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UC San Diego offers students COVID test kits by vending machine 06 Jan 2021 - 02:06 pm
People wearing masks queue up at a vending machine, placed by UC San Diego on campus for students and teachers to self-administer COVID-19 tests, during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in San Diego, California, U.S., January 5, 2021. Re
South Korean police chief apologises amid outrage over death of adopted child 06 Jan 2021 - 01:53 pm
A girl mourns at a tomb of 16-month-old girl named Jeong-in who died after having been abused by her adoptive mother, in Yangpyeong, South Korea, January 4, 2021. Yonhap via Reuters
Philippines seeks 148 mln Covid-19 shots this year for 2/3 of population 06 Jan 2021 - 12:15 pm
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
Criticism mounts of India's 'abrupt' approval of local vaccine 06 Jan 2021 - 11:48 am
A medic administers COVAXIN, an Indian government-backed experimental COVID-19 vaccine, to a health worker during its trials, at the Gujarat Medical Education & Research Society in Ahmedabad, India, November 26, 2020. Reuters/Amit Dave/File Photo
French artificial heart maker Carmat sees commercial sales in Q2, shares surge 06 Jan 2021 - 11:15 am
Carmat Chief Executive Officer Stephane Piat holds an artificial heart as he poses after the company's news conference in Paris, France, February 14, 2017. Reuters/Christian Hartmann/File Photo
UK's 'Herculean' vaccine target can be achieved, minister says 06 Jan 2021 - 10:33 am
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson looks on as junior sister Susan Cole receives the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine during his visit at the Chase Farm Hospital, in north London, Britain January 4, 2021. Stefan Rousseau/Pool via Reuters
Kim opens North Korean congress by admitting policy failures 06 Jan 2021 - 10:29 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un attends the first day of the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo supplied by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 6, 2021.
Democrat Warnock wins as Senate hinges on second Georgia runoff 06 Jan 2021 - 10:06 am
Democratic US Senate candidate Raphael Warnock speaks on his campaign's Youtube account after the runoff election against Republican Senator Kelly Loeffler in Atlanta, Georgia, US January 6, 2021. Warnock for Georgia/Social Media via Reuters
Hong Kong arrests US citizen, dozens more under security law 06 Jan 2021 - 08:49 am
American lawyer John Clancey walks out of a building as he is taken away by police officers in Hong Kong, China January 6, 2021. Reuters/Lam Yik
GCC Summit restores full diplomatic ties between member states: Saudi FM 06 Jan 2021 - 08:41 am
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia, H H Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, speaks during a news conference at the 41st Summit of GCC, in Al-Ula yesterday.
Al-Ula Declaration affirms noble objectives of GCC integration 06 Jan 2021 - 08:38 am
GCC Secretary-General H E Nayef Falah Al Hajraf during a news conference at the GCC’s 41st Summit in Al-Ula, Saudi Arabia, yesterday.
South Korea rolls out mass testing for 70,000 prisoners and staff 06 Jan 2021 - 08:26 am
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Razor-thin margins in Georgia Senate races that will decide fate of Biden's agenda 06 Jan 2021 - 08:16 am
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue takes the stage to speak at the GA GOP election night event for the run-off election for Georgia’s two Senate seats, featuring incumbent Republican U.S. Senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler and Democratic cha
Despite Trump pressure, Pence will not block Biden's election certification: Advisers 06 Jan 2021 - 08:12 am
Vice President Mike Pence finishes a swearing-in ceremony for senators in the Old Senate Chamber at the Capitol in Washington, DC, US January 3, 2021. J Scott Applewhite/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Studies to see if Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses can be halved may take 2 months 06 Jan 2021 - 12:30 am
FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading,
Georgia makes history with runoffs deciding Senate, Biden agenda 05 Jan 2021 - 10:12 pm
A voter casts her ballot in Georgia’s Senate runoff elections on an electronic voting machine at a Fulton County polling station in Sandy Springs, Georgia, U.S. January 5, 2021. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage
Mexico's president sets out vaccination plan, targets rural areas 05 Jan 2021 - 10:08 pm
Workers unload a box with Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to be transported to Saltillo, at the Mariano Escobedo International Airport, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Apodaca, on the outskirts of Monterrey, Mexico January 5
WHO 'disappointed' at Chinese delays letting experts in 05 Jan 2021 - 09:58 pm
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