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Kuwait expresses optimism over upcoming GCC Summit 29 Dec 2020 - 08:25 am
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Philippines expands travel ban to limit spread of coronavirus variant 29 Dec 2020 - 08:20 am
People wearing face masks and face shields as protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) queue at a bus stop, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David
India finds six cases of new coronavirus variant in UK arrivals 29 Dec 2020 - 08:13 am
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Brazil to seek regulatory approval for AstraZeneca vaccine on Jan. 15 29 Dec 2020 - 12:26 am
Jane Cristina Dias Alves, 43, a nurse, a volunteer in COVID-19 vaccine trial for AstraZeneca, poses for a photograph in Sao Paulo, Brazil, December 11, 2020. Alves has a daughter and lives with the parents and with the grandmother. REUTERS/Amanda Perobell
Biden says Trump aides are obstructing his transition team 29 Dec 2020 - 12:03 am
WILMINGTON, DE - DECEMBER 28: President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at the Queen Theater on December 28, 2020 in Wilmington, Delaware. Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president in a scaled-down ceremony in Washington D.C. due to the coronavirus
Russia to test new COVID-19 antibody drug in new year 28 Dec 2020 - 10:33 pm
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Coronavirus variant from South Africa found in Japan 28 Dec 2020 - 10:21 pm
Passersby wearing protective face masks walk on the Shibuya crossing, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Tokyo, Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo December 26, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo/via REUTERS
US government appeals order blocking TikTok restrictions 28 Dec 2020 - 09:42 pm
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Spain to keep registry of people who refuse Covid vaccine 28 Dec 2020 - 09:03 pm
A health worker prepares an injection with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, at Balafia nursing home, in Lleida, Spain, December 27, 2020. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Turkey expects China COVID-19 vaccine in days, as doctors seek more data 28 Dec 2020 - 08:33 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man works in a laboratory of Chinese vaccine maker Sinovac Biotech, developing an experimental coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, during a government-organized media tour in Beijing, China, Sept. 24, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Phot
After Trump backs down on stimulus bill, lawmakers set to vote on higher relief checks 28 Dec 2020 - 08:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), walks from the Senate floor as both chambers of Congress are aimed to pass the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) package in a marathon session on Capitol Hill Washington, D.C., U.S., December 21, 2020. RE
Russia reports more than 186,000 coronavirus deaths 28 Dec 2020 - 07:55 pm
People wearing face masks look at the Christmas decorations while shopping in Moscow on December 28, 2020, amidst the Covid-19 pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus. Russia confirmed 27,787 new daily Covid-19 cases including 6,253 in Moscow. / AFP / Al
Hungary receives 6,000 doses of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine 28 Dec 2020 - 07:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: A view shows vials during the production of Gam-COVID-Vac, also known as Sputnik-V, vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a facility of BIOCAD biotechnology company in Saint Petersburg, Russia December 4, 2020. Picture taken De
German care home workers given five times vaccine dose 28 Dec 2020 - 07:15 pm
A medical worker carries a box of vials containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19, coronavirus vaccine during an inoculation program at a care home in Grossraeschen, eastern Germany , on December 27, 2020. / AFP / POOL / FABRIZIO BENSCH
US screens 1.28 million people at US airports 28 Dec 2020 - 05:08 pm
Passengers arrive on a flight from London amid new restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at JFK International Airport in New York City, U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Lebanon secures COVID-19 vaccines for 20% of its citizens: Health minister 28 Dec 2020 - 04:43 pm
Lebanon's caretaker health minister Hamad Hasan, gestures as he speaks at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon December 28, 2020. (Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters)
Finland finds first patients with new coronavirus variants 28 Dec 2020 - 04:13 pm
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Second Taiwan-born panda cub makes media debut 28 Dec 2020 - 04:06 pm
The picture shows six-month-old giant panda cub Yuan Bao during a media preview at Taipei Zoo in Taipei on December 28, 2020. / AFP / HSU Tsun-hsu