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As the world celebrates advances in vaccines against Covid-19, a top WHO expert warned that public distrust risked rendering even the most effective treatments useless against the pandemic. More needed to be done to boost public "confidence in the fact that the vaccines that WHO is involved in evaluating, we will not be compromising on safety or efficacy," she said. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/38IPf0e via IFTTT https://ift.tt/2Irc51G

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a close ally of Donald Trump and one of the few prominent world leaders still not to have congratulated Joe Biden on his election win, asked on Thursday whether the vote in the US was really over. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3pqs2Wb via IFTTT https://ift.tt/35qPbjz

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Torrential rains from Typhoon Vamco lashed provinces in the Philippines' main Luzon island on Thursday, killing at least one person and paralysing parts of the capital Manila as some residents awaited rescue by boat due to rising flood waters. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/32ELHIu via IFTTT https://ift.tt/36nQK0S

US President-elect Joe Biden has held separate congratulatory phone calls with the leaders of Australia, Japan and South Korea, his transition office said on Wednesday. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3ncYXMf via IFTTT https://ift.tt/3na4G5k

"I just think it's an embarrassment quite frankly.... It will not help the president's legacy.... I know from my discussions with foreign leaders thus far that they are hopeful that the United States' democratic institutions are viewed once again as being strong and enduring," Biden told reporters in Wilmington, Delaware. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2UcqpNA via IFTTT https://ift.tt/38vvVDf

The US on Tuesday far exceeded its previous daily record of new Covid-19 cases, adding 201,961 cases in 24 hours, according to the tally compiled by Johns Hopkins University. In the 24-hour period, 1,535 deaths from Covid-19 were registered, a record in recent months as the US struggles to contain the spread of the pandemic. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3khLtgf via IFTTT https://ift.tt/3kfJNE9

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The white pantsuit: a nod to the struggle to break the final glass ceiling, stretching from the suffragists through Geraldine Ferraro, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and the women of Congress. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3k93Tjb via IFTTT https://ift.tt/358ManU

Four astronauts arrived at Kennedy Space Center on Sunday for SpaceX's second crew launch, coming up next weekend. The crew of three Americans and one Japanese are scheduled to rocket away Saturday night, provided approaching Tropical Storm Eta doesn't interfere. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3laOTCU via IFTTT https://ift.tt/35brbRd

From Atlanta and Tallahassee to Austin, Bismarck, Boise and Phoenix, crowds ranging in size from a few dozen to a few thousand - some of them openly carrying guns - decried the news of Joe Biden's victory after more than three suspense-filled days of vote-counting put the Democrat over the top. Skirmishes broke out in some cities. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3eCg6vw via IFTTT https://ift.tt/36j5aiG

Although U.S. President Donald Trump did not concede defeat, relief was a common theme expressed in many parts of the world to the news that his reelection bid had failed. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3kdG2Pf via IFTTT https://ift.tt/3eFXvz0

The referendum to legalise the drug ended up with 48 per cent support and 51 per cent against, a tightening from the election night split of 46 per cent in favour and 53 per cent against. The special votes counted after the October 17 election included those cast overseas and accounted for about 17 per cent of the total vote. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3exsLjw via IFTTT https://ift.tt/369O1rD

Eta, one of the most powerful storms to hit Central America in years, plowed into Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane on the five-step Saffir-Simpson scale, battering roads and bridges in Honduras. Hundreds of people were evacuated. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/327eHbh via IFTTT https://ift.tt/2GotJlo

Closing out a campaign shadowed by a once-in-a-century pandemic, President Donald Trump charged across the nation Monday, delivering without evidence his incendiary allegation that the election is rigged, while Democratic challenger Joe Biden pushed into states once seen as safely Republican, looking to secure his path to the White House. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3oRJbIg via IFTTT https://ift.tt/2TPAnV8

Music superstar Lady Gaga got into an unlikely Twitter feud Sunday with President Donald Trump's reelection campaign after they accused her of being anti-fracking. Trump's team responded immediately, slamming the joint appearance. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2HYvZR7 via IFTTT https://ift.tt/3kTmaCk

Of course, Donald Trump doesn't plan to lose Tuesday, but what's the future if he does? From court battles to road trips with his wife Melania, potential post-White House options are as unconventional as everything else about the 45th president. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3jFTRG4 via IFTTT https://ift.tt/37XZOMr

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The rabbi was 92-year-old Chaim Kanievsky, whose knowledge of Jewish law is so revered that his rulings are thought to require total compliance within his community. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/2HItRNx via IFTTT https://ift.tt/3jLaIaB

The pandemic robs Democratic candidate Joe Biden of one of his key attributes: a personal connection with voters. For two months he confines himself at home, in his basement in Delaware. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/3mDHT1C via IFTTT https://ift.tt/2JpfVIG