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Trump to sign vaccine decree after questions raised on supply 08 Dec 2020 - 08:20 pm
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J&J readies 500 mn vaccine doses for poor countries 08 Dec 2020 - 07:52 pm
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Oxford/Astra first to publish final-stage vaccine trial results 08 Dec 2020 - 07:32 pm
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Texas asks US Supreme Court to help Trump upend election 08 Dec 2020 - 07:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton addresses reporters on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington March 2, 2016.REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
Mexican President waits turn for COVID-19 vaccine jab, gives rollout details 08 Dec 2020 - 07:06 pm
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador listens to Mexico's deputy Health Minister Hugo Lopez-Gatell during his daily press conference at the Palacio Nacional in Mexico City on December 8, 2020. / AFP / ALFREDO ESTRELLA
Pfizer shot effective, safe, FDA staff concludes before meeting 08 Dec 2020 - 04:50 pm
A nurse holds a phial of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Royal Free hospital in London on December 8, 2020 at the start of the UK's biggest ever vaccination programme.   AFP / POOL / Jack Hill
Musk's SpaceX to stage key high-altitude Starship test 08 Dec 2020 - 04:11 pm
In this handout photo from SpaceX, a prototype of SpaceX's Starship spacecraft is seen at the company's Texas launch facility on September 30, 2019 in Boca Chica near Brownsville, Texas. AFP PHOTO / Handout/ SpaceX
India could authorise COVID-19 vaccines in weeks, 300 million on priority list 08 Dec 2020 - 03:29 pm
A policeman directs crowd at a railway station amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India, December 4, 2020. Reuters/Francis Mascarenhas
Belarus's Lukashenko slams Olympic ban amid protests 08 Dec 2020 - 02:42 pm
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Scientists spray saliva-like droplets in stadium to study how fans spread aerosols 08 Dec 2020 - 02:37 pm
An aerosol generator is seen at Johan Cruijff Arena, the stadium of Ajax Amsterdam, in Amsterdam, Netherlands December 7, 2020. Reuters/Piroschka van de Wouw
Mount Everest is higher than we thought, say Nepal and China 08 Dec 2020 - 01:37 pm
Mount Everest, the world highest peak, and other peaks of the Himalayan range are seen through an aircraft window during a mountain flight from Kathmandu, Nepal January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Monika Deupala/File Photo
Asteroid sample arrives in Japan after six-year space odyssey 08 Dec 2020 - 01:27 pm
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's (JAXA) staff carry a case containing Hayabusa2's capsule with extensive samples of an asteroid as it arrives at JAXA Sagamihara Campus in Sagamihara in this photo taken by Kyodo December 8, 2020. Mandatory credit Kyodo
Masked dolls and anti-virus lab kits - toys reflect Spain and Portugal's Coronavirus Christmas 08 Dec 2020 - 01:18 pm
Employee at Science4you factory shows the result of an experiment of the Antivirus Lab science toy, in Lisbon, Portugal, December 2, 2020. Picture taken December 2, 2020. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
Hibernating snakes halt tree felling at Tesla's factory site in Germany 08 Dec 2020 - 01:10 pm
A worker clears trees at the area where U.S. electric vehicle pioneer Tesla plans to build a Tesla Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany February 21, 2020. Reuters/Annegret Hilse/File Photo
Sri Lanka gets $300mn Chinese factory near key port 08 Dec 2020 - 12:29 pm
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Indonesia expects halal certificate for experimental vaccine 08 Dec 2020 - 12:01 pm
An official pushes a trolley with coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines from China's Sinovac Biotech Ltd. as they arrive at PT Bio Farma (Persero) in the first shipment to Indonesia, in Bandung, West Java province, December 7, 2020. Courtesy of Muchlis
Hong Kong to limit dining, close gyms and beauty salons to curb virus 08 Dec 2020 - 11:59 am
A staff member wearing a face mask following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak hands takeaway food to a customer at a restaurant in Hong Kong, China July 20, 2020. Reuters/Lam Yik/File Photo
A year on, markets bustling in Chinese city where COVID-19 emerged 08 Dec 2020 - 11:51 am
People wearing protective masks walk at a street market almost a year after the start of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Wuhan, Hubei province, China December 7, 2020. Picture taken December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song