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Algerian president returns to Germany to be treated for COVID-19 complications 10 Jan 2021 - 10:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: Newly elected Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune takes the oath during a swearing-in ceremony in Algiers, Algeria December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina/File Photo
Africa exceeds 3 million COVID-19 cases, 30% in South Africa 10 Jan 2021 - 09:32 pm
Police officers stop men wearing masks during a patrol as a nighttime curfew is reimposed amid a nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown, in Pretoria, South Africa, January 9, 2021. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
Czechs protest over the mental, economic toll of coronavirus restrictions 10 Jan 2021 - 09:14 pm
Demonstrators attend a protest against the Czech government's restrictions, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, at the Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic January 10, 2021. REUTERS/David W Cerny
Greeks escape lockdown for the beach as winter temperatures soar 10 Jan 2021 - 08:42 pm
A woman plays with a dog on a beach during an unusual warm day, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Athens, Greece, January 10, 2021. REUTERS/Costas Baltas
New coronavirus cases in China double, mainly in Hebei province 10 Jan 2021 - 08:19 pm
People line up to receive the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a makeshift vaccination site inside a sports centre in Beijing's Haidian district, China January 8, 2021. cnsphoto via REUTERS
Republican US Senator Toomey says Trump should resign 10 Jan 2021 - 07:54 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) during a hearing before the Congressional Oversight Commission at Dirksen Senate Office Building, in Washington, U.S., December 10, 2020. Sarah Silbiger/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Seven people test positive for new, more infectious coronavirus variant in Marseille 10 Jan 2021 - 07:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations (MUCEM) and the Fort Saint-Jean in Marseille, France, February 17, 2016. Picture taken February 17, 2016. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier/File Photo
Austrian labour minister quits over plagiarism allegations 10 Jan 2021 - 07:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: Austrian Family Minister Christine Aschbacher talks to the media during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, June 15, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger/File Photo
Man who sat at Pelosi aide's desk faces charges; FBI probes officer's death 10 Jan 2021 - 07:24 pm
Police mugshot of Richard Barnett, 60, of Gravette, Arkansas who was arrested in Little Rock, Arkansas, January 8, 2021, on multiple criminal charges for his role in storming the Capitol building in Washington earlier in the week. Washington County police
Philippines signs deal to secure 30 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covovax - distributor 10 Jan 2021 - 07:18 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wearing face masks and face shields as protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) queue at a bus stop, in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines, December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David/File Photo
Lukashenko promises new Belarus draft constitution by end of this year 10 Jan 2021 - 06:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko visits a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus August 9, 2020. Sergei Gapon/Pool via REUTERS
Syria temporarily cuts supplies of fuel to meet shortages 10 Jan 2021 - 05:19 pm
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What Biden's Cabinet picks say about how he plans to govern 10 Jan 2021 - 05:19 pm
US President-elect Joe Biden speaks next to Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as he announces members of economics and jobs team at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, on January 8, 2021. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
Scarce doses and empty vaccination centres: Germany's vaccine rollout headache 10 Jan 2021 - 03:13 pm
Corina Naujoks, member of a German Red Cross mobile vaccination team injects the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at an employee of a retirement nursery in Dillenburg, Germany, January 7, 2021. Reuters/Kai Pfaffenbach
Japan says it found new Coronavirus variant similar to UK strain 10 Jan 2021 - 03:12 pm
Pedestrians wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, make their way at Ginza shopping district which closed to cars on Sunday in Tokyo, Japan, January 10, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
Lebanon Christian leader rules out joining Hariri government 10 Jan 2021 - 03:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: Gebran Bassil, a Lebanese politician and head of the Free Patriotic movement, talks during an interview with Reuters in Sin-el-fil, Lebanon July 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Madrid airport remains shut after storm Filomena hits city 10 Jan 2021 - 02:15 pm
People walk in the snow, in downtown Madrid, Spain January 10, 2021. REUTERS/Susana Vera
Minister: Massive power outage leaves Pakistan in the dark 10 Jan 2021 - 02:00 pm
A general view of a residential area is seen during a power breakdown in Karachi, Pakistan, January 10, 2021. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro