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Banners, lights as Japan hails MVP award for baseballer Ohtani 19 Nov 2021 - 03:26 pm
A man reads an extra edition of a newspaper, reporting Japan's Shohei Ohtani of the Los Angeles Angels was named Most Valuable Player of Major League Baseball's American League, in Tokyo, Japan November 19, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Indonesia prepares regulation to help fund mangrove restoration 19 Nov 2021 - 03:17 pm
Newly planted mangrove trees are seen in Bebatu, a remote area near Tarakan, North Kalimantan province, Indonesia, October 19, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
From fire to floods, climate change hits Canada's fragile supply chain 19 Nov 2021 - 03:13 pm
Floodwater and debris are seen at the site of a landslide on Highway 7 near Hope, after rainstorms caused flooding and landslides across British Columbia, Canada November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Jesse Winter
Austria reimposes full lockdown, plans to make COVID vaccines compulsory 19 Nov 2021 - 02:04 pm
People wait in front of a vaccination bus during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, as Austria's government has imposed a lockdown on people who are not fully vaccinated, in Vienna, Austria, November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Germany not ruling out lockdown, even for the vaccinated 19 Nov 2021 - 01:58 pm
The skyline with its office buildings and the banking district are photographed during sunset as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues and the German government plans new pandemic control measures in Frankfurt, Germany, November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Hoax threat forces Spanish airliner evacuation in La Coruna 19 Nov 2021 - 01:39 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Volotea Airlines Airbus A319-100 airplane takes off at the airport in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, July 28, 2018. REUTERS/Paul Hanna/File Photo
Market in China's Wuhan likely origin of COVID-19 outbreak - study 19 Nov 2021 - 01:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: A general view shows the Huanan Wholesale Seafood Market, where the first cluster of cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) emerged, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China, January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
Qatar hands over Presidency of Arab Ministerial Water Council to Lebanon 19 Nov 2021 - 12:37 pm
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India to repeal controversial farm laws that led to protests 19 Nov 2021 - 10:06 am
FILE PHOTO: Farmers and protesters pull a blockade using tractor during a tractor rally to protest against farm laws on the occasion of India's Republic Day at Tikri border near New Delhi, India, January 26, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
Thousands of Afghans seek temporary US entry, few approved 19 Nov 2021 - 09:51 am
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Canada to authorize use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children -source 18 Nov 2021 - 11:46 pm
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Disney to require COVID-19 shots for cruise guests 5 and up 18 Nov 2021 - 11:07 pm
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India allows export of 20 mln Novavax vaccine doses to Indonesia -document, source 18 Nov 2021 - 10:46 pm
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Hundreds gather in Paris to protest over new Austria restrictions 18 Nov 2021 - 09:58 pm
Pedestrians walk along a shopping street after the Austrian government placed roughly two million people who are not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on lockdown, in Vienna, Austria, November 17, 2021. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Hungary makes booster COVID-19 shot mandatory for healthcare staff 18 Nov 2021 - 09:10 pm
FILE PHOTO: Healthcare worker Adrienne Kertesz receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Del-Pest Central Hospital as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Budapest, Hungary, December 26, 2020. Szilard Koszticsak/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Pfizer, US ink $5.29B deal for possible COVID-19 treatment 18 Nov 2021 - 09:02 pm
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Germany to limit public life for the unvaccinated 18 Nov 2021 - 08:11 pm
People wait to be vaccinated at the vaccination centre in Nuremberg, Germany, November 18, 2021. REUTERS/Lukas Barth
Czech Republic and Slovakia tighten COVID-19 curbs for unvaccinated 18 Nov 2021 - 07:22 pm
A clock showing the time at noon is pictured on a building, next to almost empty streets at Old Town Square during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Prague, Czech Republic, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny