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Researchers say study on COVID-19 in Italy doesn't dispute virus origins 19 Nov 2020 - 09:17 pm
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Turkey to buy Chinese COVID-19 candidate vaccine doses, in talks with Pfizer 19 Nov 2020 - 09:09 pm
An illustration picture shows a drop from a syringe with the logo of Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac on November 17, 2020. / AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS
CDC recommends Americans don't travel for Thanksgiving 19 Nov 2020 - 08:39 pm
A man wearing a protective face mask, as the global outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, walks under a bridge in Yonkers, New York, U.S., November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/Files
Italy's PM Conte warns of lowkey Christmas as COVID cases pick up 19 Nov 2020 - 08:35 pm
FILE PHOTO: A shop assistant works in a Christmas shop, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Rome, Italy November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane/File Photo
First doses of China's CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine arrive in Brazil 19 Nov 2020 - 05:40 pm
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Belarus adds opposition Telegram channel founders to terror list 19 Nov 2020 - 05:36 pm
Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is pictured during a meeting with the Swedish Foreign Minister in Stockholm, Sweden on November 17, 2020. Sweden OUT / AFP / TT NEWS AGENCY / Claudio BRESCIANI
Sweden finds coronavirus in mink industry workers 19 Nov 2020 - 05:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: Mink are seen at the farm of Henrik Nordgaard Hansen and Ann-Mona Kulsoe Larsen near Naestved, Denmark, November 6, 2020. Ritzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen
WHO warns of deadly second wave of virus across Middle East 19 Nov 2020 - 04:35 pm
Healthcare workers prepare to take nose samples to check for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a drive-thru testing station in Amman, Jordan, November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
Belarus nuclear plant resumes producing electricity 19 Nov 2020 - 04:06 pm
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Pakistan's PM Khan in 'historic' first visit to Afghanistan 19 Nov 2020 - 04:02 pm
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan (R) and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani inspect a guard of honour ahead of their joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Kabul on November 19, 2020. / AFP / WAKIL KOHSAR
Philippines' Duterte agrees to pay for vaccines in advance to ensure supply 19 Nov 2020 - 03:50 pm
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures during his fourth State of the Nation Address at the Philippine Congress in Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines July 22, 2019. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez/File Photo
Russia resumes COVID-19 vaccine trial after pause: Medical staff 19 Nov 2020 - 03:31 pm
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German virus case growth stable but numbers 'still too high' 19 Nov 2020 - 02:13 pm
Police use a water cannon to disperse protesters demonstrating against measures imposed by the German government to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, on November 18, 2020 close to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.  AFP / Odd ANDERSEN
Denmark says mutated coronavirus from mink farms most likely extinct 19 Nov 2020 - 02:06 pm
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Oxford Covid-19 trial will look at interim Phase III data after 53 infections: Investigator 19 Nov 2020 - 02:01 pm
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Mother-of-five steers new course as Gaza's first woman taxi driver 19 Nov 2020 - 01:56 pm
Palestinian woman Naela Abu Jibba, who started a women-only taxi service in Gaza Strip, drives her vehicle at Beach refugee camp in Gaza City November 17, 2020. Picture taken November 17, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
Top court gives France three months to show climate action 19 Nov 2020 - 01:40 pm
(FILES) In this file photograph taken on September 21, 2019, Europe Ecologie Les Verts (EELV) Green Party deputy and Mayor of Grande-Synthe Damien Careme (C) and Europe Ecologie Les Verts (EELV) European MP Karima (in green with the giant ice cream) march
Taiwan firm eyes wider market for its protective air travel gear 19 Nov 2020 - 01:25 pm
Z.C. Chen, chairman of BenQ, reads the duty-free magazine while wearing a protective outfit on a flight, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Taipei, Taiwan November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Ann Wang