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The crowd, made up of supporters of President Donald Trump, opposed the certification underway in Congress of Joe Biden's presidential election win in November.

Lawmakers were evacuated to secure locations after protesters breached security and entered the Capitol building on Wednesday.

Portugal approved on Wednesday an extension of a state of emergency as the daily number of COVID19 cases in the nation of around 10 million people reached a record high of 10,027, putting increasing pressure on the health system.

More Americans were hospitalized with COVID19 on Wednesday than at any time since the pandemic began, as coronavirus infections and deaths soared across much of the United States and a historic vaccination effort lagged.

The European drugs regulator could shortly approve an amendment to its approval of the PfizerBioNTech COVID19 vaccine that would permit the extraction of six doses from a vial instead of five, an EU official told Reuters on Wednesday.

Hungary should extend a partial lockdown currently due to end on Monday because of a rise in coronavirus infections in neighbouring countries, Surgeon General Cecilia Muller said on Wednesday.

Saudi Arabia will make voluntary cuts to its oil output in February and March as part of a deal to persuade most OPEC+ producers to hold production steady amid concerns that new coronavirus lockdowns will hit demand.

COVID19 patients should take two doses of the new Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine within a period of 2128 days, the head of the World Health Organization's immunization advisory group said on Tuesday.

Germany is set to extend its nationwide lockdown until the end of the month and introduce new tougher restrictions in a bid to get control of surging coronavirus infections, sources said on Tuesday.

OPEC+ resumes debate on Tuesday after talks stumbled over February policy, with Russia leading calls for higher output and others suggesting holding or even cutting production due to new coronavirus lockdowns.

France is stepping up its COVID19 vaccine rollout by widening further its first target group to include more health workers and simplifying a cumbersome process to deliver jabs more quickly, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Tuesday.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Monday offered political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a move that could anger the United States, which is seeking his extradition.

Residents of the eastern Caribbean island chain of St. Vincent and the Grenadines were warned on Wednesday to be on alert after a volcano, dormant for decades, came back to life.

On April 21 this year, the Queen will become the first British monarch to reach the age of 95. As her image already appears on one side of all coins in circulation in Britain, the new set of commemorative coinage will each offer a different depiction from...

Fauci said he has seen some little glimmer of hope after 1.5 million doses were administered in the previous 72 hours, or an average of about 500,000 per day, a marked increase in vaccinations. He said that brings the total to about 4 million.