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Covid vaccine reducing risk of hospitalisations, Scottish study suggests 22 Feb 2021 - 01:59 pm
Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are pictured in a vaccination centre in Geneva, Switzerland, February 3, 2021. Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
UK royals in TV head-to-head with Prince Harry and Meghan 22 Feb 2021 - 01:46 pm
Queen Elizabeth II talks to Prince Harry as they leave after the wedding of Lady Gabriella Windsor and Thomas Kingston at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, near London, Britain May 18, 2019. Steve Parsons/Pool via Reuters
India to clear 45 investments from China, likely to include Great Wall, SAIC-sources 22 Feb 2021 - 01:27 pm
Models pose next to Great Wall Motors (GWM) GWM R1 electric car at its pavilion at the India Auto Expo 2020 in Greater Noida, India, February 5, 2020. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo
Boeing recommends airlines suspend use of some 777s after United incident 22 Feb 2021 - 12:12 pm
FILE PHOTO: A United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER plane is towed as an American Airlines Boeing 737 plane departs from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Nov. 30, 2018. REUTERS/Kamil Krzaczynski/File Photo
Indonesia president warns of forest fires as hot spots detected 22 Feb 2021 - 12:00 pm
Indonesian President Joko Widodo waves during the announcement of the Indonesia Investment Authority (INA) at the Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, February 16, 2021. Courtesy of Lukas/Indonesian Presidential Palace/Handout via Reuters
Hong Kong leader gets China's Sinovac vaccine to bolster public confidence 22 Feb 2021 - 11:16 am
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam receives a dose of the Sinovac Biotech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a community vaccination centre in Hong Kong, China February 22, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Philippines approves Sinovac vaccine but not for all health workers 22 Feb 2021 - 10:27 am
Boxes of the Sinovac's CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine are pictured in a refrigerator at the Sancaktepe Sehit Dr. Ilhan Varank Training and Research Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Murad Sezer/File Photo
Barcelona sees sixth night of protests for jailed rapper 21 Feb 2021 - 11:35 pm
Demonstrators clash with police as supporters of arrested Catalan rapper Pablo Hasel protest in Barcelona, Spain, February 20, 2021. REUTERS/Albert Gea
Americans may still need masks to fight COVID in 2022, Fauci says 21 Feb 2021 - 09:31 pm
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India's Maharashtra state imposes new COVID-19 lockdowns in some areas 21 Feb 2021 - 09:25 pm
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Amsterdam police clear square of anti-lockdown demonstrators 21 Feb 2021 - 09:20 pm
FILE PHOTO: Police officers are seen, as people protest against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions in Amsterdam, Netherlands, February 21, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw/File Photo
US not 'out of the woods' as nation nears 500,000 COVID-19 deaths 21 Feb 2021 - 09:04 pm
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Finland: New COVID-19 strain may not show up on tests 21 Feb 2021 - 08:39 pm
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Nigerian air force passenger plane crash kills 7 people 21 Feb 2021 - 08:15 pm
Rescuers and people gather near the debris from a Nigerian air force plane, which according to the aviation minister crashed while approaching the Abuja airport runway, in Abuja, Nigeria February 21, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
Trump to speak at Conservative gathering in re-emergence 21 Feb 2021 - 08:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump looks on as he speaks to the media before boarding Air Force One to depart Washington on travel to visit the U.S.-Mexico border Wall in Texas, at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Carlo
With heavy hearts, Italians mark year of COVID-19 outbreak 21 Feb 2021 - 07:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk along a shopping street as the government prepares to bring in further restrictions over the Christmas period to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Milan, Italy, December 18, 2020
Snubbed as Obama high court pick, Garland in line to be AG 21 Feb 2021 - 04:21 pm
Judge Merrick Garland, US President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be US Attorney General, speaks as Biden announces his Justice Department nominees at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, US, January 7, 2021. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque/File Pho
UK speeds up vaccinations: All adults get 1st jab by July 31 21 Feb 2021 - 02:33 pm
FILE PHOTO: People shop at market stalls, with skyscrapers of the CIty of London financial district seen behind, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in London, Britain, January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville