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Thousands in Moldova call for government's resignation 06 Dec 2020 - 02:53 pm
Riot police forces stand guard in front of the government building during a rally to demand the government's resignation and snap parliamentary elections on December 6, 2020 in central Chisinau. AFP / Bogdan TUDOR
Most of California to be under stay-at-home orders as COVID-19 surges 06 Dec 2020 - 02:51 pm
California's Governor Gavin Newsom speaks to the media in Sacramento, CA US, March 3, 2020. Reuters/Gabriela Bhaskar/File Photo
Mass evacuation in Frankfurt as WWII bomb is defused 06 Dec 2020 - 02:25 pm
Police closes a street as people leave their home area in the Gallus district in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, during an evacuation on early morning of December 6, 2020. AFP / Armando BABANI
Kuwait Amir accepts post-election government resignation 06 Dec 2020 - 01:49 pm
Prime Minister Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah
'Final throw of the dice': Britain and EU to resume trade talks 06 Dec 2020 - 12:51 pm
File photo: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in London, Britain January 8, 2020. Reuters/Toby Melville/File Photo
Japan mulls limited resumption of inbound tourism from spring: Media 06 Dec 2020 - 12:46 pm
People cross a street in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo on December 6, 2020. / AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
Singapore to seek more travel bubble arrangements 06 Dec 2020 - 12:13 pm
People wearing protective face masks cross a street, in Singapore, November 30, 2020. Reuters/Edgar Su
Britain's Queen Elizabeth may go public after having COVID vaccine, Times reports 06 Dec 2020 - 11:36 am
Britain's Queen Elizabeth speaks with staff during a visit to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Science Park near Salisbury, Britain October 15, 2020. Ben Stansall/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Australia bushfire threatens township on World Heritage-listed Fraser island 06 Dec 2020 - 11:25 am
Vegetation burns from a bushfire on Fraser Island (K'gari), Queensland, Australia December 5, 2020 in this aerial picture obtained from social media. Save Fraser Islands Dingoes Inc via REUTERS
Search ends for people trapped in Nicaragua mine collapse 06 Dec 2020 - 11:06 am
Handout photo released by the Fundacion del Rio of the site of landslide at
China prepares large-scale rollout of coronavirus vaccines 06 Dec 2020 - 11:04 am
A small bottle labeled with a
Trump keeps up false claims of widespread fraud at Georgia rally for US senators 06 Dec 2020 - 10:46 am
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania attend a rally in support of Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) and Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) on December 05, 2020, in Valdosta, Georgia. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP
S.Korea tightens curbs in Seoul as COVID-19 cases hit 9-mo high: Media 06 Dec 2020 - 10:15 am
A man wearing a face mask walks alongside the Chongye stream in central Seoul on December 4, 2020. / AFP / Ed JONES
Britain gets ready for roll-out of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine this week 06 Dec 2020 - 09:49 am
An NHS pharmacy technician holds a vial as she simulates the preparation of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, during a staff training session ahead of the vaccine's rollout next week, at the Royal Free Hospital in London on December 4, 2020. / AFP
Pfizer seeks emergency-use approval for vaccine in India: PTI 06 Dec 2020 - 08:36 am
Peninsula
Protesters return to French streets to denounce police violence; tear gas fired 05 Dec 2020 - 05:54 pm
A firefighter runs past a burning car during a protest against the
Kyrgyzstan reopens borders to all foreign visitors 05 Dec 2020 - 04:18 pm
Peninsula
Spain to vaccinate up to 20 million against Covid by June 05 Dec 2020 - 03:40 pm
A healthcare worker attends to a COVID-19 coronavirus patient at the Intensive Unit Care of the Povisa Hospital in Vigo, northwestern Spain, on April 16, 2020.  AFP / MIGUEL RIOPA