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US coronavirus vaccine adviser to meet with Biden this week 06 Dec 2020 - 07:39 pm
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden walks from the church after attending mass in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
Indonesia receives first COVID vaccine from China's Sinovac 06 Dec 2020 - 07:18 pm
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Vaccine requirement for travel debate intensifies 06 Dec 2020 - 06:27 pm
A pilot moves through New York's LaGuardia Airport on December 03, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt/AFP
Romanians elect new lawmakers, seek end to political turmoil 06 Dec 2020 - 05:55 pm
A woman votes at a polling station in Bucharest during the parliamentary elections on December 6, 2020.  AFP / Daniel MIHAILESCU
Moscow aims to vaccinate 7 mln as Russia reports record rise in COVID cases 06 Dec 2020 - 05:50 pm
A medical worker fills a syringe with Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine before administering an injection during the vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a clinic in Moscow, Russia December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
Venezuela vote likely to give Congress to Maduro's party 06 Dec 2020 - 05:41 pm
People queue outside a polling station to cast their vote during the parliamentary election in Caracas, Venezuela, on December 6, 2020. REUTERS/Manaure Quintero
GOP White House hopefuls wait to see what Trump does next 06 Dec 2020 - 05:11 pm
U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he departs after a campaign event for Republican U.S. senators David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler in Valdosta, Georgia, U.S., December 5, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Directed radio frequency plausible cause of 'Havana syndrome,' US govt report finds 06 Dec 2020 - 03:35 pm
File photo of US Embassy in Havana
Pakistan: 7 virus patients die after oxygen supply ran out 06 Dec 2020 - 03:02 pm
Students wear protective face masks as they have their temperature checked before entering a class, after the government allowed the reopening of schools from grade six to eight amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Peshawar, Pakistan Septe
Thousands in Moldova call for government's resignation 06 Dec 2020 - 02:53 pm
Riot police forces stand guard in front of the government building during a rally to demand the government's resignation and snap parliamentary elections on December 6, 2020 in central Chisinau. AFP / Bogdan TUDOR
Most of California to be under stay-at-home orders as COVID-19 surges 06 Dec 2020 - 02:51 pm
California's Governor Gavin Newsom speaks to the media in Sacramento, CA US, March 3, 2020. Reuters/Gabriela Bhaskar/File Photo
Mass evacuation in Frankfurt as WWII bomb is defused 06 Dec 2020 - 02:25 pm
Police closes a street as people leave their home area in the Gallus district in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, during an evacuation on early morning of December 6, 2020. AFP / Armando BABANI
Kuwait Amir accepts post-election government resignation 06 Dec 2020 - 01:49 pm
Prime Minister Sabah Al Khalid Al Sabah
'Final throw of the dice': Britain and EU to resume trade talks 06 Dec 2020 - 12:51 pm
File photo: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in London, Britain January 8, 2020. Reuters/Toby Melville/File Photo
Japan mulls limited resumption of inbound tourism from spring: Media 06 Dec 2020 - 12:46 pm
People cross a street in the Ginza shopping district in Tokyo on December 6, 2020. / AFP / Kazuhiro Nogi
Singapore to seek more travel bubble arrangements 06 Dec 2020 - 12:13 pm
People wearing protective face masks cross a street, in Singapore, November 30, 2020. Reuters/Edgar Su
Britain's Queen Elizabeth may go public after having COVID vaccine, Times reports 06 Dec 2020 - 11:36 am
Britain's Queen Elizabeth speaks with staff during a visit to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Science Park near Salisbury, Britain October 15, 2020. Ben Stansall/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Australia bushfire threatens township on World Heritage-listed Fraser island 06 Dec 2020 - 11:25 am
Vegetation burns from a bushfire on Fraser Island (K'gari), Queensland, Australia December 5, 2020 in this aerial picture obtained from social media. Save Fraser Islands Dingoes Inc via REUTERS