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Fauci says US Covid vaccine pace picking up after slow start 03 Jan 2021 - 07:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks at an event where U.S. Vice President Mike Pence received the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at the White House in Washington, U.S., Decem
Kuwait suspends direct commercial flights to and from UK as of Wednesday 03 Jan 2021 - 05:54 pm
People wait for their turn to be vaccinated for COVID-19 coronavirus at the make-shift vaccination centre erected at the Kuwait International Fairground in the Mishref suburb south of Kuwait City on December 29, 2020. / AFP / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT
Italian government totters as Conte, Renzi divide deepens 03 Jan 2021 - 04:58 pm
FILE PHOTO: Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Zimbabwe returns to restrictions amid rise in virus cases 03 Jan 2021 - 03:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: Containers and other goods are sold beneath a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) awareness billboard at a marketplace in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 26, 2020. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo
Kenya extends night curfew to March to curb COVID-19 spread 03 Jan 2021 - 02:33 pm
FILE PHOTO: A health worker holds a tube containing a sample during free mass testing for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Kibera slums of Nairobi, Kenya, October 17, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
Germany poised to extend coronavirus lockdown 03 Jan 2021 - 02:19 pm
Police officers block the boulevard 'Strasse des 17. Juni' on which the New Year's Eve celebrations with thousands of people have usually taken place in previous years, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Berlin, Germany, December 31, 2
Tougher lockdown restriction likely on the way, says UK PM Johnson 03 Jan 2021 - 01:33 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson wearing a face mask leaves BBC Broadcasting House, in London, Britain January 3, 2021. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
Divers in 'Hanbok' send New Year greetings from underwater at South Korean aquarium 03 Jan 2021 - 01:15 pm
A girl wearing a mask poses for photographs in front of divers in Korean traditional costumes
Lonza gets Swiss OK to start Moderna vaccine production: Paper 03 Jan 2021 - 12:35 pm
An employee shows the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, U.S., December 21, 2020. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
S.Korea says third wave of coronavirus being contained, fewest infections in nearly 4 weeks 03 Jan 2021 - 12:12 pm
A man reads a book while waiting in a line to undergo coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a coronavirus testing site which is temporarily set up in front of a railway station on Christmas day in Seoul, South Korea, December 25, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-J
Indonesia plans to vaccinate 181.5 million people by March 2022 03 Jan 2021 - 11:49 am
People walk during large-scale social restrictions to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on New Year's Eve in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 31, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
3rd body found after landslide in Norway; 7 still missing 03 Jan 2021 - 10:21 am
Rescue personnel are seen in Ask, Gjerdrum, Norway after a landslide swept away some buildings with people reported missing, January 2, 2021. Fredrik Hagen/NTB/via REUTERS
Australia's Covid-19 cases on the rise as masks made compulsory 03 Jan 2021 - 10:03 am
New South Wales police officers guard an entrance as part of Covid-19 restrictions for New Year celebrations around Circular Quay in central Sydney on December 31, 2020. AFP / DAVID GRAY
Thailand sets more restrictions amid COVID-19 second wave 03 Jan 2021 - 09:51 am
A woman wears a face mask inside a department store, after the Thai government ordered a temporary closure of various public facilities, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bangkok, Thailand January 2, 2021. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmet
US Senator Cruz leads long-shot Republican bid to overturn Biden's victory 03 Jan 2021 - 09:34 am
Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) attends a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on US Policy in the Middle East, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, September 24, 2020. Erin Schaff/Reuters/File Photo
India gives final urgent-use approval to AstraZeneca and local COVID vaccines 03 Jan 2021 - 09:13 am
Medical staff wearing Personal protective equipment (PPE) suits work at a desk of a government hospital in Chennai on December 31, 2020. / AFP / Arun SANKAR
2nd body found after landslide in Norway; 8 still missing 02 Jan 2021 - 06:26 pm
View of the damage following a deadly landslide in Ask, Gjerdrum, Norway January 2, 2021. NTB/Haakon Mosvold Larsen
Texas judge dismisses suit aimed at overturning election 02 Jan 2021 - 04:43 pm
US President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after returning from Mar-A-Lago to the White House in Washington, December 31, 2020. (REUTERS/Leah Millis)