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German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, February 20, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

Merkel pushes for centrist as party picks new leader

People line up as health care workers and military personnel work to distribute doses of the coronavirus disease vaccine at the New York State Covid-19 vaccination site at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Centre January 13, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

Retired doctors and more syringes: Biden lays out plan to get America vaccinated

Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas gestures as he meets Palestinian businessmen at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah April 29, 2014. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

Abbas announces long-awaited Palestinian elections

US President Donald Trump walks to the Oval Office after returning from Mar-A-Lago to the White House in Washington December 31, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

Trump plans to depart Washington the morning of Inauguration Day, say sources

Supporters of US President Donald Trump gather at the west entrance of the Capitol during a u00e2u20acu02dcStop the Stealu00e2u20acu2122 protest outside of the Capitol building in Washington DC January 6, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

FBI questioning dozens in killing of Capitol police officer, assaults on law enforcement

Jacob Anthony Chansley, also known as Jake Angeli, of Arizona, stands with other supporters of US President Donald Trump as they demonstrate on the second floor of the US Capitol near the entrance to the Senate, in Washington January 6, 2021.  u00e2u20acu201d Reuters

US judge calls Capitol siege ‘violent insurrection,’ orders man who wore horns held

A man uses his phone after being turned away for an appointment at the 24 hour New York State coronavirus disease mass vaccination site at the Brooklyn Army Terminal in Brooklyn January 15, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

Vaccine shortages arise across US, halting inoculations in some places

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi attends her weekly news conference at the US Capitol in Washington January 15, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

Pelosi calls for prosecution of any Congress members who might have helped pro-Trump siege

Officers from the National Guard check in their weapons at the Capitol Building in Washington DC, days ahead of US President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, January 15, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

US closing landmarks, announces vehicle checks in Washington for inauguration

A resident receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the EHPAD (care home and day centre for elderly people) of the Le Jeune hospital in Saint-Renan near Brest in France January 4, 2021. u00e2u20acu2022 Reuters pic

Six EU states voice ‘severe concern’ over Pfizer vaccine delays

Supporters of US President Donald Trump gather in front of the US Capitol Building in Washington, January 6, 2021. u00e2u20acu2022 Reuters pic

Internal watchdog to probe how Justice Department prepared ahead of Capitol riots

A truck is loaded with oxygen to fill the local hospitals, after it arrived on a Brazilian Air Force airplane in Manaus airport, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak in Brazil January 15, 2021. u00e2u20acu201d Reutersnn

Oxygen arrives in Brazilian state overwhelmed by Covid-19

Pro-democracy activist Lester Shum is taken away by police officers after over 50 Hong Kong activists arrested under security law as crackdown intensifies, in Hong Kong, China January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

US set to announce new sanctions on six individuals linked to Hong Kong mass arrests, according to sources

Moscow was ranked fourth among the most popular long-haul destinations for Chinese visitors worldwide.u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

Russia says leaving Open Skies military treaty

Overview of the session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 27, 2020. u00e2u20acu201d Reuters pic

Fiji wins presidency of UN rights body after vote unblocks leadership impasse

Employees store coffins in the mourning hall of the crematorium in Meissen, eastern Germany, January 13, 2021, amid the new coronavirus pandemic. u00e2u20acu201d AFP pic

Global death toll nears two million as WHO battles new virus strains