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination campaign in Germany. / A
Hundreds evacuated after landslide in Norway 30 Dec 2020 - 01:26 pm
A rescue helicopter view shows the aftermath of a landslide at a residential area in Ask village, about 40km north of Oslo, Norway December 30, 2020. According to police several people went missing.
Czechs approve squeezing extra dose from Pfizer vaccine vials 30 Dec 2020 - 01:00 pm
Medical staff is being innoculated with a dose of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the University Hospital in Prague, on December 27, 2020. AFP / Michal Cizek