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India investigates if organochlorines behind unknown illness 08 Dec 2020 - 10:58 am
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Second US judge blocks Trump's TikTok ban 08 Dec 2020 - 10:22 am
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British grandma is 1st in world to get Pfizer vaccine outside trial 08 Dec 2020 - 10:08 am
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Gen Chuck Yeager, 'Right Stuff' test pilot who broke sound barrier, dead at 97 08 Dec 2020 - 09:58 am
This file US Air Force handout photo from 1995 at Edwards Air Force Base in California shows Brig. Gen. Charles E.
Sao Paulo to launch vaccination campaign in January: governor 08 Dec 2020 - 12:16 am
Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria shows to members of the media a package of the CoronaVac vaccine as containers carrying doses of it are unloaded from a cargo plane that arrived from China at Guarulhos International Airport in Guarulhos, near Sao Paulo, Braz
Prince Harry launches lawsuit against UK paper, joining wife Meghan 07 Dec 2020 - 11:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, leave Canada House in London, Britain January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Trump to sign order giving priority access for US COVID-19 vaccines to US population 07 Dec 2020 - 11:40 pm
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Italy's interior minister told she has COVID-19 at cabinet -sources 07 Dec 2020 - 11:22 pm
FILE PHOTO: Italy's Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio, Minister of the Interior Luciana Lamorgese and Minister of Justice Alfonso Bonafede together in February. Lamorghese tested positive for coronavirus on Dec. 7. Di Maio and Bonafede have both s
California bans private gatherings, New York expands hospitals to battle coronavirus surge 07 Dec 2020 - 09:48 pm
A woman stretches near a warning sign on the beach as new stay-at-home orders begin in Southern California during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Oceanside, California, U.S., December 7, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake
WHO does not envisage COVID-19 vaccines being made mandatory 07 Dec 2020 - 08:54 pm
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India speeding up review of Pfizer, AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines - senior official 07 Dec 2020 - 08:47 pm
FILE PHOTO: An employee in personal protective equipment (PPE) removes vials of AstraZeneca's COVISHIELD, coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine from a visual inspection machine inside a lab at Serum Institute of India, Pune, India, November 30, 2020. REU
Merkel warns Germany needs tougher lockdown to get through winter 07 Dec 2020 - 08:23 pm
People walk by Christmas-themed food stalls at Breitscheidplatz square, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Berlin, Germany, December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Biden names health team to tackle spiraling Covid crisis 07 Dec 2020 - 08:12 pm
US President-elect Joe Biden, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris (L), announces his economic team at The Queen Theater in Wilmington, Delaware, on December 1, 2020. / AFP / CHANDAN KHANNA
Canada set to receive first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine before end of year 07 Dec 2020 - 07:59 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a
UK says ready to revise Brexit legislation after EU protests 07 Dec 2020 - 07:28 pm
Anti-Brexit activist Steve Bray stands with a placard as he protests outside a conference centre in central London on December 4, 2020, as talks continue on a trade deal between the EU and the UK. / AFP / Niklas HALLE'N
Hamas warns of virus testing kit shortage in Gaza 07 Dec 2020 - 06:23 pm
A technician handles collected PCR (polymerase chain reaction) swab samples collected as part of COVID-19 coronavirus disease testing, at the Palestinian Gaza-based Health Ministry central laboratory in Gaza City on December 7, 2020. / AFP / MAHMUD HAMS
Citing low virus rates in schools, NYC again reopens schools 07 Dec 2020 - 04:30 pm
Jane Hassebroek holds her cousin while sitting next to her brother Felix, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in New York City, U.S., December 6, 2020. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs
Pope to visit Iraq in March, pandemic permitting 07 Dec 2020 - 03:57 pm
Pope Francis addresses the crowd from the window of the apostolic palace overlooking St. Peter's square during his Angelus prayer on December 6, 2020 at the Vatican. / AFP / Alberto PIZZOLI