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Britain's medicines regulator did not cut any corners in the rolling review process that led it to approve the Pfizer vaccine against COVID19, the regulator's chief executive said on Wednesday, describing the review as thorough and rigorous.

People living in areas with where COVID19 is spreading should always wear masks in shops, workplaces and schools that lack adequate ventilation, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday.

Germany inched towards tougher lockdown measures on Wednesday, with one regional premier promising a stricter course now that regions that had been spared the worst of the coronavirus pandemic are seeing case numbers surge.

European Union member states urged the bloc's chief Brexit negotiator on Wednesday not to be rushed into agreeing an unsatisfactory trade deal with Britain just because a Dec. 31 deadline is looming, a senior EU diplomat said.

Earlier, Donald Trump was eyeing more steps to box Biden into hardline positions on Beijing, backed by the anti-China sentiment in Congress that has often unnerved financial markets in the past four years.

Habibou Sore had to pause for breath as she ran barefoot from the approaching gunmen. She was pregnant with twins, due any day.

From avoiding family members to skipping extra study at "cram schools", the coronavirus has forced nearly half a million South Korean testtakers and proctors to rethink their strategies ahead of a hypercompetitive university entrance exam this week.

An eighth member of the Pakistan cricket team in New Zealand has tested positive for COVID19 and will join seven previouslydiagnosed teammates in quarantine.

The Ethiopian government said on Tuesday that a senior politician linked to the rebellion in the northern region of Tigray had surrendered.

NATO must not jeopardize the peace negotiations for Afghanistan by withdrawing troops prematurely from the wartorn country, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said ahead of a virtual meeting with his NATO colleagues.

Joe Biden has proceeded with the transition process, despite efforts by Trump and his campaign to undo the election, and is due to be sworn in on January 20.

Scott Atlas attracted controversy during much of his time working for the outgoing president, and his resignation comes with Covid-19 cases surging nationwide.

A Ukraineborn businessman who once helped Donald Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani gather information about U.S. Presidentelect Joe Biden pleaded not guilty to cheating investors in a fraud insurance company, even after his former partner in the ventu...

The German soccer federation is sticking with Joachim Lw as coach of the national team despite the 60 loss to Spain.

Thailand was racing to track down about 200 people in its northern provinces on Monday to stop a potential coronavirus outbreak, after three Thai nationals entered the country illegally from Myanmar and tested positive days later.

Doctors are studying the impact of COVID19 on unborn babies in Singapore, where an infant delivered by an infected mother earlier this month had antibodies against the virus but did not carry the disease.