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Fauci says vaccinate quickly to fight COVID-19 variants 08 Feb 2021 - 08:10 pm
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci addresses the daily press briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo/File Photo
Texas Republican first in U.S. Congress to die from COVID-19 08 Feb 2021 - 08:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: Representative-elect Ron Wright (R-TX) reacts to drawing number 6 during a lottery for office assignments on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 30, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Trump’s impeachment trial to start with constitutional debate 08 Feb 2021 - 07:21 pm
The sun rises over the U.S. Capitol ahead of former U.S. President Donald Trump's second Impeachment trial in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
Floods trigger power outages, evacuations in Indonesia's capital 08 Feb 2021 - 07:05 pm
Women carrying children walk along a street affected by floods in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Search on for more than 200 after India glacier fractures, sweeping away all before it 08 Feb 2021 - 06:45 pm
Rescue team members work near a tunnel after a part of a glacier broke away and caused flood in Tapovan, northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
South Korea seeks to reassure ageing residents after raising COVID-19 vaccine questions 08 Feb 2021 - 06:26 pm
Commuters cross a zebra crossing, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Seoul, South Korea, February 3, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Indonesia's medical seniors get vaccines after regulator's green light 08 Feb 2021 - 06:07 pm
S. Parlindungan Gultom, a 76-year-old doctor, looks on as a medical worker prepares a dose of China's Sinovac Biotech vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as Indonesia approved use of the vaccine for its elderly population, in Jakarta, Indonesi
Southwest France hit by heavy floods, Paris area on flood alert 08 Feb 2021 - 06:00 pm
Rescue workers on small boats help residents in a flooded area as the Charente River overflows in Saintes after days of rainy weather causing flooding in western France, France, February 8, 2021. REUTERS/Stephane Mahe
CanSinoBIO's COVID-19 dose 65.7% effective in large trial: Pakistani official 08 Feb 2021 - 05:20 pm
FILE PHOTO: A logo of China's vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc is pictured on the company's headquarters in Tianjin, following an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), China August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Australia urges calm over AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine after S.Africa suspends use 08 Feb 2021 - 02:43 pm
A vail of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen at Basingstoke Fire Station, in Basingstoke, Britain February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo
Netanyahu appears in court for resumption of corruption trial 08 Feb 2021 - 10:04 am
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India glacier avalanche leaves 12 dead, 170 missing 08 Feb 2021 - 09:13 am
Members of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) tend to people rescued after a Himalayan glacier broke and swept away a small hydroelectric dam, in Chormi village in Tapovan in the northern state of Uttarakhand, India, February 7, 2021. REUTERS/Stringer
US moves to rejoin UN rights council, reversing Trump anew 08 Feb 2021 - 08:40 am
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Airbnb to tighten control of short-term lets in France 08 Feb 2021 - 08:11 am
File photo: The Airbnb logo is seen on a little mini pyramid under the glass Pyramid of the Louvre museum in Paris, France, March 12, 2019. Reuters/Charles Platiau/File Photo
US Treasury's Yellen: Americans earning $60,000 should get stimulus checks 07 Feb 2021 - 11:56 pm
FILE PHOTO: George Washington is seen with printed medical mask on the one Dollar banknotes in this illustration taken, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration
South Africa halts AstraZeneca vaccinations over variant data 07 Feb 2021 - 11:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: A vial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is pictured at Basingstoke Fire Station, in Basingstoke, Britain February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Peter Cziborra/File Photo
New Ebola case detected in eastern Congo, health ministry says 07 Feb 2021 - 09:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: Health workers dressed in protective suits are seen at the newly constructed MSF(Doctors Without Borders) Ebola treatment centre in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 4, 2019.REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Former Republican official George Shultz dies at 100 years old - Hoover Institute 07 Feb 2021 - 09:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz arrives with his wife Charlotte for the state dinner hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama for President of China Hu Jintao at the White House in Washington, January 19