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Clashes erupt as farmers blocked from entering Delhi to protest over new law 27 Nov 2020 - 11:57 am
Farmers gather on a bridge as police block a road during a march to India's capital New Delhi to protest against the central government's recent agricultural reforms, on the outskirts of Ambala on November 26, 2020. / AFP / -
Symptomless and spreading, South Korea battles surge in silent COVID-19 cases 27 Nov 2020 - 10:34 am
Medical staff members wearing protective gear take samples for the Covid-19 test from visitors at a testing station in SEOUL on November 27, 2020. / AFP / Jung Yeon-je
Russia's Sputnik V developers call on AstraZeneca to try combining vaccines 26 Nov 2020 - 11:31 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 10, 2020 a nurse prepares to inoculate volunteer Ilya Dubrovin, 36, with Russia's new coronavirus vaccine in a post-registration trials at a clinic in Moscow. Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is 95 perce
Sao Paulo may use Sinovac vaccine without Brazil regulator's approval, governor says 26 Nov 2020 - 11:09 pm
FILE PHOTO: Brazil's Sao Paulo state governor, Joao Doria, and director of Instituto Butantan, Dimas Tadeu Covas, hold boxes of the China's Sinovac vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) as a cargo plane containing the vaccines arrives at Sao
Africa lacks preparedness for virus vaccine roll-out : WHO 26 Nov 2020 - 08:29 pm
FILE PHOTO: A member of the medical staff dressed in a protective suit holds a syringe as he treats a coronavirus disease patient inside the COVID-19 ICU of Machakos Level 5 Hospital, in Machakos, Kenya October 28, 2020. Picture taken October 28, 2020. RE
CEO says AstraZeneca likely to run new global trial of COVID-19 vaccine -Bloomberg News 26 Nov 2020 - 07:58 pm
This illustration picture taken in Paris on November 23, 2020 shows a syringe and a bottle reading
Disney increases planned layoffs to 32,000 as virus hits park attendance 26 Nov 2020 - 07:55 pm
Cheryl Ooley and Stephanie Horning wait to get inside Disney California Adventure as its retail stores and restaurants partially reopened without rides during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Anaheim, California, U.S., November 19, 2
America celebrates scaled-back Thanksgiving as COVID-19 surges 26 Nov 2020 - 07:51 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 24, 2020, people take photos of Thanksgiving decorations at Macy's Herald Square store in New York City. Thanksgiving is an official American holiday that celebrates one of the country's founding myths. It is f
Sadiq al-Mahdi, Sudan former prime minister, dies of virus 26 Nov 2020 - 05:52 pm
Sudan's top opposition leader and former prime minister Sadiq al-Mahdi, whose elected government was toppled in a 1989 Islamist-backed coup, speaks during an interview at his residence in Omdourman.  AFP / OZAN KOSE
Lithuania finds coronavirus in minks at one farm 26 Nov 2020 - 04:34 pm
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Burkina Faso president Kabore wins election with 57.87% of vote 26 Nov 2020 - 04:24 pm
A woman displays bread for sale near a campaign banner of presidential candidate Roch Kabore in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Greece extends coronavirus lockdown by a week 26 Nov 2020 - 03:37 pm
Nurses attend a Covid-19 patient at the intensive care unit of a hospital in Athens on November 20, 2020.  AFP / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI
Buried under a Serbian cornfield, Roman military HQ slowly sheds its secrets 26 Nov 2020 - 03:32 pm
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"Corona cabbies" in driving seat of Stockholm's COVID testing 26 Nov 2020 - 03:29 pm
AstraZeneca faces more vaccine questions after manufacturing error 26 Nov 2020 - 03:21 pm
A laboratory technician supervises capped vials during filling and packaging tests for the large-scale production and supply of the University of Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate, AZD1222, conducted on a high-performance aseptic vial filling line on Se
With frozen food clampdown, China points overseas as source of coronavirus 26 Nov 2020 - 03:05 pm
File photo: A blocked entrance to Huanan seafood market, where the coronavirus that can cause COVID-19 is believed to have first surfaced, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China September 2, 2020. Picture taken September 2, 2020. Reuters/Aly Song/File Photo
German COVID-19 restrictions set to last into 2021 26 Nov 2020 - 02:39 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivers a speech during a session at the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) on November 26, 2020 in Berlin on measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). / AFP / Tobias SCHWARZ
Indian farmers clash with police over farm reforms 26 Nov 2020 - 12:24 pm
Farmers gather on a bridge as police block a road during a march to India's capital New Delhi to protest against the central government's recent agricultural reforms, on the outskirts of Ambala on November 26, 2020. AFP