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File photo: Members of Amhara region militias ride on their truck as they head to the mission to face the...

A demonstrator wearing a face mask reading ‘No Vaccine. Doria out’ protests against Sao Paulo governor Joao Doria and China’s Sinovac vaccine [File: Amanda Perobelli/Reuters]

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Brazil says China COVID vaccine trial can resume after suspension

A demonstrator wearing a face mask reading ‘No Vaccine. Doria out’ protests against Sao Paulo governor Joao Doria and China’s...

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to the media after he held the telephone talk with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden, at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020. Suga said he held telephone talks with President-elect Biden on Thursday morning and reaffirmed the importance of their alliance and agreed to further deepen it for the peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region amid China's growing influence and North Korea's nuclear threat.(Yoshitaka Sugawara/Kyodo News via AP)

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World leaders talking to Biden about the virus, other issues

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks to the media after he held the telephone talk with U.S. President-elect Joe Biden,...

Ron Klain (left) with Mr Biden at a meeting in 2014 (Getty Images)

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Joe Biden picks Ron Klain as White House chief of staff

Ron Klain (left) with Mr Biden at a meeting in 2014 (Getty Images) US President-elect Joe Biden has picked veteran...

Minister of Health and Wellness Lt . Col. Jeffrey Bostic

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Close to $2 million invested in COVID vaccine project

Minister of Health and Wellness Lt . Col. Jeffrey Bostic Barbados has invested close to $2 million in a project...

Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeon Dr Yardesh Singh shows where in the gallbladder he removed a world record gallstone, at Southern Medical Clinic, San Fernando Kristian De Silva

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Largest laparoscopic gallstone removal gets TT doctors global acclaim

Advanced Laparoscopic Surgeon Dr Yardesh Singh shows where in the gallbladder he removed a world record gallstone, at Southern Medical...

President-elect Joe Biden, joined by Vice President - elect Kamala Harris, speaks at The Queen Theatre, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP photo/ Carolyn Kaster)

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Biden prepares for White House while Trump presses legal attack

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President-elect Joe Biden speaks about health care and the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) during a brief news...

Brazil launched its 'dirty list' in 2004, as a key tool in its efforts to stop businesses profiting from slave labour [File: Al Jazeera]

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Enslaved people rescued from illegal Brazilian gold mine

Brazil launched its 'dirty list' in 2004, as a key tool in its efforts to stop businesses profiting from slave...

FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares Russia's "Sputnik-V" vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for inoculation at a clinic in Tver, Russia October 12, 2020. REUTERS/Tatyana Makeyeva/File Photo

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Russia says its Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine is 92% effective

FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares Russia's "Sputnik-V" vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) for inoculation at a clinic in...

Sheikh Khalifa's power and wealth could be seen everywhere in Bahrain [File: Ayman Trawi/AFP]

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Bahrain’s long-serving PM Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa dies