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An Indiana hospital on Friday will conduct a rehearsal of procedures for administering Pfizer's COVID19 vaccine, anticipating that it will be able to begin inoculating patients next week, a major step in the battle to end the pandemic.

Greece said on Friday it will allow hair salons and bookstores to reopen during the Christmas season but keep most other retail shops shut, continuing most restrictions until Jan. 7 to help stem the spread of coronavirus.

The developers of Sputnik V suggested on Twitter last month that AstraZeneca try the combination.

The four teams entered in the 36th Americas Cup have yet to pit their fantastical-looking boats against each other and the New York Yacht Club is already pondering the future of sailings marquee regatta.

Britain said on Thursday it was imposing sanctions on 11 individuals, including the former President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, in a coordinated move with the United States on human rights violations.

Israel and Morocco have agreed to normalize relations, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday, marking the fourth ArabIsrael agreement in four months. As part of the deal, the U.S. will recognize Morocco's claim over the disputed Western Sahara regi...

Excluded, vilified and sometimes simply abandoned: such is the price paid by thousands of children in Iraq born to suspected Islamic State militants.

The Russian navy said on Thursday it would take part in drills involving more than 30 countries off the coast of Pakistan, the first time in a decade that its vessels have taken part in exercises alongside NATO ships.

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Germany will have no choice but to introduce tougher restrictions to curb coronavirus infections if people do not reduce contacts significantly, the head of the Robert Koch Institute for Infectious Diseases (RKI) said on Thursday.

Japan will buy 10,500 deep freezers to store novel coronavirus vaccines and is considering purchasing dry ice in bulk as it prepares to protect its population from the virus, the Ministry of Health said on Thursday.

When Dr. Deborah Birx was brought into President Donald Trumps orbit to help fight the coronavirus pandemic, she had a sterling reputation as a former U.S. Army physician, a globally recognized AIDS researcher and a rare Obama administration holdover.

Presidentelect Joe Biden is set to nominate Katherine Tai to be the top U.S. trade envoy, according to two people familiar with his plans.

In a court filing, Trump asked to intervene in the Texas lawsuit, the latest litigation to try to undo Democratic President-elect Joe Biden's victory over the Republican incumbent in the Nov. 3 election.

Russian police raided a bar in St Petersburg in Wednesday's early hours and beat some customers with truncheons, CCTV footage showed, part of a clampdown on businesses ignoring coronavirus restrictions that they say will bankrupt them.

France's government decided on Wednesday to press ahead with a law it says will crack down on practices that go against the values of the French Republic, such as forced marriage and virginity tests, though opponents say it risks alienating some Muslims.