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Too early to say when COVID-19 lockdown will end, UK PM Johnson says 21 Jan 2021 - 10:05 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks to members of the media after being shown the Environment Agency's flood defence preparations during his visit to Withington in Manchester, as Storm Christoph brings heavy rains and flooding across the country,
Argentine president receives Russian-made COVID-19 vaccine 21 Jan 2021 - 09:46 pm
Argentina's President Alberto Fernandez gets vaccinated with the Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine at the Hospital Posadas, in Buenos Aires, Argentina January 21, 2021. Esteban Collazo/Argentine Presidency/Handout via REUTERS
US panel asks FBI to review role of Parler in Jan. 6 Capitol attack 21 Jan 2021 - 09:07 pm
The Parler website is seen before its shutdown in this still from video, January 10, 2021. REUTERS/Reuters TV
German scientists make paralyzed mice walk again 21 Jan 2021 - 09:03 pm
A mouse which recovered from paralysis is seen in a lab at Ruhr University, where scientists discovered a way to restore the ability to walk in mice that had been paralysed after a complete spinal cord injury, in Bochum, Germany, January 21, 2021. REUTERS
Mutant variants pose very high COVID risk in Europe, ECDC agency says 21 Jan 2021 - 08:50 pm
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China to gift half million doses of Sinopharm vaccine to Pakistan 21 Jan 2021 - 08:33 pm
A man wears a protective face mask as he walks among other people along a street, as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Karachi, Pakistan June 16, 2020. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
US House Speaker Pelosi says seeks clarity on Senate readiness for Trump impeachment trial 21 Jan 2021 - 08:14 pm
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks to reporters the day after U.S. President Joe Biden's inauguration as the 46th president of the United States, during her weekly news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2021. REUTERS/To
Russia plans to produce COVID-19 vaccine storable at fridge temperatures - minister 21 Jan 2021 - 07:55 pm
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Lebanon extends lockdown into February as virus numbers rise 21 Jan 2021 - 07:38 pm
A man wearing a face mask walks near the damaged grain silo, as Lebanon tightened lockdown and introduced a 24-hour curfew to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Beirut, Lebanon, January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
South Africa to pay $5.25 a dose for AstraZeneca vaccine from India's SII 21 Jan 2021 - 07:13 pm
FILE PHOTO: Vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, are seen before they are packaged inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, November 30, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
Spain opens 200 criminal probes into care home pandemic failings 21 Jan 2021 - 07:04 pm
Araceli Hidalgo,the 96 year-old Los Olmos nursing home resident, who was Spain's first person to get the COVID vaccine on December 27, receives a second dose of vaccine which will make her the first immune person to the virus in the country, in Guadalajar
Merkel tells Biden she’s open to talks on Russia energy ties 21 Jan 2021 - 04:49 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds a news conference about the current situation of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Berlin, Germany, January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Lebanese prosecutor questions central bank governor Salameh after Swiss request 21 Jan 2021 - 04:09 pm
FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh speaks during a news conference at Central Bank in Beirut, Lebanon, November 11, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
S.Korea expects first batch of COVID-19 vaccine from COVAX within weeks 21 Jan 2021 - 03:58 pm
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A lotus, not a Chinese dragon: Indian PM Modi's home state changes name of fruit 21 Jan 2021 - 03:48 pm
File photo: A woman sorts and packs dragon fruit. Reuters/Oswaldo Rivas/File Photo
British FM in Khartoum to discuss Sudan-Ethiopia tension 21 Jan 2021 - 03:12 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Foreign Affairs Secretary Dominic Raab. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Hungary gives initial approval for AstraZeneca and Sputnik V vaccines 21 Jan 2021 - 03:06 pm
A medical specialist holds a vial of Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in a department store in Moscow, Russia, January 18, 2021 REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo
Indonesia halts search for victims of Sriwijaya Air crash 21 Jan 2021 - 02:57 pm
A member of Indonesia's rescue personnel observes the debris of Sriwijaya Air flight SJ 182, which crashed into the Java Sea, at the last day of the search and rescue operation, at Tanjung Priok port in Jakarta, Indonesia January 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ajeng D
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