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BioNTech founders warn of vaccine supply gaps - Spiegel 01 Jan 2021 - 12:49 pm
FILE PHOTO: CEO and co-founder of BioNTech, Ugur Sahin, answers journalists' questions after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved its COVID-19 vaccine, at the company headquarters in Mainz, Germany December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Ph
World Health Organization lists Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for emergency use 01 Jan 2021 - 11:41 am
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at a large vaccination centre open by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center on December 31, 2020 in the Israeli coastal city./ AFP / JACK GUEZ
Putin urges unity in 2021 as second wave batters Russia 31 Dec 2020 - 08:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual end-of-year news conference, held online in a video conference mode, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia December 17, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin
England readies Nightingale field hospitals as cases surge 31 Dec 2020 - 07:44 pm
FILE PHOTO/Jacob King/Pool via REUTERS
Search continues for survivors after major Norway landslide 31 Dec 2020 - 03:52 pm
A helicopter flies over Ask in Gjerdrum municipality on December 31, 2020, one day after a major landslide and clay landslide. A major landslide destroyed homes overnight to December 30, 2020 in the village of Ask in Norway close to the capital Oslo, leav
British PM Johnson's father applying for French citizenship 31 Dec 2020 - 01:28 pm
FILE PHOTO: Stanley Johnson, father of Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, is seen in Westminster, in London, Britain September 24, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Russia signs Bolivia vaccine deal but confusion remains over dosages 31 Dec 2020 - 12:26 am
A nurse prepares dose of the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) Covid-19 vaccine for a patient at a clinic in Moscow on December 30, 2020, as the country started its vaccination campaign for people aged 60 and over, to fight against the spread of the novel coronav
Netherlands sticks to plan to start COVID-19 vaccinations by Jan. 8 31 Dec 2020 - 12:03 am
An employee walks past portacabins in the Expo Houten, in Houten on December 30, 2020, as part of the locations setting-up for the Dutch national Covid-19 vaccination campaign to fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus. / AFP / ANP / Sem van der
Study suggests Italy's COVID-19 death toll is higher than reported 30 Dec 2020 - 08:18 pm
A general view shows an empty street with trulli, limestone buildings of Alberobello, a World Heritage Site, lit up with Christmas lights, as Italy goes back to a complete lockdown during Christmas season as part of efforts to curb the spread of the coron
UK widens English lockdowns as COVID variant surges 30 Dec 2020 - 08:06 pm
People watch the sunset ahead of the start of tier 4 restrictions as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, at Quayside in Newcastle, Britain December 30, 2020. REUTERS/Lee Smith
Link between COVID-19 shot, Swiss death 'highly unlikely' - drugs regulator 30 Dec 2020 - 07:26 pm
FILE PHOTO / REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Ukraine to buy 2 mln doses of China's CoronaVac vaccine 30 Dec 2020 - 07:20 pm
REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo
"Where shall we go?", families ask after Croatia quake 30 Dec 2020 - 03:28 pm
Picture taken on December 30, 2020 shows the rubble of a destroyed building in the village of Majske Poljane, where 5 people died, some 50kms from Zagreb, a day after the region was hit by a 6.4-magnitude quake. AFP / Damir Sencar
Germany set for longer lockdown as death figures spike 30 Dec 2020 - 03:20 pm
People queue in front of one of Berlin's 6 vaccination centres in Treptow, eastern Berlin, amid a Coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, on December 29, 2020. / AFP / John MACDOUGALL
Switzerland sticks to 'lockdown light' despite virus variants 30 Dec 2020 - 03:12 pm
Skiers pass the restriction signs to line up at the chairlift at Les Portes du Soleil ski resort during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Les Crosets, Switzerland, December 19, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
UK approves use of 2nd COVID-19 vaccine with easier storage 30 Dec 2020 - 02:54 pm
AFP / Tolga Akmen
Virus rates show Germany 'still very far from normality': minister 30 Dec 2020 - 01:57 pm
German Health Minister Jens Spahn wears a face mask as he arrives for a press conference in Berlin, Germany, on December 30, 2020, to comment on the current situation amid the new coronavirus, COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccination campaign in Germany. / A
Hundreds evacuated after landslide in Norway 30 Dec 2020 - 01:26 pm
A rescue helicopter view shows the aftermath of a landslide at a residential area in Ask village, about 40km north of Oslo, Norway December 30, 2020. According to police several people went missing.

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Christopher Okello Onyum, suspected in the killing of four toddlers at a daycare in Ggaba, stands in the dock during his trial at the Ggaba Community Church Grounds in Kampala on April 13, 2026. Photo by Stuart Tibaweswa / AFP Uganda kindergarten murderer sentenced to death
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