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Options dwindling, Trump faces likely setback in Georgia recount 19 Nov 2020 - 01:14 pm
A US Marine is seen posted as he opens a door of the West Wing, an indication that US President Donald Trump is in the Oval Office, in Washington, US, November 18, 2020. Reuters/Carlos Barria
Japan's capital raises coronavirus alert to highest as cases set record 19 Nov 2020 - 10:20 am
Passers-by wear protective face masks on a street, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo, Japan November 19, 2020. REUTERS/Issei Kato
AstraZeneca COVID-19 shot candidate shows promise among elderly in trials 19 Nov 2020 - 10:11 am
A test tube labelled with the word Vaccine is seen in front of AstraZeneca logo in this illustration taken, September 9, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
New York City public schools halt in-person classes as COVID-19 crisis deepens 19 Nov 2020 - 12:16 am
(FILES) In this file photo students walk past a public school on October 5, 2020 in the Brooklyn Borough of New York City. New York's public schools will close temporarily to combat a rise in coronavirus cases, its mayor announced on November 18, 2020, de
Canada in talks to donate extra COVID-19 vaccine shots to poorer countries -sources 18 Nov 2020 - 11:46 pm
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Apple to pay $113 mn to US states over iPhone battery complaints 18 Nov 2020 - 11:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man holds an iPhone 6 in a mobile phone shop in Moscow, Russia, September 26, 2014. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo
Pfizer, Moderna COVID-19 vaccines may be authorized for use within weeks -U.S. official 18 Nov 2020 - 11:09 pm
(COMBO) This combination of file pictures created on August 05, 2020 shows a sign for Pfizer pharmaceutical company in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on March 18, 2017, and the Moderna headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts on May 18, 2020. Pfizer, Moderna,
US FDA approves first COVID-19 test kit for home use 18 Nov 2020 - 11:06 pm
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Canada names China, Russia as main cyber-crime threats; sees risk to power supply 18 Nov 2020 - 10:54 pm
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BioNTech says vaccine approval possible in mid-Dec under ideal conditions 18 Nov 2020 - 10:03 pm
The headquarters of German company BioNTech is pictured in Mainz, western Germany, on November 12, 2020. The small German biotech firm BioNTech, started by a husband and wife team with Turkish roots, has never brought a vaccine to market before. But its e
Air France-KLM prepares COVID-19 vaccine airlift 18 Nov 2020 - 08:41 pm
Air France employees load a Boeing 777 cargo plane with Active Temperature Control containers carrying rabies vaccines at Charles de Gaulle airport in Roissy, near Paris as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues in France November 18, 2020.
WHO says vaccinating 20% of Latin America and Caribbean to cost more than $2 billion 18 Nov 2020 - 08:30 pm
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Coronavirus cases in Africa surpass the 2 million mark -Reuters tally 18 Nov 2020 - 08:17 pm
FILE PHOTO: A car drives past a building of one of the state-owned companies, the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC), amid a nationwide coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown in Auckland Park, in Johannesburg, South Africa, September 1, 2020.
No casualties after smoke rises from Moscow coronavirus hospital, say city officials 18 Nov 2020 - 07:52 pm
Medical specialists get into an ambulance outside a pavilion of the Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNH), which was converted into a temporary hospital for people suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Moscow, Russia Novemb
Trump to pursue partial recount in Wisconsin, paying $3 Million 18 Nov 2020 - 07:47 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump delivers an address from the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, U.S., November 13, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo
Iran says to impose 'severe' virus restrictions 18 Nov 2020 - 07:17 pm
Iranian People wearing protective masks as they walk at a store, amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Tehran, Iran November 11, 2020. Majid Asgaripour/WANA
Pelosi wins house Democratic leadership to vie again for speaker 18 Nov 2020 - 07:05 pm
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during her weekly press conference at the U.S. Capitol on November 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum//AFP
Spain to move 200 migrants out of overwhelmed Canaries port 18 Nov 2020 - 05:10 pm
Sarah Bettache requests a Spanish National Police officer to help her find her brother Ahmed, a 19-year-old migrant from Morocco, in the port of Arguineguin, Gran Canaria, Spain November 16, 2020. REUTERS/Eduardo Robaina/La Marea