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Russia resumes COVID-19 vaccine trial after pause: Medical staff 19 Nov 2020 - 03:31 pm
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German virus case growth stable but numbers 'still too high' 19 Nov 2020 - 02:13 pm
Police use a water cannon to disperse protesters demonstrating against measures imposed by the German government to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, on November 18, 2020 close to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.  AFP / Odd ANDERSEN
Denmark says mutated coronavirus from mink farms most likely extinct 19 Nov 2020 - 02:06 pm
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Oxford Covid-19 trial will look at interim Phase III data after 53 infections: Investigator 19 Nov 2020 - 02:01 pm
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Mother-of-five steers new course as Gaza's first woman taxi driver 19 Nov 2020 - 01:56 pm
Palestinian woman Naela Abu Jibba, who started a women-only taxi service in Gaza Strip, drives her vehicle at Beach refugee camp in Gaza City November 17, 2020. Picture taken November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Top court gives France three months to show climate action 19 Nov 2020 - 01:40 pm
(FILES) In this file photograph taken on September 21, 2019, Europe Ecologie Les Verts (EELV) Green Party deputy and Mayor of Grande-Synthe Damien Careme (C) and Europe Ecologie Les Verts (EELV) European MP Karima (in green with the giant ice cream) march
Taiwan firm eyes wider market for its protective air travel gear 19 Nov 2020 - 01:25 pm
Z.C. Chen, chairman of BenQ, reads the duty-free magazine while wearing a protective outfit on a flight, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Taipei, Taiwan November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang
Options dwindling, Trump faces likely setback in Georgia recount 19 Nov 2020 - 01:14 pm
A US Marine is seen posted as he opens a door of the West Wing, an indication that US President Donald Trump is in the Oval Office, in Washington, US, November 18, 2020. Reuters/Carlos Barria
Japan's capital raises coronavirus alert to highest as cases set record 19 Nov 2020 - 10:20 am
Passers-by wear protective face masks on a street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot candidate shows promise among elderly in trials 19 Nov 2020 - 10:11 am
A test tube labelled with the word Vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
New York City public schools halt in-person classes as COVID-19 crisis deepens 19 Nov 2020 - 12:16 am
(FILES) In this file photo students walk past a public school on October 5, 2020 in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City. New York's public schools will close temporarily to combat a rise in coronavirus cases, its mayor announced on November 18, 2020, de
Canada in talks to donate extra COVID-19 vaccine shots to poorer countries -sources 18 Nov 2020 - 11:46 pm
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Apple to pay $113 mn to US states over iPhone battery complaints 18 Nov 2020 - 11:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man holds an iPhone 6 in a mobile phone shop in Moscow, Russia, September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines may be authorized for use within weeks -U.S. official 18 Nov 2020 - 11:09 pm
(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on August 05, 2020 shows a sign for Pfizer pharmaceutical company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 18, 2017, and the Moderna headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 18, 2020. Pfizer, Moderna,
US FDA approves first COVID-19 test kit for home use 18 Nov 2020 - 11:06 pm
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Canada names China, Russia as main cyber-crime threats; sees risk to power supply 18 Nov 2020 - 10:54 pm
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BioNTech says vaccine approval possible in mid-Dec under ideal conditions 18 Nov 2020 - 10:03 pm
The headquarters of German company BioNTech is pictured in Mainz, western Germany, on November 12, 2020. The small German biotech firm BioNTech, started by a husband and wife team with Turkish roots, has never brought a vaccine to market before. But its e
Air France-KLM prepares COVID-19 vaccine airlift 18 Nov 2020 - 08:41 pm
Air France employees load a Boeing 777 cargo plane with Active Temperature Control containers carrying rabies vaccines at Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy, near Paris as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in France November 18, 2020.