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Japan spacecraft approaches Earth to drop asteroid samples 04 Dec 2020 - 03:36 pm
Yuichi Tsuda (L), Hayabusa2 project manager of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), answers questions at a press conference held before the return of the sample capsule of the Hayabusa 2 probe to the earth at JAXA Sagamihara Campus in Sagamihara
German firm's super-coolers to send vaccines around the world 04 Dec 2020 - 02:50 pm
Ultra-cold refrigerators filled with vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at a secret storage facility in the Rhein-Main area, Germany, December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
Philippines allows hotel conventions as cases ebb to 5-month low 04 Dec 2020 - 02:33 pm
Filipinos wearing masks and face shields for protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) walk along a street market in Manila, Philippines, December 3, 2020. Reuters/Eloisa Lopez
Submarine Santa brings festive cheer to Tokyo aquarium 04 Dec 2020 - 02:25 pm
A diver wearing Santa Claus costume swims in a large fish tank during an underwater performance for the Christmas celebration, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo, Japan, December 4, 2020. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Moscow launches online registration for COVID-19 vaccination 04 Dec 2020 - 02:13 pm
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India formally protests to Canada over Trudeau remarks on farm protests 04 Dec 2020 - 01:56 pm
FILE PHOTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau listens while wearing a mask at a news conference held to discuss the country's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada November 6, 2020. REUTERS/Patrick Doyle//File Photo
Biden says he'll publicly get a COVID-19 vaccine, keep Fauci 04 Dec 2020 - 01:32 pm
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden gets in his car as he leaves The Queen theater after having a video call with small business owners and workers impacted by the current economic crisis in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Leah Millis
India's moustachioed 'Spice King' dies aged 97 04 Dec 2020 - 01:13 pm
A sign with a picture of Mahashian Di Hatti (MDH) Spices founder Dharampal Gulati is seen at a closed store in New Delhi on December 4, 2020. A former refugee who became India's
China's Clover says its COVID-19 vaccines trigger "strong immune responses" in early trial 04 Dec 2020 - 01:00 pm
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'Seoul stops at 9 p.m': S.Korea imposes new curbs as virus cases hit 9-month high 04 Dec 2020 - 12:55 pm
A man walks in front of a
WHO looks at e-certificates for Covid-19 vaccination 04 Dec 2020 - 12:37 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 the town of Domodedovo near Moscow, Russia December 3, 2020. REUTERS
Fire crews battle to tame Southern California wildfire after thousands flee 04 Dec 2020 - 12:20 pm
IRVINE CALIFORNIA - DECEMBER 03: Inmate firefighters work as the Bond Fire burns shortly after sunrise in the Silverado Canyon area of Orange County on December 3, 2020 near Irvine, California. The 4,000-acre wildfire broke out along with a number of othe
Italy tightens curbs for Christmas as COVID deaths hit record high 04 Dec 2020 - 12:29 am
A man wearing a protective mask looks on inside a shop on the day Italian Health Minister Roberto Speranza lays out in parliament the government's plan for mass coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccinations and restrictions over the Christmas period, in Rom
Fauci apologises for casting doubt over UK's approval of Pfizer vaccine 04 Dec 2020 - 12:26 am
(FILES) In this file photo Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force press briefing in the James S. Brady Briefing Room of the White House on November 19, 2020./
Canada could approve Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine soon, Quebec cancels Christmas for some 03 Dec 2020 - 11:47 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading,
Ivanka Trump questioned under oath in lawsuit over use of inauguration funds 03 Dec 2020 - 11:01 pm
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Biden picks two former Obama officials to help lead COVID-19 response -Politico 03 Dec 2020 - 09:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers a pre-Thanksgiving speech at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Pakistan ex-PM Jamali, who served after military coup, dies 03 Dec 2020 - 09:47 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 3, 2004, former Pakistani Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali waves to supporters as he boards a train to return to his home town in southwest province Baluchistan at the Rawalpindi railway station. Mir Zafarullah Kha