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US Congress poised to vote on COVID aid package after Fed compromise 20 Dec 2020 - 09:04 am
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) meets virtually with incoming Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Marcia Fudge on December 17, 2020 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/AFP
Moderna says CDC panel recommends its COVID-19 vaccine for adults 20 Dec 2020 - 08:48 am
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India’s virus cases cross 10 million as new infections dip 19 Dec 2020 - 07:29 pm
A health official takes a swab sample from a man to test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a testing centre in Allahabad on December 19, 2020, as India surged past 10 million coronavirus cases. / AFP / SANJAY KANOJIA
UK medical officer: New virus variant spreading more rapidly 19 Dec 2020 - 05:18 pm
Officials collect Coronavirus COVID-19 testing samples at a drive-through test centre amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in London, Britain, December 19, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Turkish hospital fire kills 9 Covid-19 patients 19 Dec 2020 - 04:13 pm
Police cordon off the area in front of the privately-run Sanko University Hospital in Gaziantep after nine patients, all infected with Covid-19, died in a fire on December 19, 2020. AFP /Kadir Gunes AND Kadir Gunes
UK ministers discuss COVID-19 concern amid rise in cases 19 Dec 2020 - 03:35 pm
Mounted police officers attempt to prevent protesters march up Whitehall after they gather in Parliament Square at an anti-lockdown demonstration,
Post-Brexit talks grind on as fish spat threatens deal 19 Dec 2020 - 03:16 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 13, 2016, Pro-Brexit flags fly from a fishing boat moored in Ramsgate on June 13, 2016. AFP / Chris J Ratcliffe
Macron 'stable' after virus infection: presidency 19 Dec 2020 - 03:07 pm
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Switzerland approves Pfizer shot as first coronavirus vaccine 19 Dec 2020 - 03:01 pm
People queue in front of a COVID-19 testing site of the Stadtspital Waid and Triemli hospital, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Zurich, Switzerland December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
Five rockets fired at US airbase in Afghanistan 19 Dec 2020 - 12:29 pm
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Apple supplier Wistron could not manage scaled up India plant, govt report says 19 Dec 2020 - 11:04 am
File photo: Men wearing protective face masks walk past broken windows of a facility run by Wistron Corp, a Taiwanese contract manufacturer for Apple, in Narsapura near the southern city of Bengaluru, India, December 14, 2020. Reuters/Stringer/File Photo
US authorizes Moderna as second Covid-19 vaccine 19 Dec 2020 - 10:58 am
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US to halt work at two consulates in Russia after Covid-19 drawdown 19 Dec 2020 - 10:51 am
In this file photo US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leaves the White House after visiting with family December 11, 2020, in Washington, DC. AFP / Brendan Smialowski
South Korea fears for COVID-19 patients amid sickbed shortage 19 Dec 2020 - 10:38 am
People wait in a line to undergo the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a testing site which is temporarily set up at City Hall Plaza in Seoul, South Korea December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran
Panama orders men and women to shop on different days to curb coronavirus 19 Dec 2020 - 08:21 am
A paramedic is disinfected after transferring a patient infected with Covid-19 in Panama City on December 14, 2020. AFP / STR
President-elect Biden to get coronavirus vaccine on Monday 18 Dec 2020 - 09:53 pm
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden pauses as he delivers a televised address to the nation, after the U.S. Electoral College formally confirmed his victory over President Donald Trump in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, from Biden's transition headquarter
WHO investigators heading to China in early January to probe virus 18 Dec 2020 - 09:34 pm
People wearing face masks walk on a street market in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, April 6, 2020. RUETERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Sweden introduces toughest measures yet in the face of second COVID-19 wave 18 Dec 2020 - 08:15 pm
Prime Minister Stefan Lofven speaks during a press conference on the new restrictions during the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, in Stockholm on December 18, 2020. AFP / TT News Agency / Jessica GOW