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Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to keep House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her job for another two years, despite the party losing seats to Republicans in the Nov. 3 election.

Data from such trials have shown that two vaccines — one developed by Pfizer and BioNtech, the other by Moderna and the US National Institutes of Health — are about 95 percent effective.

The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID19, the illness caused by the virus.

With families hoping to gather for the holidays, Reuters assembled more than 30 healthcare experts to discuss COVID19 testing during an #AskReuters Twitter chat.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Wednesday reported 11,300,635 cases of the novel coronavirus, an increase of 164,382 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 1,602 to 247,834.

Total coronavirus cases in Africa surpassed the 2 million mark on Wednesday despite the slow addition of reported infections compared to other regions around the world.

Hundreds of poor children are missing out on state education in Kenya due to a lack of identification documents, rendering them officially stateless, even though they were born in the country and their communities have been there for generations.

Shanghai Shenhua beat Perth Glory 21 at the Education City Stadium on Wednesday as group games in the Asian Champions League east zone resumed after a lengthy suspension due to the COVID19 outbreak.

Ugandan presidential candidate and pop star, Bobi Wine, who is seeking to replace longruling President Yoweri Museveni, was arrested on Wednesday while campaigning in the east of the country, he said on Twitter.

Pfizer Inc said on Wednesday that final results from the latestage trial of its COVID19 vaccine showed it was 95% effective, adding it had the required twomonths of safety data and would apply for emergency U.S. authorization within days.

Queensland defeated New South Wales 2014 the third and deciding State of Origin rugby league match on Wednesday before 49,155 fans in what organizers say was the biggest attendance for any sporting event worldwide since the lockdown for COVID19.

Turkey's government urged "tight discipline" on Wednesday as the country prepared for new weekend curfews, online schooling and limits on restaurants and cafes that are to begin Friday evening and last through year end to contain the pandemic.

Russian online retailer Ozon Holdings aims to raise nearly $1 billion in a U.S. initial public offering (IPO) to capitalise on an ecommerce boom in Russia due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Israel launched air raids against what it called a wide range of Syrian and Iranian targets in Syria on Wednesday, sending a signal that it will pursue its policy of striking across the border despite U.S. President Donald Trump's election defeat.

Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley, chairman of the chamber's Finance Committee, said on Tuesday he had tested positive for the coronavirus.

Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller on Tuesday announced plans to reduce U.S. troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying the decision fulfills President Donald Trump's pledge to bring forces home when conditions were met that kept the U.S. and i...