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UK: Chief medical officer warns vaccine shortages will last months

The UK's chief medical officers have backed a change in guidance which says booster jabs should be given up to 12 weeks later. /VCG Vaccine shortages are likely to cause problems for "several

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Putin congratulates Joe Biden on U.S. election victory - Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday congratulated Joe Biden on his victory in the U.S. presidential election, after Biden won the state-by-state Electoral Colle

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UN condemns gruesome Nigeria attack

FILE PHOTO: Members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) inspect a street in a neighbourhood of the northeastern Nigeria city of Maiduguri after an attack. (Photo credit AUDU ALI MARTE/AFP via

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Xi Jinping calls for a global COVID-19 'firewall' at G20 summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the Group of 20 (G20) to build a global "firewall" against the COVID-19 pandemic in his speech at the G20 summit on Saturday.Xi ma

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Xi Jinping calls for a global COVID-19 'firewall' at G20 summit

Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the Group of 20 (G20) to build a global "firewall" against the COVID-19 pandemic in his speech at the G20 summit on Saturday.Xi made the remarks via video link a

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UNSC condemns terrorist attack at Kabul University

Afghan journalists film inside a classroom after Monday's attack at the University of Kabul, Afghanistan, November 3, 2020. /Reuters The United Nations Security Council on Thursday strongly co

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Russia Ambassador Hopes US-Russia Space Cooperation Will Help Resolve Global Challenges

The Russian ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, expressed hope for the two countries’ successful cooperation in space to help resolve global challenges."O

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UN chief calls for end to reported police brutality in Nigeria

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. /VCG Image UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for an end to reported police brutality in Nigeria and asked for de-escalation, said

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Ex-Zambian president diagnosed with colon cancer

This file photo shows Zambia's former President Rupiah Banda was delivering a speech in Lusaka, capital of Zambia, on March 25, 2019. (Xinhua/Martin Mbangweta)Former Za

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DPRK top leader Kim attends military parade, thanks troops for stopping coronavirus

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un addressed an unusual predawn military parade held in Pyongyang to mark the 75th anniversary of the f

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African Union lifts post-coup suspension of Mali

FILE PHOTO: Outside view of the African Union Conference Center and Office Complex during the 29th African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. /VCG Image The African Union on Friday lifted

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Trump is already breaking platform rules again with false claim that COVID-19 is ‘far less lethal’ than the flu

Facebook and Twitter took action against a post from President Trump Tuesday that claimed that COVID-19 is “far less lethal” than the flu. Trump made the tweet and posted the same message

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Trump pays 'surprise visit' as COVID-19 treatment continues

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives by helicopter at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., October 2, 2020. /Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump drove past

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Chinese President Xi wishes U.S. President Trump and his wife Melania a speedy recovery

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan on Saturday wished U.S. President Donald Trump and his wife, First Lady Melania Trump, a speedy recovery from COVI

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Putin, Johnson, Merkel wish Trump a speedy recovery from COVID-19

President Donald Trump and the First Lady Melania. /Getty Images As stocks fall in the wake of President Donald Trump announcing that he and the First Lady had tested positive for COVID-19, gl

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Twitter will make users remove tweets hoping Trump dies of COVID-19

President Donald Trump’s positive COVID-19 result has made Twitter a busy place in the past 24 hours, including some tweets that have publicly wished — some subtly and others more directly — tha

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Biden wishes Trump, Melania 'swift recovery' from COVID-19

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden stops to answer questions as he exits The Queen theater in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., October 1, 2020. /Reuters Demo