First opened in about 1873, the Antiquarium was damaged by bombing during World War II and again in 1980, when a deadly earthquake rocked the Naples area.

German officials were concerned the vaccine may not receive approval from the EU’s medicines authority for use in the age group, newspapers had reported.

Indian security officials said clashes came after at least 18 Chinese soldiers tried to cross into Indian-claimed territory at Naku La in Sikkim on January 20.

At the Chinese border, there will be an expedited six-hour “clearance time” for perishable goods, such as seafood, and reduced tariffs for other products.

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Three men who represent the country’s church, state and commerce have been infected by the virus in a potent reminder of just how bad things have become.

The Chinese leader’s 25-minute Davos speech was a masterclass in double-speak.

It comes less than a week after his executive order directing the US government to implement protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Joe Biden is expected to be as tough on China as Donald Trump, but he will need to pull together enough of the rest of the world’s economies to give Xi Jinping pause for thought.

A Texan teenager who tipped off the FBI about his father’s alleged involvement in the Capitol riots said he would “do it again”.

Despite the changed nature of Washington, Trump’s second impeachment trial appears destined to end just as his first did.

Conte’s decision leaves Italy with no straightforward path to reestablishing a workable government, even as the pandemic rages on.

Of all the stadiums, conference centres and other venues commandeered for the rollout, this one is by far the most unique.

The redesigned bill featuring Harriet Tubman was initially due to be unveiled last year, but those efforts were halted by ex-president Donald Trump.

The director general of the ILO said the impact of the coronavirus pandemic had not only been greater than that of the GFC but also the Great Depression.

The comments neither deny the existence of the property itself nor contradict Navalny’s investigation.

Moderna’s vaccine is effective against new variants of the coronavirus that have emerged in Britain and South Africa, the company has announced.

The Chinese President warned of possible confrontation if countries pursue a policy of economic decoupling from China.

Dominion has accused Rudy Giuliani of defamation in what it called his “big lie” campaign about widespread fraud in the presidential election, court documents show.

New Zealand’s first local case in more than two months is a patient who contracted the highly transmissible South African variant while in quarantine.

The Morrison government will face significant pressure to join US military action in the Taiwan Strait if Beijing carries out its threats.

Approval of the new US President’s COVID relief package, Donald Trump’s second impeachment and a pesky filibuster rule all point to a possible gridlock.

The United Nations estimates that nearly 80 per cent of Syrians live under the poverty line.

After watching him jettison his anti-corruption pledges and botch Brazil’s coronavirus response, some say they were wrong to back the Trump of the Tropics.

The move comes just days after Dr Anthony Fauci said he was following developments related to the new coronavirus variant “very carefully”.

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The rioting youths took to the streets to protest against the new nationwide curfew designed to help curb the spread of coronavirus in the Netherlands.

The infected woman has the South African strain of COVID-19 and testing has been ramped up across Auckland and New Zealand’s north in an attempt to prevent any outbreak.

While Taiwan has kept the pandemic well under control thanks to early and effective prevention, it has been dealing with a hospital outbreak since January 12.

In recent weeks, Trump has instructed his aides to prepare election challenges to Republicans who crossed him in the final weeks in office.

Former Trump coronavirus response co-ordinator Deborah Birx says the progress against the virus in the US was impeded by inconsistent and inept public messaging out of the White House.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon is on a constitutional collision course with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who opposes another secession vote.

Violent and destructive activity among far-left groups has been increasing across America, as extremists employ tactics that many on the left fear will alienate people from their cause.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell last week blamed Trump for the violent attack, saying he “provoked” the mob, but other senior Republicans have called the impeachment “stupid”.

The Health Minister said the government is conducting a vaccine trial on the South African variant to study its response to the inoculation.

The US State Department said it was concerned by China’s “pattern of ongoing attempts to intimidate its neighbours, including Taiwan”.

World leaders will be urged to refocus on climate change during the first major economic summit held since the pandemic began.

They have been called ’the Unbreakables”. Rahane’s team may have had reached their zenith at the Gabba, but their rise has been propelled for years by rising Indian confidence.

Footage showed the first miner to be rescued, a black blindfold across his eyes, being lifted out of a mine shaft in the morning.

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Authorities are working under the assumption that the case is the more transmissible variant of the virus.

While curfews make intuitive sense, it’s very hard to discern their precise effects on viral transmission. Scientists wonder if they might even increase the spread of the coronavirus.

China is battling its most severe outbreak of the coronavirus in 11 months – more than 2000 cases over the past five weeks.

A young American writer, who has spent the past year in Sydney, is about to return to the US - and he takes some heart from the ambitions of its new President.

The Deomocratic congresswoman has said she experienced “a very close encounter where I thought I was going to die” during the Capitol riots.

It is typical for landmarks to be named after past presidents, but the controversy generated by Donald Trump has raised doubts whether such traditions will be followed in his case.

The Health Minister tested positive to COVID just days after advocating the preventative powers of a syrup said to have been created by the Hindu goddess Kaali to save humanity from the coronavirus.

The vaccination of the top general who had attended daily coronavirus briefings has sparked anger in Spain.

Britain, which has Europe’s deadliest coronavirus outbreak, adopted the policy in order to give as many people as possible a first dose of vaccine quickly but it is not clear if the strategy is a good one.

Police detained over 1,000 people across Russia on Saturday and used force to break up rallies around the country as tens of thousands of protesters demanded the release of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, whose wife was among those detained.