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Scientists spray saliva-like droplets in stadium to study how fans spread aerosols 08 Dec 2020 - 02:37 pm
An aerosol generator is seen at Johan Cruijff Arena, the stadium of Ajax Amsterdam, in Amsterdam, Netherlands December 7, 2020. Reuters/Piroschka van de Wouw
Mount Everest is higher than we thought, say Nepal and China 08 Dec 2020 - 01:37 pm
Mount Everest, the world highest peak, and other peaks of the Himalayan range are seen through an aircraft window during a mountain flight from Kathmandu, Nepal January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monika Deupala/File Photo
Asteroid sample arrives in Japan after six-year space odyssey 08 Dec 2020 - 01:27 pm
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) staff carry a case containing Hayabusa2's capsule with extensive samples of an asteroid as it arrives at JAXA Sagamihara Campus in Sagamihara in this photo taken by Kyodo December 8, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo
Masked dolls and anti-virus lab kits - toys reflect Spain and Portugal's Coronavirus Christmas 08 Dec 2020 - 01:18 pm
Employee at Science4you factory shows the result of an experiment of the Antivirus Lab science toy, in Lisbon, Portugal, December 2, 2020. Picture taken December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
Hibernating snakes halt tree felling at Tesla's factory site in Germany 08 Dec 2020 - 01:10 pm
A worker clears trees at the area where U.S. electric vehicle pioneer Tesla plans to build a Tesla Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany February 21, 2020. Reuters/Annegret Hilse/File Photo
Sri Lanka gets $300mn Chinese factory near key port 08 Dec 2020 - 12:29 pm
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Indonesia expects halal certificate for experimental vaccine 08 Dec 2020 - 12:01 pm
An official pushes a trolley with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd. as they arrive at PT Bio Farma (Persero) in the first shipment to Indonesia, in Bandung, West Java province, December 7, 2020. Courtesy of Muchlis
Hong Kong to limit dining, close gyms and beauty salons to curb virus 08 Dec 2020 - 11:59 am
A staff member wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak hands takeaway food to a customer at a restaurant in Hong Kong, China July 20, 2020. Reuters/Lam Yik/File Photo
A year on, markets bustling in Chinese city where COVID-19 emerged 08 Dec 2020 - 11:51 am
People wearing protective masks walk at a street market almost a year after the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China December 7, 2020. Picture taken December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song
India investigates if organochlorines behind unknown illness 08 Dec 2020 - 10:58 am
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Second US judge blocks Trump's TikTok ban 08 Dec 2020 - 10:22 am
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British grandma is 1st in world to get Pfizer vaccine outside trial 08 Dec 2020 - 10:08 am
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Gen Chuck Yeager, 'Right Stuff' test pilot who broke sound barrier, dead at 97 08 Dec 2020 - 09:58 am
This file US Air Force handout photo from 1995 at Edwards Air Force Base in California shows Brig. Gen. Charles E.
Sao Paulo to launch vaccination campaign in January: governor 08 Dec 2020 - 12:16 am
Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria shows to members of the media a package of the CoronaVac vaccine as containers carrying doses of it are unloaded from a cargo plane that arrived from China at Guarulhos International Airport in Guarulhos, near Sao Paulo, Braz
Prince Harry launches lawsuit against UK paper, joining wife Meghan 07 Dec 2020 - 11:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, leave Canada House in London, Britain January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Trump to sign order giving priority access for US COVID-19 vaccines to US population 07 Dec 2020 - 11:40 pm
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Italy's interior minister told she has COVID-19 at cabinet -sources 07 Dec 2020 - 11:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio, Minister of the Interior Luciana Lamorgese and Minister of Justice Alfonso Bonafede together in February. Lamorghese tested positive for coronavirus on Dec. 7. Di Maio and Bonafede have both s
California bans private gatherings, New York expands hospitals to battle coronavirus surge 07 Dec 2020 - 09:48 pm
A woman stretches near a warning sign on the beach as new stay-at-home orders begin in Southern California during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Oceanside, California, U.S., December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake
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