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The Nobels are traditionally presented on December 10, the anniversary of the 1896 death of prize founder Alfred Nobel, a Swedish scientist and philanthropist.

Brazil has the second-highest Covid-19 death toll worldwide, after the United States, with more than 178,000 people killed.

A small gym in Phuket has become a hub of successful MMA fighters

The display at Victoria and Albert Museum looks at what a bag says about the owner and their aspirations

The Canadian government has said its target is to vaccinate majority of the citizens by September 2021.

Jennifer Newstead, Vice President and General Counsel at Facebook, said late on Wednesday that the company looks forward to its day in court, "when we're confident the evidence will show that Facebook, Instagram

China's foreign ministry has demanded Australia take unspecified steps to repair relations.

The overall caseload as of Thursday morning stood at 5,379,574, according to the CSSE.

The two satellites, which compose the Gravitational Wave High-energy Electromagnetic Counterpart All-sky Monitor (GECAM) mission, were launched by a Long March-11 carrier rocket during the early hours.

India comes in second place in terms of cases at 9,735,850, while the country's death toll soared to 141,360.

The company said it was forced to make the decision because “transport-related” delays left it short of parts.

The study randomised 84 patients undergoing weight loss surgery to an exercise group or a control group for 11 months.

The foreign workers who violate local laws are required to return home through deportation centres.

Indian American Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was the only woman on the list and stood at the 10th position globally.

According to an official note from the airport, the airline would be operating with a Boeing 777-200 aircraft, with a seat capacity of 238 (8 First Class + 35 Business Class + 195 Economy Class).

The huge mural - 20 meters high (65 feet) and 40 meters wide is painted to honour the country's favourite son

China has largely brought domestic transmissions under control, with state media blaming recent clusters on imports of frozen food and other shipments.

Created in 2005, the fund "has helped millions of people get food, health care, shelter and protection this year," the under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, Mark Lowcock said.

In the study, the scientists assessed what happens when a face shield wearer is exposed to a sneeze from an infected person standing one metre in front of them.

Past trial results have found that the vaccine induces antibody and T cell immune responses, and is safe in adults aged 18 years and over, including older adults, the study noted.

The series revolving around a corner shop and pub in a fictional town in northern England called Weatherfield was first aired on December 7, 1960.

More than 100 million Indonesians are registered to vote in the poll staffed by almost 2.7 million election workers, some of whom were tasked with taking ballot boxes to hospitalised Covid patients.

The Pfizer-BioNTech jab is one of several vaccines bringing hope for an end to the pandemic that has killed more than 1.5 million people worldwide and ravaged economies.

India and Brazil continue to be the second and third most-affected country from the pandemic respectively reporting 9,703,770 cases and 6,674,999 cases respectively.