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Iraq Judge Who Presided Over Saddam's Trial Dies of COVID-19
Judge Mohammed Oreibi al-Khalifa was 52
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'All Hypotheses' on the Table Regarding COVID-19 Origins, WHO Chief Says
Leaked version of report of WHO-sponsored probe says virus most likely originated in animals
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EU Chief Threatens Ban on British COVID-19 Vaccine Exports
Commission president Ursula von der Leyen says British-based vaccine maker AstraZeneca has underdelivered doses to European Union
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France Reverses Course on Using AstraZeneca COVID-19 Vaccine on Citizens Over 65
Decision announced Tuesday comes one day after real-world study in Britain shows first shot of both AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are highl
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WHO Team Member: China Has Not Handed Over Vital Info on COVID-19 Outbreak
300 children to test COVID-19 vaccine
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On Eve of Lunar New Year, COVID-19 Pushes Chinatown Businesses to the Brink
From New York to London and Sydney, Chinatowns worldwide saw a dramatic drop in business as early as last January
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WHO Europe Chief Says Region in Midst of COVID-19 'Pandemic Paradox'
Hans Kluge says vaccines are offering hope, while virus variants are creating greater risks
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WHO Chief Presses Case Against COVID-19 Vaccine Nationalism'
Tedros says inoculation gap between rich, poor nations grows larger each day
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Data Inconclusive on Efficacy of Moderna Vaccine Against COVID-19 Variants
More clinical evidence is needed to know whether the two-dose regimen of the vaccine protects against the coronavirus variants, experts say
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WHO Chief: World on Brink of Moral Failure' Over COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Tedros urges wealthier nations to share COVID-19 vaccines with poorer countries
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WHO Chief Warns About Inequity of Global COVID Vaccine Campaign
'Not right that younger, healthier adults in rich countries are vaccinated before health workers and older people in poorer countries,' says Tedros Ad
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Biden on COVID-19: Crisis of Deep Human Suffering is in Plain Sight'
Johns Hopkins: More than 93 million global COVID infections
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US Execution of Woman on Hold, 2 Others Halted over COVID-19
The three executions were to be the last before President-elect Joe Biden, an opponent of the federal death penalty, is sworn in next week
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WHO: Equitable, Global Distribution of 2 Billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses to Begin in 2021
Funding shortfall could stop COVAX effort to bring vaccines to poorest nations
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WHO Calls on International Community to Ensure Access to COVID-19 Vaccine
Director-General Tedros says same commitment to creating vaccines should go into equitably distributing them
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Dow Closes at Record on News of Second Potential COVID-19 Vaccine
Investors cheered by Moderna's announcement of 95% effectiveness rate of experimental vaccine
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European Markets Soar on News of Second Potential COVID-19 Vaccine
Investors buoyed by encouraging economic data from Japan and China
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UN Chief Laments Agonizing Milestone' of 1 Million COVID-19 Deaths
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for 'responsible leadership' among world leaders to combat the 10-month-old pandemic
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US on Brink of 7 Million COVID-19 Cases
US leads world with highest infection toll, followed by India, with 5.8 million and Brazil with 4.6 million cases
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Pope Calls on World Leaders to Remember All Segments of Society Fighting COVID-19
The pope said everyone has something to contribute as the world attempts to emerge from this crisis
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UN Chief: COVID-19 Pandemic Out of Control'
Antonio Guterres says the coronavirus is the chief global security threat in the world today, and he is calling for a future vaccine that's affordable
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COVID-19 Crisis Won't Necessarily End With Vaccine, WHO Chief Says
Europe Director Hans Kluge says societies need to learn to live with virus
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WHO Chief Says COVID-19 Straining World's Health Care Systems
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says national safe practices can take pressure off facilities as cases near 22.5 million globally
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WHO Official Urges Equitable Distribution of COVID-19 Vaccine in Africa
In this interconnected world it would be short-sighted of wealthy countries to keep vaccine supplies for themselves because no one is safe until every
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Global Markets Enjoy Boost on Promising News of COVID-19 Vaccine
All three U.S. indexes were trending positively in futures trading