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China's capital steps up COVID-19 measures as outbreak persists 20 Jan 2021 - 12:41 pm
Police guard a blocked-off street in a residential neighbourhood following new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Tiangongyuan area of Daxing district in Beijing, China, January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Britain helps Kenya prepare for roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine 20 Jan 2021 - 12:27 pm
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China's COVID-19 vaccine makers apply to join COVAX scheme 20 Jan 2021 - 12:19 pm
A man walks to receive a dose of a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination site, during a government-organized visit, in Beijing, China January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Indian villagers celebrate inauguration of Kamala Harris 20 Jan 2021 - 11:33 am
People holding placards with the photo of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris celebrate on the day of her inauguration in the village of Thulasendrapuram, where Harris' maternal grandfather was born and grew up, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu,
China deploys 16 rescue teams to save stricken gold miners 20 Jan 2021 - 10:09 am
Rescuers are seen at the site where workers were trapped underground after an explosion at the gold mine under construction, in Qixia, Shandong province, China January 20, 2021. China Daily via REUTERS
Alibaba's Jack Ma makes first public appearance in three months 20 Jan 2021 - 10:07 am
Jack Ma, chairman of Alibaba Group arrives at the
S.Korea may secure additional COVID-19 vaccines from Novavax, Moon says 20 Jan 2021 - 09:51 am
South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks during an online New Year news conference with local and foreign journalists at the Presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, January 18, 2021. Jeon Heon-Kyun/Pool via REUTERS
From Gaga to Garth, Miranda to Moreno: Celebs join inaugural 20 Jan 2021 - 08:42 am
File photo of Lady Gaga as she performs during a drive-in campaign rally held by Democratic U.S. presidential nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., November 2, 2020. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
An emotional Biden bids farewell to Delaware on his way to White House 20 Jan 2021 - 12:16 am
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden cries during an event at Major Joseph R.
Germany extends lockdown to Feb. 14 on fears of COVID variants 20 Jan 2021 - 12:05 am
People wear face masks as they walk past a bus during lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Berlin, Germany, January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Dozen US National Guard troops removed from inaugural duty after vetting 19 Jan 2021 - 11:51 pm
Members of the National Guard patrol near the U.S. Capitol building ahead of U.S. President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, in Washington, U.S., January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Cut in supplies of Pfizer coronavirus vaccines to hit Canada, Europe too 19 Jan 2021 - 11:47 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a
India asks Facebook's WhatsApp to withdraw privacy policy update 19 Jan 2021 - 11:44 pm
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Brazilian firm plans to export Russian COVID vaccine to South America 19 Jan 2021 - 11:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: Bottles of Russia's
US hits 400,000 Covid deaths as Biden pledges to boost fight 19 Jan 2021 - 11:20 pm
FILE PHOTO: An El Paso County Sheriff's Officer tries to block photographs from being taken as bodies are moved to refrigerated trailers, deployed during a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) deaths, outside the County of El Paso Medical Examiner's Of
US Senate Republican leader McConnell says Trump 'provoked' Jan. 6 riot 19 Jan 2021 - 09:04 pm
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Pandemic could be WHO's Chernobyl moment for reform - review panel 19 Jan 2021 - 08:37 pm
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Italy police recover stolen painting; museum unaware of theft 19 Jan 2021 - 08:13 pm
Police officers stand next to a recovered 500-year-old painting titled 'Salvator Mundi' from the school of Leonardo da Vinci, which was stolen from a museum collection in the Basilica di San Domenico Maggiore and was discovered by police in an apartment i