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Apple supplier Wistron could not manage scaled up India plant, govt report says 19 Dec 2020 - 11:04 am
File photo: Men wearing protective face masks walk past broken windows of a facility run by Wistron Corp, a Taiwanese contract manufacturer for Apple, in Narsapura near the southern city of Bengaluru, India, December 14, 2020. Reuters/Stringer/File Photo
US authorizes Moderna as second Covid-19 vaccine 19 Dec 2020 - 10:58 am
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US to halt work at two consulates in Russia after Covid-19 drawdown 19 Dec 2020 - 10:51 am
In this file photo US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leaves the White House after visiting with family December 11, 2020, in Washington, DC. AFP / Brendan Smialowski
South Korea fears for COVID-19 patients amid sickbed shortage 19 Dec 2020 - 10:38 am
People wait in a line to undergo the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a testing site which is temporarily set up at City Hall Plaza in Seoul, South Korea December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Heo Ran
Panama orders men and women to shop on different days to curb coronavirus 19 Dec 2020 - 08:21 am
A paramedic is disinfected after transferring a patient infected with Covid-19 in Panama City on December 14, 2020. AFP / STR
President-elect Biden to get coronavirus vaccine on Monday 18 Dec 2020 - 09:53 pm
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden pauses as he delivers a televised address to the nation, after the U.S. Electoral College formally confirmed his victory over President Donald Trump in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, from Biden's transition headquarter
WHO investigators heading to China in early January to probe virus 18 Dec 2020 - 09:34 pm
People wearing face masks walk on a street market in Wuhan, Hubei province, the epicentre of China's novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, April 6, 2020. RUETERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Sweden introduces toughest measures yet in the face of second COVID-19 wave 18 Dec 2020 - 08:15 pm
Prime Minister Stefan Lofven speaks during a press conference on the new restrictions during the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic, in Stockholm on December 18, 2020. AFP / TT News Agency / Jessica GOW
U.S. Vice President Pence says Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine could be approved Friday 18 Dec 2020 - 04:58 pm
US Vice President Mike Pence speaks after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, December 18, 2020. / AFP / SAUL LOEB
COVAX programme doubles global vaccine supply deals to 2 billion doses 18 Dec 2020 - 04:33 pm
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US Vice President Mike Pence receives Covid-19 vaccine 18 Dec 2020 - 04:19 pm
US Vice President Mike Pence receives the COVID-19 vaccine in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, December 18, 2020. / AFP / SAUL LOEB
Mausoleum of Rome's first emperor restored and ready to reopen 18 Dec 2020 - 04:14 pm
A general view of the mausoleum of Rome's emperor Augustus during a preview of the reopening after years of restoration in Rome, Italy, December 18, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
UK PM Johnson says he hopes to avoid another lockdown for England 18 Dec 2020 - 04:01 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference about the ongoing situation with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, inside 10 Downing Street, in London, Britain, December 16, 2020. Matt Dunham/Pool via REUTERS
Thailand reports local infections as measures to restart tourism begin 18 Dec 2020 - 03:43 pm
A man wearing a face mask as a preventative measure against Covid-19 coronavirus sits in the departure terminal of Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok on December 18, 2020. / AFP / Jack TAYLOR
Macron working from retreat after catching Covid 18 Dec 2020 - 03:11 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron, tested positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is seen on a screen as he attends by video conference a round table for the National Humanitarian Conference (NHC) at the Foreign Ministry in Paris on December 17, 2
Austria to go into third lockdown after Christmas, media report 18 Dec 2020 - 03:07 pm
People walk down a shopping street amid the government reopening bigger shops as well as small businesses in a loosening of the second lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Vienna, Austria December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Leonhard Foege
Hundreds shrug off pandemic for Ikea's new India store 18 Dec 2020 - 03:04 pm
Employees walk inside the new IKEA store in Navi Mumbai, India, December 17, 2020. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas
Philippines can secure up to 25 mln doses of Moderna, Arcturus vaccines: Ambassador 18 Dec 2020 - 03:00 pm
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