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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.

The revised height of Mt. Everest puts an end to the decades-long dispute between the two neighbours on the height of the world's tallest mountain that straddles their shared border.

The Nepal government decided to measure the exact height of the mountain amid debates that there might have been a change in it due to various reasons, including earthquake of 2015.

Yeager rocketed into history by breaking the sound barrier in the experimental Bell X-1 research aircraft in 1947, helping to pave the way for the US space program.

The refuge run by a local leader, Jhon Jairo Vasquez, offers new life to these orphaned animals.

Yang descends and hangs off the steep cliff face, patiently picking up rubbish thrown off the side by tourists. His colleagues at the top hold firmly onto his rope, attached to hooks in the rock.

There will be no glitzy banquet honouring winners in Stockholm or Oslo as the global pandemic curtails the usual celebrations.

Nepal recalculates the height of Mount Everest at 8848.86 metres, the country's Foreign Minister Pradeep Gyawali announced.

The UK will be the first country in the world to start using the Pfizer vaccine after regulators approved its use last week.

The United States continues to be the most affected country by the virus with its total cases nearing 15 million.

Fraser Island lies just off the east coast of Australia.

"The car bomb was detonated outside the central police station of Daman district at around 10.30 a.m. Initial information found 24 people, including 13 civilians were wounded by the explosion," a provincial police spokesman told Xinhua news agency.

The name 1337 centre comes from a system of modified spellings used by hackers and gamers to show their "elite" status

Wen Junhong has a soft spot for all voiceless animals

The ministry also reported 21 new deaths and 1,910 more recovered cases in the country, raising the death toll from the infectious virus to 12,432 and the total recoveries to 493,567

Biden is expected to make the announcement in coming days, along with choices for other key health posts, including head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.