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U.S. Vice President Pence says Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine could be approved Friday 18 Dec 2020 - 04:58 pm
US Vice President Mike Pence speaks after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, December 18, 2020. / AFP / SAUL LOEB
US Vice President Mike Pence receives Covid-19 vaccine 18 Dec 2020 - 04:19 pm
US Vice President Mike Pence receives the COVID-19 vaccine in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, December 18, 2020. / AFP / SAUL LOEB
Russia hack confronts Trump with decision that echoes Obama’s 18 Dec 2020 - 01:50 pm
(FILES) In this file photo an exterior view of the building of US Department of the Treasury is seen on March 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. AFP / Olivier Douliery
Fiji cyclone kills at least 2, destroys dozens of homes 18 Dec 2020 - 01:33 pm
A man works on a damaged house in the aftermath of Cyclone Yasa in Nasavu, Bua Province, Fiji December 18, 2020, in this image obtained from social media. Miriama Nakauvadra/via Reuters
Moderna's coronavirus vaccine faces U.S. FDA expert panel review 17 Dec 2020 - 03:24 pm
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Twitter reverts to old retweet function after U.S. election 17 Dec 2020 - 01:00 pm
In this file photo taken on July 10, 2019 The Twitter logo is seen on a phone in this photo illustration in Washington, DC. / AFP / Alastair Pike
Biden set to introduce Buttigieg as his transportation pick 16 Dec 2020 - 08:16 pm
US President-elect Joe Biden looks at his watch as former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg arrives behind him to be annouced as his nominee for secretary of transportation during a news conference at Biden's transition headquarters in Wilmington,
'With reservations': Trump voters grapple with Biden's win 16 Dec 2020 - 06:58 pm
Supporters of President Donald Trump and a supporter of President-elect Joe Biden stand outside the Michigan state capital as the Electoral College votes in Lansing, Michigan on December 14, 2020.  AFP / JEFF KOWALSKY
Pompeo quarantining after contact with Covid-positive person: State Dept 16 Dec 2020 - 06:43 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 17, 2020 US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers a speech in Paramaribo, Surinam. America's top diplomat Mike Pompeo was in quarantine on december 16, 2020 after being exposed to a person who has tested pos
Starbucks suspends U.S. Happy Hours due to crowd concerns as COVID-19 surges 15 Dec 2020 - 05:15 pm
A Starbucks logo is pictured on the door of the Green Apron Delivery Service at the Empire State Building in the Manhattan borough of New York, U.S. June 1, 2016. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
U.S. FDA staff raises no new concerns with Moderna's coronavirus vaccine 15 Dec 2020 - 04:17 pm
In this file photo taken on November 18, 2020 shows a syringe and a bottle reading
After the White House, Trump faces uncertain future and legal threats 15 Dec 2020 - 02:42 pm
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Biden says ‘time to turn the page’ after electoral college win 15 Dec 2020 - 02:29 pm
File photo: US President-elect Joe Biden delivers a televised address to the nation, after the US Electoral College formally confirmed his victory over President Donald Trump in the 2020 US presidential election, from Biden's transition headquarters at th
Canada administers first doses of COVID-19 vaccine 14 Dec 2020 - 08:42 pm
A healthcare worker administers a Pfizer/BioNTEch coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to personal support worker Anita Quidangen at The Michener Institute, in Toronto, Canada December 14, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Osorio
Electors meeting to formally choose Biden as next president 14 Dec 2020 - 05:51 pm
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New York nurse Sandra Lindsay receives first Covid vaccine in US 14 Dec 2020 - 05:43 pm
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'Lost connection' hampers Virgin Galactic's test flight 13 Dec 2020 - 03:49 pm
In this file photo taken on December 13, 2018 Virgin Galactic's SpaceshipTwo takes off for a suborbital test flight of the VSS Unity in Mojave, California. Virgin Galactic's passenger aircraft SpaceShipTwo was forced to abort a test flight on December 12,
Historic U.S. COVID vaccine campaign launches with convoy of trucks 13 Dec 2020 - 09:56 am
A shipment of Pfizer's coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines is unloaded from a United Airlines cargo-only flight from Brussels to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. December 2, 2020. United Airlines/Handout via REUTERS