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A flat New Year for Seoul pancake houses as COVID-19 curbs hit festivities 11 Feb 2021 - 02:43 pm
Lee Soon-ai, owner of a Korean traditional pancake house for over 15 years, puts meat onto skewers to sell for the Lunar New Year, in Seoul, South Korea February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Minwoo Park
Myanmar protesters gather in Japan against coup at home 11 Feb 2021 - 02:41 pm
Demonstrators show the three-finger salute as they protest against Myanmar military coup, in Tokyo, Japan, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Philippines to get China-donated vaccines this month for troops, medical staff 11 Feb 2021 - 02:14 pm
Health workers and employees of Philippine General Hospital register for COVID-19 vaccination, expected to arrive this month, at the Philippine General Hospital in Manila, Philippines, February 9, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
Rescuers drill Indian tunnel to look for trapped workers; families get impatient 11 Feb 2021 - 11:14 am
Members of a rescue team work inside a tunnel after a part of a glacier broke away in Tapovan, in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 11, 2021. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
Presidents Biden and Xi hold first phone call amid tense U.S.-China relations 11 Feb 2021 - 10:43 am
File photo: Chinese President Xi Jinping shakes hands with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden (L) inside the Great Hall of the People in Beijing December 4, 2013. Reuters/Lintao Zhang/Pool//File Photo
Democrats to show new graphic video of Capitol assault in Trump impeachment trial 11 Feb 2021 - 12:18 am
U.S. House impeachment manager Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) delivers part of the impeachment managers’ opening argument in the impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump, on charges of inciting the deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol, on the floor of t
Use AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot even in countries with S.African variant - WHO panel 11 Feb 2021 - 12:00 am
A vial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen at Basingstoke Fire Station, in Basingstoke, Britain February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra
Modi assures Canada that India will strive to meet its vaccine needs 10 Feb 2021 - 11:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (L) shakes hands with his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi during a photo opportunity ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India, February 23, 2018. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Germany extends lockdown amid fear of coronavirus variants 10 Feb 2021 - 11:24 pm
A general view shows an almost empty Friedrichstrasse boulevard, one of the city's best known shopping zones, during lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Berlin, Germany, February 5, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
TikTok sale to Walmart, Oracle stalls as Biden reviews security - WSJ 10 Feb 2021 - 11:17 pm
FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Tik Tok logo is seen in front of U.S. flag in this illustration taken October 6, 2020. Picture taken October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
US government partnering with Texas to build three mass vaccination sites 10 Feb 2021 - 08:56 pm
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Two masks, snug fit reduces COVID-19 spread, US study shows 10 Feb 2021 - 08:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia September 30, 2014. REUTERS/Tami Chappell/File Photo
AstraZeneca vaccine could get WHO emergency approval by mid-Feb - WHO 10 Feb 2021 - 07:54 pm
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New Zealand, Australia on tsunami watch after strong quake in Pacific 10 Feb 2021 - 07:46 pm
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Get used to idea of re-vaccinating against Covid, UK PM Johnson says 10 Feb 2021 - 04:14 pm
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Senators to hear opening arguments as Trump fumes over trial 10 Feb 2021 - 03:44 pm
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Four blasts hit Kabul, district police chief among the dead 10 Feb 2021 - 03:40 pm
An Afghan security official inspects the site of a bomb blast in Kabul, Afghanistan February 9, 2021. Reuters/Omar Sobhani
Spain's recovering COVID-19 patients must wait six months for vaccine 10 Feb 2021 - 03:16 pm
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