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Germany poised to extend coronavirus lockdown 03 Jan 2021 - 02:19 pm
Police officers block the boulevard 'Strasse des 17. Juni' on which the New Year's Eve celebrations with thousands of people have usually taken place in previous years, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Berlin, Germany, December 31, 2
Tougher lockdown restriction likely on the way, says UK PM Johnson 03 Jan 2021 - 01:33 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson wearing a face mask leaves BBC Broadcasting House, in London, Britain January 3, 2021. REUTERS/Simon Dawson
Lonza gets Swiss OK to start Moderna vaccine production: Paper 03 Jan 2021 - 12:35 pm
An employee shows the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Valley Stream hospital in New York, U.S., December 21, 2020. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo
3rd body found after landslide in Norway; 7 still missing 03 Jan 2021 - 10:21 am
Rescue personnel are seen in Ask, Gjerdrum, Norway after a landslide swept away some buildings with people reported missing, January 2, 2021. Fredrik Hagen/NTB/via REUTERS
2nd body found after landslide in Norway; 8 still missing 02 Jan 2021 - 06:26 pm
View of the damage following a deadly landslide in Ask, Gjerdrum, Norway January 2, 2021. NTB/Haakon Mosvold Larsen
UK's Alok Sharma offers to resign to lead climate summit: Report 02 Jan 2021 - 04:39 pm
Britain's Business Secretary Alok Sharma attends a virtual news conference. (Leon Neal/Reuters)
Britain will allow mixing of COVID-19 vaccines on rare occasions 02 Jan 2021 - 03:56 pm
An ambulance is seen driving following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in London, Britain, January 2, 2021. REUTERS/Toby Melville
Netherlands to vaccinate emergency care workers as soon as possible 02 Jan 2021 - 03:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: People ride bikes on an empty street as Netherlands has gone into lockdown as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Amsterdam, Netherlands December 15 2020, REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw
French police shut down huge party defying COVID-19 restrictions 02 Jan 2021 - 01:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: Medical staff members work in the ICU where patients suffering from the coronavirus are treated at the Pasteur hospital in Nice, France, November 27, 2020. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
In graying Italy, the old defy biases laid bare by pandemic 02 Jan 2021 - 11:18 am
A man crosses a street near the Colosseum on New Year's Day amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Rome, Italy January 1, 2021. Reuters/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Ireland to replace British travel ban with stricter testing: Minister 01 Jan 2021 - 08:42 pm
FILE PHOTO: Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney and his German counterpart Heiko Maas (not pictured) attend a news conference in Berlin, Germany, December 11, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
UK reactivates emergency hospitals as coronavirus cases surge 01 Jan 2021 - 07:38 pm
Cars enter the testing centre amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Milton Keynes, Britain, January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
Italy reports 462 coronavirus deaths on Friday, 22,211 new cases 01 Jan 2021 - 07:15 pm
A man crosses a street near the Colosseum on New Year's Day amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Rome, Italy January 1, 2021. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
Norway lifts ban on flights from Britain introduced due to virus variant 01 Jan 2021 - 04:55 pm
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BioNTech founders warn of vaccine supply gaps - Spiegel 01 Jan 2021 - 12:49 pm
FILE PHOTO: CEO and co-founder of BioNTech, Ugur Sahin, answers journalists' questions after the European Medicines Agency (EMA) approved its COVID-19 vaccine, at the company headquarters in Mainz, Germany December 22, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski/File Ph
World Health Organization lists Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for emergency use 01 Jan 2021 - 11:41 am
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine at a large vaccination centre open by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality and Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center on December 31, 2020 in the Israeli coastal city./ AFP / JACK GUEZ
Putin urges unity in 2021 as second wave batters Russia 31 Dec 2020 - 08:16 pm
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual end-of-year news conference, held online in a video conference mode, at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia December 17, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolsky/Kremlin
England readies Nightingale field hospitals as cases surge 31 Dec 2020 - 07:44 pm
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Africa

File photo for representational purposes only. Uganda says Ebola outbreak contained, seeks lifting of travel restrictions
Protesters march during a demonstration against illegal immigration in Durban, South Africa, June 30, 2026. (Photo by Mbuthi Msweli/Xinhua) South Africa accelerates migration enforcement with new courts, repatriation measures amid tensions
(FILES) An aerial image shows a general view of Gao, in Mali, on November 26, 2019. (Photo by Souleymane AG ANARA / AFP) Mali hit by new coordinated attacks, including prison
A healthcare worker takes samples from a patient suffering from Ebola virus disease at the Ebola Treatment Center of the Center Médical Évangélique (CME), in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Benediction MURHABAZI / AFP) DRC Ebola claims 452 lives, says WHO

Americas

High waves crash against the coastline at a beach as the forecasted Super Typhoon Bavi approaches in Guam on July 5, 2026. (Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) 'Very dangerous' super typhoon nears US Pacific islands
High waves crash against the coastline at a beach as the forecasted Super Typhoon Bavi approaches in Guam on July 5, 2026.(Photo by Yuichi YAMAZAKI / AFP) 'Very dangerous' super typhoon nears US Pacific islands
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The new Air Force One escorted by US Air Force F-22 Raptors flies over the National Mall during the Main Washington July Fourth event evacuated over storm threat: AFP

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