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Two of the external experts quit after last year's prize announcements however, lamenting that their views were not taken into account.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr will step down next week, he said on Monday, shortly after the Electoral College confirmed President Donald Trump's loss to Democratic Presidentelect Joe Biden.

Azar's assurance comes after Biden told Tapper during an interview earlier this month that he would 'be happy to' get publicly vaccinated

For health care workers who, along with nursing home residents, will be first in line for vaccination, hope is tempered by grief and the sheer exhaustion of months spent battling a coronavirus that still is surging in the US and around the world.

Russia had nothing to do with alleged monitoring by hackers of internal email traffic at the U.S. Treasury and Commerce departments, the Kremlin said on Monday.

Italy is considering more stringent nationwide coronavirus restrictions during the Christmas and New Year holidays as concerns rise over a possible spike in infections in January.

South Korea ordered schools to close from Tuesday in the capital Seoul and surrounding areas as it battles its worst outbreak of novel coronavirus since the pandemic began, surpassing the previous peak in February.

Mainland China reported 16 new COVID19 cases on Dec. 13, down from 24 cases a day earlier, the country's national health authority said on Monday.

Bahrain said on Sunday it had approved a COVID19 vaccine developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm) and launched online registration for the vaccine for citizens and residents.

Italy reported 484 coronavirusrelated deaths on Sunday after surpassing Britain the previous day as the European country with the worst toll of fatalities.

Many Republican voters in Georgia are angry. They're convinced that widespread voter fraud claims that are baseless cost President Donald Trump the election to Democrat Joe Biden.

Moscow will not impose a curfew or curb alcohol sales during the New Year holiday, despite a rise in coronavirus cases, the mayor of the Russian capital was quoted as saying by Interfax news agency on Sunday.

The first vaccine was approved late on Friday by the US Food and Drug Administration and is expected to touch off a mass-inoculation campaign of unparalleled dimension to end the pandemic that has upended daily life and devastated the U.S. economy.

Pope Francis urged countries on Saturday to work towards net zero carbon emissions and committed Vatican City the world's smallest state to reaching the target by 2050.

Umar Kremlev of Russia was elected president of the troubled International Boxing Association on Saturday despite clear concerns of Olympic officials about his candidacy.

Peru suspended trials for China's Sinopharm COVID19 vaccine due to a "serious adverse event" that occurred with one of the volunteers for the study, the Peruvian government said in a statement on Saturday.