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'Explosion': Poland widens testing as COVID cases hit record 21 Jan 2022 - 06:17 pm
Medical staff members treat patients inside the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ward at the Central Clinical Hospital of the Ministry of Interior and Administration in Warsaw, Poland, January 11, 2022. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel
Biden admin unveils changes to attract foreign STEM students 21 Jan 2022 - 05:07 pm
U.S. President Joe Biden holds a virtual meeting with the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
WHO advisory panel recommends extending use of Pfizer vaccine to 5-11 year olds 21 Jan 2022 - 05:00 pm
A child is seen near a syringe containing a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Smoketown Family Wellness Center in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jon Cherry/File Photo
Indian capital to stay under weekend, overnight COVID curfew, with some allowances 21 Jan 2022 - 04:29 pm
People walk past closed shops at a market area after authorities in the capital ordered a weekend curfew, following the rise in the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in the old quarters of Delhi, India, January 8, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
China's local COVID cases fall while infections grow in Beijing city 21 Jan 2022 - 04:03 pm
A woman wearing a protective face mask sits on a bus, following new cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo
Hong Kong locks down building for five days to curb omicron 21 Jan 2022 - 03:39 pm
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Get back to the office, Britain's business minister says 21 Jan 2022 - 01:59 pm
FILE PHOTO: People walk past a Citibank branch during the lunchtime rush in London's financial district of Canary Wharf November 18, 2008. Citigroup Inc revealed plans to cut 52,000 jobs by early next year in a dramatic move to restore the No. 2 U.S. bank to health as it combats mounting debt losses and sagging economies worldwide. REUTERS/Kevin Coombs/File Photo
German health min sees possible tripling of COVID infections by mid-Feb -sources 21 Jan 2022 - 01:50 pm
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Ireland set to rapidly drop almost all Covid-19 restrictions 21 Jan 2022 - 01:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: A nurse Frances Whyte brings a tray of Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine boosters to a bay for a person to be vaccinated at the RDS (Royal Dublin Society) vaccination centre in Dublin, Ireland, January 12, 2022. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne/File Photo
EU health ministers seek common line over fourth COVID vaccine dose 21 Jan 2022 - 01:38 pm
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Road accident in Ghana causes huge explosion, deaths 20 Jan 2022 - 09:48 pm
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UN: Food aid in Ethiopia's Tigray now at 'all-time lowest' 20 Jan 2022 - 06:36 pm
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Two Le Pen allies defect to join Zemmour's presidential bid 20 Jan 2022 - 03:53 pm
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British-Belgian teen becomes youngest woman to fly solo round the world 20 Jan 2022 - 03:49 pm
Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford, 19, holds her Guinness World Record certificates following her landing at Kortrijk-Wevelgem Airport, after a round-the-world trip in a light aircraft, becoming the youngest female pilot to circle the planet alone, in Wevelgem, Belgium, January 20, 2022. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol
Thailand loosens entry restrictions as omicron worries ease 20 Jan 2022 - 03:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: First group of foreign tourists arrive at Suvarnabhumi Airport during the first day of the country's reopening campaign, part of the government's plan to jump start the pandemic-hit tourism sector in Bangkok, Thailand November 1, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun/
India's richest state set to reopen schools as Omicron cases fall 20 Jan 2022 - 02:13 pm
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Philippines suffers region’s worst omicron-driven surge 20 Jan 2022 - 01:48 pm
People wearing face mask as protection against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) visit Manila Zoo, which serves as vaccination site, in Manila, Philippines, January 19, 2022. REUTERS/Lisa Marie David
Africa CDC says it will talk to Merck about COVID pill, Pfizer talks 'advanced' 20 Jan 2022 - 01:22 pm
John Nkengasong, Africa's Director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), speaks during an interview with Reuters at the African Union (AU) Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 11, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri