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Canada confident in vaccine deliveries even if US blocks exports 08 Dec 2020 - 09:22 pm
Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks to a news conference, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable
Trump to sign vaccine decree after questions raised on supply 08 Dec 2020 - 08:20 pm
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Texas asks US Supreme Court to help Trump upend election 08 Dec 2020 - 07:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton addresses reporters on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington March 2, 2016.REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Mexican President waits turn for COVID-19 vaccine jab, gives rollout details 08 Dec 2020 - 07:06 pm
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador listens to Mexico's deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell during his daily press conference at the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on December 8, 2020. / AFP / ALFREDO ESTRELLA
Musk's SpaceX to stage key high-altitude Starship test 08 Dec 2020 - 04:11 pm
In this handout photo from SpaceX, a prototype of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft is seen at the company's Texas launch facility on September 30, 2019 in Boca Chica near Brownsville, Texas. AFP PHOTO / Handout/ SpaceX
Second US judge blocks Trump's TikTok ban 08 Dec 2020 - 10:22 am
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Gen Chuck Yeager, 'Right Stuff' test pilot who broke sound barrier, dead at 97 08 Dec 2020 - 09:58 am
This file US Air Force handout photo from 1995 at Edwards Air Force Base in California shows Brig. Gen. Charles E.
Sao Paulo to launch vaccination campaign in January: governor 08 Dec 2020 - 12:16 am
Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria shows to members of the media a package of the CoronaVac vaccine as containers carrying doses of it are unloaded from a cargo plane that arrived from China at Guarulhos International Airport in Guarulhos, near Sao Paulo, Braz
Trump to sign order giving priority access for US COVID-19 vaccines to US population 07 Dec 2020 - 11:40 pm
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California bans private gatherings, New York expands hospitals to battle coronavirus surge 07 Dec 2020 - 09:48 pm
A woman stretches near a warning sign on the beach as new stay-at-home orders begin in Southern California during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Oceanside, California, U.S., December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake
Biden names health team to tackle spiraling Covid crisis 07 Dec 2020 - 08:12 pm
US President-elect Joe Biden, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (L), announces his economic team at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, on December 1, 2020. / AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA
Canada set to receive first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine before end of year 07 Dec 2020 - 07:59 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a
Citing low virus rates in schools, NYC again reopens schools 07 Dec 2020 - 04:30 pm
Jane Hassebroek holds her cousin while sitting next to her brother Felix, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in New York City, U.S., December 6, 2020. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
Giuliani tests positive for COVID-19, latest in Trump's inner circle 07 Dec 2020 - 10:19 am
In this file photo taken on July 01, 2020, Rudy Giuliani, attorney for US President Donald Trump, speaks at the White House in Washington, DC. AFP / Jim Watson
Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani tested positive for coronavirus, Trump says 06 Dec 2020 - 11:44 pm
LANSING, MI - DECEMBER 02: U.S. President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani speaks during an appearance before the Michigan House Oversight Committee on December 2, 2020 in Lansing, Rey Del Rio/Getty Images/AFP
New pleas for masks as Trump rally ignores Covid risk 06 Dec 2020 - 09:10 pm
US President Donald Trump leaves the stage with First Lady Melania Trump at the end of a rally to support Republican Senate candidates at Valdosta Regional Airport in Valdosta, Georgia on December 5, 2020. / AFP / ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS
US coronavirus vaccine adviser to meet with Biden this week 06 Dec 2020 - 07:39 pm
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden walks from the church after attending mass in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Venezuela vote likely to give Congress to Maduro's party 06 Dec 2020 - 05:41 pm
People queue outside a polling station to cast their vote during the parliamentary election in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 6, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero