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Philippines bans all flights from Britain starting Dec. 24 23 Dec 2020 - 11:33 am
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during his fourth State of the Nation address at the Philippine Congress in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
Iraq bans air travel with eight nations over new variant of virus 22 Dec 2020 - 07:50 pm
A general view picture shows a wholesale market in central Baghdad, Iraq December 20, 2020. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
U.S. ready to mediate discussions between Israel and Lebanon: Pompeo 22 Dec 2020 - 04:11 pm
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Serbia gets first batch of Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine 22 Dec 2020 - 03:26 pm
Medical workers receive the first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines at The Institute of Virology, Vaccines and Sera
BioNTech-Pfizer vaccine heads to EU as effectiveness against new strain tested 22 Dec 2020 - 03:12 pm
CEO and co-founder of BioNTech, Ugur Sahin, answers journalists' questions after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved its COVID-19 vaccine, at the company headquarters in Mainz, Germany December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
Thai seafood market coronavirus infections top 1,000 22 Dec 2020 - 02:44 pm
Migrant workers queue to talk with the public health authorities for a COVID-19 investigation at a fresh market, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Bangkok, Thailand, December 22, 2020. Reuters/Chalinee Thirasupa
Singapore's happy 'glampers' pick airport stays for year-end holidays 22 Dec 2020 - 02:35 pm
Children play a game of tag at Changi AirportÕs indoor glamping grounds after checking in, in Singapore, December 21, 2020. Picture taken December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Ying Shan Lee
Britain tells shoppers food is plentiful despite freight halt 22 Dec 2020 - 02:26 pm
Police officers speak to a driver in one of lorries parked on the M20 motorway towards Eurotunnel and the Port of Dover, as EU countries impose a travel ban from the UK following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Folkestone, Britain, Decembe
Pfizer, Moderna testing their vaccines against UK coronavirus variant: CNN 22 Dec 2020 - 01:50 pm
Walgreens Pharmacist Jessica Sahni holds the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at The New Jewish Home in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Yuki Iwamura
Gas pipeline blast kills two, destroys houses in western India 22 Dec 2020 - 01:46 pm
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Millions facing winter power shortages in China as coal supply squeezed 22 Dec 2020 - 01:31 pm
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WHO Europe to convene member states over new virus variant 22 Dec 2020 - 12:53 pm
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Prison doctors among five killed in Kabul bombing 22 Dec 2020 - 12:28 pm
Municipal workers clean up debris at the site of a bomb attack in Kabul on December 22, 2020. AFP / Zakeria Hashimi
Volcano erupts on Hawaii's Big Island, draws crowds to park 22 Dec 2020 - 12:24 pm
This handout satellite image taken and released by Maxar on December 21, 2020 shows the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island, which began erupting late on December 20. The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island erupted late on December 20, authorities s
UK govt borrowing soars further on virus spending 22 Dec 2020 - 12:23 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on December 21, 2020, after a string of countries banned travellers and all but unaccompanied freight arriving from the UK, due to t
BioNTech says can make mutation-beating vaccine in six weeks 22 Dec 2020 - 12:15 pm
Ugur Sahin, CEO and co-founder of German biotech firm BioNTech, is interviewed by journalists in Marburg, Germany September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer/File Photo
Taiwan reports first locally transmitted COVID-19 case since April 22 Dec 2020 - 11:21 am
Passengers wearing masks practice social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as they wait to board a flight at Taipei’s Taoyuan International Airport, in Taiwan, October 23, 2020. REUTERS/Ben Blanchard
S.Korea shuts ski resorts, winter tourism to curb COVID-19 spread 22 Dec 2020 - 11:07 am
A woman wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus rides an escalator at Seoul railway station in Seoul on December 22, 2020. / AFP / Jung Yeon-je