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Pakistan approves initial funds to purchase COVID-19 vaccine 01 Dec 2020 - 07:49 pm
In this picture taken on November 25, 2020 volunteers wait to be administered the new Chinese-made vaccine for the Covid-19 coronavirus, the first ever Phase 3 clinical trial for any vaccine in Pakistan, at a hospital in Islamabad. / AFP / Aamir QURESHI
Indian government, protesting farmers fail to break deadlock, to meet again on Thurs 01 Dec 2020 - 07:37 pm
Farmers attend a protest against the newly passed farm bills at Singhu border near Delhi, India, November 28, 2020. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui
Biden says he hopes Supreme Court rejects Trump bid on 2020 census count 01 Dec 2020 - 07:14 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers a pre-Thanksgiving speech at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 25, 2020. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
Car hits pedestrians in Germany; 2 killed, 15 injured 01 Dec 2020 - 05:18 pm
File Photo: Tourist in front of Trier's most famous monument, the Porta Nigra, or Black Gate.  AFP / John MACDOUGALL
Bosnia's 'Oxygen Man' brings cheer, and supplies, to COVID-19 patients 01 Dec 2020 - 04:07 pm
Miralem Sabic carries oxygen bottles from his private van to an improvised coronavirus disease (COVID-19) hospital in Konjic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, November 27, 2020. Picture taken November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
Vietnam urges vigilance after more COVID-19 cases linked to rare local outbreak 01 Dec 2020 - 03:51 pm
A woman (L) wearing a facemask adjusts her helmet along a street in Hanoi on December 1, 2020, a day after Vietnam reported its first local transmission case of Covid-19 in nearly three months. AFP / Manan Vatsyayan
Madrid region inaugurates COVID-19 hospital, unions protest lack of staff 01 Dec 2020 - 03:22 pm
Protestors march in support of public health services amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Madrid, Spain, November 29, 2020. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho
Thailand urges calm after four test positive for virus 01 Dec 2020 - 02:52 pm
FILE PHOTO: Medical personnel perform a nose swab test on a local resident of a community in Bangkok, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Thailand, April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha
Locked down Greek fir tree farmers wait for Christmas miracle 01 Dec 2020 - 02:42 pm
View of fir trees, grown to be sold as Christmas trees, at a farm in the village of Taxiarchis, in the region of Chalkidiki, Greece, November 29, 2020. Reuters/Alexandros Avramidis
Hong Kong leader urges people to stay home as cases rise 01 Dec 2020 - 02:33 pm
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam attends a weekly news conference following a rise in coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Hong Kong, China December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Joyce Zho
Thai court fires warning on eve of PM ruling 01 Dec 2020 - 02:21 pm
Riot police officers stand guard behind barb wires covered with red paint during a pro-democracy rally demanding Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha to resign and reforms to the monarchy, at 11th Infantry Regiment, in Bangkok, Thailand, November 29, 2020. Re
Tokyo pop-up mask store lures shoppers with festive face coverings 01 Dec 2020 - 01:20 pm
Face masks are displayed at Tokyo Mask Land, a face-mask theme exhibition and its speciality shop, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Yokohama, Japan December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
Pfizer-BioNTech apply for EU emergency authorization for COVID-19 vaccine 01 Dec 2020 - 01:07 pm
Syringes are seen in front of displayed Biontech and Pfizer logos in this illustration taken November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
Thousands flee as activity in Indonesian volcanoes increases 01 Dec 2020 - 01:02 pm
An eruption of Mount Semeru is seen in Lumajang, East Java Province, Indonesia, December 1, 2020, in this photo taken by Antara Foto/Seno via Reuters
Debenhams set to shut, threatening another 12,000 UK jobs 01 Dec 2020 - 12:59 pm
Debenhams' logo is pictured amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Liverpool, Britain December 1, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble
Sri Lanka frees prisoners after pandemic sparks deadly jail riot 01 Dec 2020 - 12:02 pm
Smoke billows from a building inside Mahara prison on the outskirts of Colombo on November 30, 2020 a day after a prison riot over the surge of coronavirus infections. AFP / LAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI
US imposes sanctions on Chinese firm accused of undermining democracy in Venezuela 01 Dec 2020 - 11:39 am
(FILES) In this file photo, a journalist follows the live online encounter between Colombian President Ivan Duque (top) and Venezuelan opposition leader and self-declared acting president Juan Guaido, on a computer in Caracas, on February 15, 2019. AFP /
'Cinema under the stars' offers Indonesians safe entertainment amid pandemic 01 Dec 2020 - 11:20 am
People watch movies from tents placed for social distancing at the campsites in Bandung, West Java Province, Indonesia, November 4, 2020. Picture taken November 4, 2020, in this photo taken by Antara Foto/M Agung Rajasa via Reuters