Spacex Falcon 9
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from launch complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on November 15, 2020. NASA's SpaceX Crew-1 mission is the first crew rotation mission of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft and Falcon 9 rocket to the International Space Station as part of the agency’s Commercial Crew Program. NASA astronauts Mike Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) are scheduled to launch at 7:27 p.m. EST on November 15, from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center. Gregg Newton / AFP
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SpaceX launches four astronauts to ISS

WASHINGTON, Nov 16, 2020 (AFP) - Four astronauts were successfully launched on the SpaceX Crew Dragon "Resilience" to the International Space Station on Sunday, the

Teodoro Locsin
A screen grab taken from Vietnam Host Broadcaster's November 15, 2020 live video shows Philippines Foreign Secretary Teodoro Locsin (L) standing next to the Philippines' Secretary of Trade and Industry Ramon Lopez as he holds up the agreement during the signing ceremony for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) trade pact at the ASEAN summit that is being held online in Hanoi. Handout / VIETNAM HOST BROADCASTER / AFP
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Coup for China

- Huge Asian trade pact signed HANOI, Nov 15, 2020 (AFP) - Fifteen countries on Sunday signed a sprawling Asian trade deal seen as a

BioNTech
The logo of German company Biontech is pictured at the company's headquarters in Mainz, western Germany, on November 12, 2020. The small German biotech firm BioNTech, started by a husband and wife team with Turkish roots, has never brought a vaccine to market before. But its experimental technology has now put it in pole position in the global race to develop a jab that will end the coronavirus crisis. Daniel ROLAND / AFP
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Crucial trust

- Trust in vaccines vital to halting pandemic: WHO GENEVA, Nov 14, 2020 (AFP) - As the world celebrates advances in vaccines against the novel

Patient
A patient is transported outside of Tisch Hospital in New York on November 13, 2020. Bars and restaurants in New York will shut early on November 13 under fresh curbs designed to slow soaring Covid-19 infections as the number of daily deaths across the globe topped 10,000 for the first time since the pandemic began. Kena Betancur / AFP
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New York fights virus resurgence as Trump touts vaccine breakthrough

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Nov 14, 2020 (AFP) - New York battled to fend off a second wave of coronavirus infections with new restrictions on bars and