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Brexit crunch time as EU and UK still divided over trade deal 07 Dec 2020 - 10:36 am
EU chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier takes part in a meeting of ambassadors of European Union governments in Brussels, Belgium December 7, 2020. John Thys/Pool via REUTERS
COVID-19 clusters break out in Japan's coldest city as winter closes in 07 Dec 2020 - 10:24 am
A woman looks at her mobile phone as she walks in Yokohama on December 3, 2020. / AFP / Philip FONG
Giuliani tests positive for COVID-19, latest in Trump's inner circle 07 Dec 2020 - 10:19 am
In this file photo taken on July 01, 2020, Rudy Giuliani, attorney for US President Donald Trump, speaks at the White House in Washington, DC. AFP / Jim Watson
India's Serum Institute seeks emergency use nod for AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine: Local media 07 Dec 2020 - 09:10 am
Vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are seen before they are packaged inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, in Pune, India, November 30, 2020. Picture taken November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani tested positive for coronavirus, Trump says 06 Dec 2020 - 11:44 pm
LANSING, MI - DECEMBER 02: U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani speaks during an appearance before the Michigan House Oversight Committee on December 2, 2020 in Lansing, Rey Del Rio/Getty Images/AFP
Tunisia extends night-time curfew until end of year 06 Dec 2020 - 11:11 pm
Tunisian doctors and medical students demand the dismissal of the minister of health during a protest on December 4, 2020 in front of the headquarters of the ministry after the death of a resident doctor who fell from a broken hospital elevator. / AFP / F
Thousands protest in London against India's farming reforms 06 Dec 2020 - 11:05 pm
British Sikhs protest against India's new farming legislation in Trafalgar Square in London, Britain, December 6, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville
New pleas for masks as Trump rally ignores Covid risk 06 Dec 2020 - 09:10 pm
US President Donald Trump leaves the stage with First Lady Melania Trump at the end of a rally to support Republican Senate candidates at Valdosta Regional Airport in Valdosta, Georgia on December 5, 2020. / AFP / ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS
Germany's Bavaria region to tighten coronavirus lockdown 06 Dec 2020 - 07:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: Men wearing protective face masks walk after residents of the Berchtesgadener Land district of Bavaria will not be able to leave their homes from October 20, 2020, without a valid reason for two weeks, making it the first area in Germany to go
US coronavirus vaccine adviser to meet with Biden this week 06 Dec 2020 - 07:39 pm
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden walks from the church after attending mass in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Indonesia receives first COVID vaccine from China's Sinovac 06 Dec 2020 - 07:18 pm
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Vaccine requirement for travel debate intensifies 06 Dec 2020 - 06:27 pm
A pilot moves through New York's LaGuardia Airport on December 03, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt/AFP
Romanians elect new lawmakers, seek end to political turmoil 06 Dec 2020 - 05:55 pm
A woman votes at a polling station in Bucharest during the parliamentary elections on December 6, 2020.  AFP / Daniel MIHAILESCU
Moscow aims to vaccinate 7 mln as Russia reports record rise in COVID cases 06 Dec 2020 - 05:50 pm
A medical worker fills a syringe with Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine before administering an injection during the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a clinic in Moscow, Russia December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Venezuela vote likely to give Congress to Maduro's party 06 Dec 2020 - 05:41 pm
People queue outside a polling station to cast their vote during the parliamentary election in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 6, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero
GOP White House hopefuls wait to see what Trump does next 06 Dec 2020 - 05:11 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he departs after a campaign event for Republican U.S. senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in Valdosta, Georgia, U.S., December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Directed radio frequency plausible cause of 'Havana syndrome,' US govt report finds 06 Dec 2020 - 03:35 pm
File photo of US Embassy in Havana
Pakistan: 7 virus patients die after oxygen supply ran out 06 Dec 2020 - 03:02 pm
Students wear protective face masks as they have their temperature checked before entering a class, after the government allowed the reopening of schools from grade six to eight amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Peshawar, Pakistan Septe