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'We will not take it any more,' Trump tells supporters as Congress meets to certify Biden win 06 Jan 2021 - 08:47 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump waves to supporters during a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jim Bourg
Biden selects Judge Merrick Garland for attorney general: Official 06 Jan 2021 - 08:30 pm
Appeals Court Judge Merrick Garland speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House after being nominated by President Barack Obama (not pictured) to the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., March 16, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo/File Photo
Portugal extends state of emergency amid record daily COVID cases 06 Jan 2021 - 08:15 pm
A general view of the cabinets' hallway where medical workers receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
Ireland tightens COVID-19 lockdown by closing schools, construction 06 Jan 2021 - 08:11 pm
The silhouettes of two people jogging in the Phoenix Park, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Dublin, Ireland, March 24, 2020. REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff/File Photo
Ukraine investigating illegal vaccinations against COVID 06 Jan 2021 - 08:09 pm
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China plays down WHO concern about delay in coronavirus team's trip 06 Jan 2021 - 07:50 pm
Police officers and staff members in protective suits inspect vehicles at a checkpoint on the borders of Gaocheng district on a provincial highway, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Hebei province, China January 5, 2021. Picture tak
Trump supporters crowd into Washington to protest Congress certifying Biden's victory 06 Jan 2021 - 07:15 pm
Supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump gather near the Washington Monument by the White House ahead of his rally and speech to contest the certification by the U.S. Congress of the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election in Washington, U.S, Janu
Trump bars US transactions with eight Chinese apps including Alipay 06 Jan 2021 - 07:11 pm
Customer uses a phone to scan the QR code of the electronic payment service alipay that belongs to Ant Group Co Ltd at a market stall in Beijing, China, December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
US sets COVID-19 hospitalization record as states ramp up vaccination efforts 06 Jan 2021 - 07:03 pm
FILE PHOTO: Emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and healthcare workers treat patients outside the emergency room at the Community Hospital of Huntington Park during a surge in positive coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Huntington Park, California,
European Commission gives final approval to Moderna vaccine 06 Jan 2021 - 06:50 pm
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China's Dicos adds plant-based egg from U.S. firm Eat Just to fast food menus 06 Jan 2021 - 06:24 pm
A Dicos restaurant is seen during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Shanghai, China January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Aly Song
Germany says does not intend to delay second COVID-19 vaccine shot 06 Jan 2021 - 05:42 pm
German Health Minister Jens Spahn attends a news conference on the started coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign, in Berlin, Germany, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
Iran tests ‘suicide’ drones amid its tense standoff with Trump 06 Jan 2021 - 05:14 pm
A drone is launched during a large-scale drone combat exercise of Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in Semnan, Iran January 6, 2021.
Norway prepares legal framework for curfew after record COVID-19 cases 06 Jan 2021 - 04:21 pm
FILE PHOTO: People walk on the street in Oslo, Norway March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Lefteris Karagiannopoulos
India's proposed changes to anti-smoking law face objections from tobacco industry 06 Jan 2021 - 04:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man smokes a cigarette along a road in Mumbai, India, October 26, 2016. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Swiss plan to extend COVID-19 restrictions to end of February 06 Jan 2021 - 04:06 pm
Skiers pass the restriction signs to line up at the chairlift at Les Portes du Soleil ski resort during the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Les Crosets, Switzerland, December 19, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
British PM Johnson says England's lockdown will be slowly unwrapped 06 Jan 2021 - 03:50 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves as he leaves Downing Street, in London, Britain, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley
WikiLeaks' Assange denied bail by London court over risk he might abscond again 06 Jan 2021 - 03:28 pm
Stella Morris, partner of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, Editor in Chief of WikiLeaks Kristinn Hrafnsson and WikiLeaks Ambassador Joseph Farrell leave after a court denied bail to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, outside the Westminster Magistrates Co