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India holds vaccine drills ahead of mass innoculation drive

NEW DELHI, India (AFP) -- India on Saturday staged nationwide drills to start one of the world's biggest coronavirus vaccination…

Painful 2020 ends for US workers and layoffs could rise again

by Chris Stein and Heather Scott WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Despite a drop in weekly jobless claims, the US…

France tightens virus curfew in several regions

PARIS, France (AFP) -- The French government on Friday announced it is bringing forward its nighttime curfew by two hours…

US passes 20 million coronavirus cases: Johns Hopkins

by Ben Sheppard WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States has recorded more than 20 million cases of Covid-19,…

Brexit becomes reality as UK quits EU single market

  by Jitendra JOSHI and Phil HAZLEWOOD with Agence France Presse bureaus LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain on Thursday…

World ushers in New Year in shadow of pandemic

  by Helen ROWE with AFP bureaus From Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Acropolis, fireworks burst in skies above eerily…

Tokyo tops 1,300 daily virus cases; warns of possible new emergency

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo reported over 1,300 new coronavirus infections on Thursday, a daily record, as officials warned…

US logs more than 3,900 Covid-19 deaths in new daily record: Johns Hopkins

  WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- More than 3,900 people died of Covid-19 in the US Wednesday, according to a…

China’s first vaccine hustled to market as race to inoculate 1.3bn speeds up

  BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China has granted "conditional" market approval to a Sinopharm vaccine with a reported 79 percent…

UK ratifies Brexit deal as leaders sign new chapter

  by Jitendra JOSHI with Dave CLARK in Brussels Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- Britain and the…

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