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U.S. Vice President Pence says Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine could be approved Friday 18 Dec 2020 - 04:58 pm
US Vice President Mike Pence speaks after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, December 18, 2020. / AFP / SAUL LOEB
COVAX programme doubles global vaccine supply deals to 2 billion doses 18 Dec 2020 - 04:33 pm
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US Vice President Mike Pence receives Covid-19 vaccine 18 Dec 2020 - 04:19 pm
US Vice President Mike Pence receives the COVID-19 vaccine in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, December 18, 2020. / AFP / SAUL LOEB
Mausoleum of Rome's first emperor restored and ready to reopen 18 Dec 2020 - 04:14 pm
A general view of the mausoleum of Rome's emperor Augustus during a preview of the reopening after years of restoration in Rome, Italy, December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
UK PM Johnson says he hopes to avoid another lockdown for England 18 Dec 2020 - 04:01 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference about the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, December 16, 2020. Matt Dunham/Pool via REUTERS
Thailand reports local infections as measures to restart tourism begin 18 Dec 2020 - 03:43 pm
A man wearing a face mask as a preventative measure against Covid-19 coronavirus sits in the departure terminal of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on December 18, 2020. / AFP / Jack TAYLOR
Macron working from retreat after catching Covid 18 Dec 2020 - 03:11 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron, tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen on a screen as he attends by video conference a round table for the National Humanitarian Conference (NHC) at the Foreign Ministry in Paris on December 17, 2
Austria to go into third lockdown after Christmas, media report 18 Dec 2020 - 03:07 pm
People walk down a shopping street amid the government reopening bigger shops as well as small businesses in a loosening of the second lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Vienna, Austria December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foege
Hundreds shrug off pandemic for Ikea's new India store 18 Dec 2020 - 03:04 pm
Employees walk inside the new IKEA store in Navi Mumbai, India, December 17, 2020. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas
Philippines can secure up to 25 mln doses of Moderna, Arcturus vaccines: Ambassador 18 Dec 2020 - 03:00 pm
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Freed Nigerian schoolboys return home, tales of beatings and hunger emerge 18 Dec 2020 - 02:59 pm
Released students gather at the Government House with other students from the Government Science Secondary school, in Kankara, in northwestern Katsina State, Nigeria upon their release on December 18, 2020. AFP / Kola Sulaimon
Sony pulls Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation in blow to CD Projekt 18 Dec 2020 - 02:14 pm
In this file photo taken on August 21, 2019 visitors wait at the Cyberpunk 2077 stand during the Video games trade fair Gamescom in Cologne, western Germany. Sony said on December 18, 2020 it was pulling the much-hyped Cyberpunk 2077 from PlayStation stor
Russia hack confronts Trump with decision that echoes Obama’s 18 Dec 2020 - 01:50 pm
(FILES) In this file photo an exterior view of the building of US Department of the Treasury is seen on March 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. AFP / Olivier Douliery
Fiji cyclone kills at least 2, destroys dozens of homes 18 Dec 2020 - 01:33 pm
A man works on a damaged house in the aftermath of Cyclone Yasa in Nasavu, Bua Province, Fiji December 18, 2020, in this image obtained from social media. Miriama Nakauvadra/via Reuters
Spain's Supreme Court orders probe into nursing home COVID-19 deaths 18 Dec 2020 - 01:33 pm
File photo: Josefa Velasco, 94, who overcame the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and lives in a care home, waves goodbye to her relatives after they talk through a glass front at the Centre Parc nursing home in Barcelona, Spain August 27, 2020. Reuters/Nac
Chinese citizen journalist to face trial after Wuhan virus reporting 18 Dec 2020 - 01:25 pm
A person wearing a mask rides a bicycle of bike-sharing service on a street, almost a year after the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China December 17, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
S.Korea reports record coronavirus deaths as lockdown fears spark panic buying 17 Dec 2020 - 04:19 pm
Office workers and city government employees queue at a temporary covid-19 novel coronavirus testing centre outside city hall in Seoul on December 17, 2020. / AFP / Ed JONES
British royals select happy family snapshots for their Christmas cards 17 Dec 2020 - 04:06 pm
This undated handout picture released by Clarence House on December 16, 2020, shows Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (L) and Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall posing for their 2020 Christmas card at Birkhall in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. / AFP
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