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Moderna vaccine confers at least 3 months immunity: study 03 Dec 2020 - 08:54 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 18, 2020 shows a bottle reading
UN chief pans countries who ignored COVID-19 facts, WHO guidance 03 Dec 2020 - 08:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a news conference at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
Portugal aims to vaccinate nearly 10% of population during 1st phase 03 Dec 2020 - 08:31 pm
FILE PHOTO: A street artist performs with soap bubbles at Rossio square during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in downtown Lisbon, Portugal October 31, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante/File Photo
Indian govt to meet protesting farmers again on Saturday as talks continue 03 Dec 2020 - 08:17 pm
Farmers listen to a speaker as they attend a protest against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near Delhi, India, December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Sao Paulo state gets 1 mln doses of Chinese COVID-19 vaccine 03 Dec 2020 - 07:59 pm
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Former US presidents ready to publicly receive Covid-19 vaccine 03 Dec 2020 - 07:47 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 21, 2017, (L-R) former US Presidents George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama attend the Hurricane Relief concert in College Station, Texas. Obama, Bush and Bill Clinton are volunteering to take a coronavi
Kamala Harris announces all-female slate of senior staff picks 03 Dec 2020 - 07:37 pm
US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks after US President-elect Joe Biden announced his economic team at The Queen Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware, on December 1, 2020. / AFP / Chandan KHANNA
Lebanese crisis deepens Syrian refugee misery 03 Dec 2020 - 03:58 pm
Syrian refugees, who have been forcibly evicted from the Lebanese northern town of Bsharre in the wake of a murder allegedly committed by a Syrian national, find refuge in the northern port city of Tripoli on November 26, 2020.   AFP / Ibrahim CHALHOUB
English health service looking at ways to deploy Pfizer vaccine in care homes: Official 03 Dec 2020 - 03:03 pm
A dose of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination of BioNTech and Pfizer is pictured in this undated handout photo, as Britain became the first western country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine, in Mainz, Germany. BioNTech SE 2020, all rights reserved/
Indian action hero Rajinikanth enters political fray 03 Dec 2020 - 02:30 pm
Indian actor Rajinikanth (C) addresses the media representatives in front of his residence in Chennai on December 3, 2020. AFP
Biden's potential COVID-19 'czar' Zients would oversee daunting task of pandemic response 03 Dec 2020 - 02:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: OMB's Deputy Director for Management Jeff Zients talks about the budget negotiations at the White House in Washington April 7, 2011. REUTERS/Larry Downing
Iran's coronavirus cases exceed 1 million 03 Dec 2020 - 01:56 pm
A woman wearing a face mask amid the COVID-19 pandemic walks by closed shops in the Iranian capital Tehran, on November 30, 2020. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
World food prices jump to six-year high: UN 03 Dec 2020 - 01:53 pm
World Food Programme employee walks between sacks of food at the Um Rakuba refugee camp which houses Ethiopian refugees fleeing the fighting in the Tigray region, on the Sudan-Ethiopia border in Sudan, November 29, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Moscow to open COVID-19 vaccination centres on Saturday 03 Dec 2020 - 01:49 pm
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Official: Africa needs COVID-19 vaccine for 60% in 2-3 years 03 Dec 2020 - 01:32 pm
Bidemi Aye receives a pre-paid debt card for cash and food provided by World Food Programme (WFP) in a makeshift home in the Makoko riverine slum settlement in Lagos on November 27, 2020.  AFP / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI
Trump expected to flex pardon powers on way out door 03 Dec 2020 - 01:13 pm
FILE PHOTO: US President Donald Trump points as he visits his campaign headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, November 3, 2020.  AFP / SAUL LOEB
Former French President Giscard d'Estaing dies of COVID-19 complications at 94 03 Dec 2020 - 11:22 am
Former French President Valery Giscard D'Estaing died at the age of 94, announced his entourage on December 2, 2020. / AFP / JACQUES DEMARTHON
S.Korea students sit college exam behind plastic barriers and in hospitals due to COVID-19 03 Dec 2020 - 11:14 am
Students wait for the start of the annual college entrance examinations amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic at an exam hall in Seoul, South Korea, December 3, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/Pool