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Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia targets ‘net zero’ by 2060 23 Oct 2021 - 11:28 am
Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is seen on the screen during the Saudi Green Initiative Forum organised to discuss efforts by the world's top oil exporter to tackle climate change in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 23, 2021. Reuters/Ahmed Yo
FDA says benefits outweigh risks for Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in children 23 Oct 2021 - 11:20 am
Pfizer/BioNTech's new pediatric COVID-19 vaccine vials are seen in this undated handout photo. Pfizer/Handout via Reuters
Singapore to restrict workplace access for unvaccinated people 23 Oct 2021 - 11:14 am
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A resurgent Covid-19 means another tough winter could be coming 23 Oct 2021 - 10:59 am
Doctor takes a nasal swab from a person for a rapid antigen test at a testing site, in Berlin, Germany, April 15, 2021. Reuters/Christian Mang/File Photo
Canada scraps advisory to avoid foreign travel, cites COVID-19 vaccination success 22 Oct 2021 - 07:42 pm
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam attends a news conference as efforts continue to help slow the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 23, 2020. REUTERS/Blair Gable/File Photo
Alec Baldwin says 'my heart is broken' after fatal movie set shooting 22 Oct 2021 - 07:22 pm
A view of the entrance to Bonanza Creek Ranch where Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin fatally shot a cinematographer and wounded a director when he discharged a prop gun on the movie set of the film
UK PM Johnson says fresh COVID lockdown not on the cards 22 Oct 2021 - 06:01 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks to the media as he visits at a COVID-19 vaccination centre at Little Venice Sports Centre, in London, Britain October 22, 2021. Matt Dunham/Pool via REUTERS
Belgium enters fourth COVID-19 infection wave as cases jump 22 Oct 2021 - 05:35 pm
Shoppers, wearing protective face masks, walk past posters for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination centre installed inside a supermarket in Brussels, Belgium, August 30, 2021. REUTERS/Bart Biesemans
Britain says investigating Delta subvariant as possibly more transmissible 22 Oct 2021 - 04:24 pm
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German COVID-19 cases jump as state leaders seek federal backing 22 Oct 2021 - 04:06 pm
People queue to receive a vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during a night of vaccinations with music, at the Arena Treptow vaccination centre in Berlin, Germany, August 9, 2021. John Macdougall/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Pfizer says Covid vaccine 91% effective in kids ages 5 to 11 22 Oct 2021 - 03:28 pm
Pfizer logo is reflected in a drop on a syringe needle in this illustration photo taken March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo
Four dead as hurricane-force winds batter Poland 22 Oct 2021 - 03:19 pm
Firefighters remove a fallen tree after very strong winds in Wroclaw, Poland October 21, 2021. Tomasz Pietrzyk/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS
Americans can mix and match COVID-19 boosters but original vaccine recommended: Fauci 22 Oct 2021 - 03:13 pm
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., July 20, 2021. Stefa
Parts of China toughen COVID curbs to fight new outbreak 22 Oct 2021 - 02:09 pm
A medical worker in protective suit collects a swab from a resident at a makeshift nucleic acid testing site inside a residential compound, following new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Zunyi, Guizhou province, China October 21, 2021. Pict
Ukraine shuts schools as coronavirus death toll hits new record 22 Oct 2021 - 02:07 pm
A medical specialist is seen next to an ambulance outside a hospital for patients infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kyiv, Ukraine October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
Blast and fire kill 16 at Russian chemicals plant - TASS 22 Oct 2021 - 01:16 pm
Firefighters work to put out a fire at a gunpowder and chemicals plant in Ryazan Region, Russia October 22, 2021. Russia's Emergencies Ministry/Handout via REUTERS
High demand for 'Squid Game' tracksuits cheers S.Korea's struggling garment sector 22 Oct 2021 - 01:11 pm
A woman works on tracksuits inspired by Netflix series
Many Indians unlikely to be fully vaccinated by year-end despite ample COVID shots 22 Oct 2021 - 01:06 pm
Humayun's Tomb is lit in tricolour as India celebrates the milestone of administering one billion COVID-19 vaccine doses, in New Delhi, India, October 21, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis