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Japan PM Suga signals intention to end COVID-19 curbs as scheduled 17 Mar 2021 - 02:57 pm
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga delivers a policy speech at the opening of the Lower House parliamentary session in Tokyo, Japan January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Syria president's office: Assad, wife recovering from virus 17 Mar 2021 - 02:14 pm
A national flag depicting a picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad flutters at a checkpoint in Douma, in the eastern suburbs of Damascus, Syria March 10, 2021. Picture taken March 10, 2021. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
Malaysia announces $4.9 bln in fresh stimulus to aid coronavirus recovery 17 Mar 2021 - 01:55 pm
Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin gestures during virtual APEC Economic Leaders Meeting 2020, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng/File Photo
Iceland opens borders for vaccinated visitors to boost tourism 17 Mar 2021 - 01:34 pm
People walk past artwork on the side of a shop as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Reykjavik, Iceland, September 3, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo
Britain to spend $1.4 bln to cut carbon emissions from industry, hospitals 17 Mar 2021 - 11:50 am
Smoke rises above a factory at sunset in Rugby, Britain February 10, 2021. REUTERS/Matthew Childs/File Photo
Trump to decide on whether to make another White House run after 2022 midterms 17 Mar 2021 - 11:42 am
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Florida, U.S. February 28, 2021. REUTERS/Joe Skipper/File Photo
COVID 'tornado' hitting Papua New Guinea's fragile hospitals, say health workers 17 Mar 2021 - 11:35 am
A woman washes clothes on a wooden path between stilt houses at Hanuabada Village, located in Port Moresby Harbour, Papua New Guinea, November 19, 2018. Picture taken November 19, 2018. REUTERS/David Gray/File Photo
India's coronavirus infections rise by highest in three months 17 Mar 2021 - 11:29 am
A health worker checks the temperature of a passenger, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at a railway station in Mumbai, India, March 17, 2021. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
Philippines says wider lockdown possible as coronavirus infections spike 17 Mar 2021 - 10:38 am
Local officials wearing face masks and face shields as protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) stand near a community quarantine checkpoint in a village under local lockdown, in Pasay, Metro Manila, Philippines, February 25, 2021. REUTERS/Li
World's top vaccine maker India criticised at home for exports as infections rise 17 Mar 2021 - 12:33 am
FILE PHOTO: Indian Health Minister Harsh Vardhan holds a dose of Bharat Biotech's COVID-19 vaccine called COVAXIN, during a vaccination campaign at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) hospital in New Delhi, India, January 16, 2021. REUTERS/Adn
Report on virus origins delayed a week: WHO 17 Mar 2021 - 12:28 am
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WHO-backed COVAX donates first AstraZeneca vaccines to Nicaragua 17 Mar 2021 - 12:23 am
A vial with AstraZeneca's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine is pictured in Berlin, Germany, March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
Mexico expects US response to AstraZeneca vaccine request on Friday 17 Mar 2021 - 12:14 am
A medical worker holds a vial of the AstraZeneca vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the country's mass vaccination program, in Belgrade, Serbia, March 16, 2021. REUTERS/Zorana Jevtic
Biden to hold first news conference on March 25 -White House 17 Mar 2021 - 12:09 am
U.S. President Joe Biden talks to reporters as he departs for travel to Pennsylvania to promote the
Biden, in Pennsylvania to promote stimulus package, calls aid 'a big deal' 17 Mar 2021 - 12:05 am
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with owners James Smith and Kristin Smith during a
UK health minister says AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine remains safe 16 Mar 2021 - 11:37 pm
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New Delhi is world's most polluted capital for third straight year - IQAir study 16 Mar 2021 - 11:25 pm
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US talking to several countries about extra COVID-19 vaccine -Biden 16 Mar 2021 - 11:15 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden speaks about the implementation of the American Rescue Plan in the State Dining Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo