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Trump campaign drops key request in Pennsylvania lawsuit 16 Nov 2020 - 07:00 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump drives a golf cart at the Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, U.S., November 15, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Where social distancing comes naturally: Finland keeps coronavirus in check 16 Nov 2020 - 04:40 pm
View of the Hakaniemi Sunday market, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Helsinki, Finland November 1, 2020. Lehtikuva/Markku Ulander via REUTERS
Moderna says its vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 16 Nov 2020 - 02:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading
Moscow turns ice rink into hospital as Russia's COVID-19 cases hit record 16 Nov 2020 - 01:46 pm
A general view of treatment blocks at a temporary hospital in the Krylatskoye Ice Palace, where patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are treated, in Moscow, Russia November 13, 2020. Picture taken November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim She
Indian capital's third coronavirus wave has peaked: Minister 16 Nov 2020 - 01:29 pm
A medical worker collects a swab sample for a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) for the Covid-19 coronavirus from a passenger before boarding a train at Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station in New Delhi on November 10, 2020. / AFP / XAVIER GALIANA
'One heck of a ride': SpaceX launches astronauts into space 16 Nov 2020 - 12:43 pm
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Crew Dragon capsule, is launched carrying four astronauts on the first operational NASA commercial crew mission at Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. November 15, 2020. REUTERS/Thom Baur
Ethiopia says Tigray town seized, war embroils Eritrea 16 Nov 2020 - 12:27 pm
Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed attends a signing ceremony with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia December 7, 2019. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri/File Photo
Hurricane Iota powers up in new threat to Central America 16 Nov 2020 - 12:02 pm
A dog eats from the rubble of houses destroyed by the passage of Hurricane Eta, in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, on November 15, 2020, before the arrival of Hurricane Iota. AFP / STR
UK PM Johnson says he is well and will govern by Zoom after COVID-19 contact 16 Nov 2020 - 11:47 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken n November 10, 2020, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives back at Downing Street in London after chairing the weekly cabinet meeting held at the nearby Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. AFP / Justin T
J&J starts two-dose trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate 16 Nov 2020 - 11:43 am
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Britain expects to roll out Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine before Christmas 16 Nov 2020 - 11:09 am
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Kuwait firm in talks to distribute vaccines around the world 16 Nov 2020 - 10:37 am
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Two states announce new virus restrictions as US cases hit 11M 16 Nov 2020 - 10:10 am
FILE PHOTO: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) speaks during an event with U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden (not pictured) in Southfield, Michigan, U.S. , October 16, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo
Privacy activist files complaints against Apple's tracking tool 16 Nov 2020 - 09:10 am
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Washington state governor imposes sweeping restrictions amid COVID-19 surge 16 Nov 2020 - 12:01 am
People walk past the Washington monument at sunset in Washington, U.S., November 12, 2020. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
British PM Johnson is self-isolating after COVID-19 contact 15 Nov 2020 - 11:58 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on July 23, 2019 new Conservative Party leader and incoming prime minister Boris Johnson arrives at the Conservative party headquarters in central London. On July 23, 2019, party members choose Brexit figurehead Boris John
Sanofi says its vaccine won't need supercooling 15 Nov 2020 - 11:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Sanofi logo is seen during the company's annual results news conference in Paris, France, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo
Hurricane Iota closing in on storm-battered Central America 15 Nov 2020 - 11:43 pm
Workers of banana fields come across a flooded road while evacuating the area in El Progreso, Yoro department, Honduras, on November 14, 2020, before the arrival of tropical storm Iota. Less than two weeks after powerful storm Eta killed more than 200 peo