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British royals select happy family snapshots for their Christmas cards 17 Dec 2020 - 04:06 pm
This undated handout picture released by Clarence House on December 16, 2020, shows Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (L) and Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall posing for their 2020 Christmas card at Birkhall in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. / AFP
Spain's Sanchez quarantines after France's Macron tests positive for COVID-19 17 Dec 2020 - 03:34 pm
In this file photo taken on December 14, 2020 French President Emmanuel Macron (R) welcomes Spanish Prime minister Pedro Sanchez prior to a meeting marking the 60th anniversary of the creation of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
French President Macron tests positive for COVID-19 17 Dec 2020 - 12:44 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron, wearing a protective face mask, scratches his brow as he talks to the media next to Portugal's Prime Minister Antonio Costa (not seen) before a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, December 16, 2020. REUTERS/Gon
Vaccinating billions means finding ways around a patent impasse 16 Dec 2020 - 06:39 pm
Kassandra Martinez (L), an EVS Attendant and Lead waits for Rachel Marrs (out of frame) to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 Vaccine shot at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego, California on December 15, 2020. / AFP / ARIANA DREHSLER
German coronavirus deaths hit new high as lockdown starts 16 Dec 2020 - 12:46 pm
A view of Brandenburg Gate on the first day of a nationwide lockdown amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Berlin, Germany, December 16, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke
Valneva to start clinical trials of COVID-19 vaccine candidate in UK 16 Dec 2020 - 12:29 pm
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Swiss coronavirus expert calls for lockdown to curb COVID-19 15 Dec 2020 - 07:14 pm
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Harry and Meghan to produce and host podcasts for Spotify 15 Dec 2020 - 06:25 pm
Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, arrive for the annual Commonwealth Service at Westminster Abbey in London, Britain March 9, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
UK’s Johnson to visit India in January as trade talks to start 15 Dec 2020 - 04:59 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives back at 10 Downing Street in London on December 15, 2020 after chairing the weekly cabinet meeting held at the nearby Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. AFP / Daniel Leal-Olivas
Poland taps coal region for first electric car plant 15 Dec 2020 - 03:53 pm
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Facebook, Twitter face British fines if fail on harmful content 15 Dec 2020 - 03:31 pm
The logo of the American online social media and social networking service, Facebook and Twitter on a computer screen in Lille. AFP / Denis Charlet
EU regulator set to approve Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Dec 23 15 Dec 2020 - 03:22 pm
A vial of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine that received emergency use authorization is seen at George Washington University Hospital in Washington, DC, US December 14, 2020. Jacquelyn Martin/Pool via Reuters
UK's Christmas plans will cost many lives, health journals say 15 Dec 2020 - 02:23 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson (R) leaves 10 Downing Street in London on December 15, 2020 with Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit Munira Mirza (L) to attend the weekly cabinet meeting held at the nearby Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Of
Italian population shrinks, gets older: official data 15 Dec 2020 - 02:15 pm
A woman begs for money near Spanish Steps as the government prepares to bring in further restrictions over the Christmas period during the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Rome, Italy December 14, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Sweden sees deadliest November since Spanish flu 14 Dec 2020 - 08:34 pm
The Ericsson Globe is pictured in Sweden's capital on December 10, 2020, in Sodermalm, Stockholm. AFP / Jonathan NACKSTRAND
London to move into toughest tier of COVID-19 restrictions 14 Dec 2020 - 06:04 pm
The financial district can be seen as a people walk along the South bank, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, December 14, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Austria defends virus tests despite low numbers 14 Dec 2020 - 05:35 pm
Medical personnel swabs the throat of a patient as he administers a COVID-19 test on December 12, 2020, at the exhibition hall in Graz. Mass detection tests will be held in Styria on December 12 and 13, 2020. AFP / ERWIN SCHERIAU
Single patient study adds to debate over Gilead's remdesivir for COVID-19 14 Dec 2020 - 12:42 pm
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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
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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
File photo DR Congo's official Ebola death toll exceeds 400

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Rescuers work on the rubble of a collapsed building in Caraballeda, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on July 3, 2026. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP) Venezuela quake death toll rises to 2,645: official figures
People walk through downtown Philadelphia after news that the Semiquincentennial Independence Day Parade has been canceled due to extreme heat in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by SPENCER PLATT / AFP) Dangerous heat wave roasts America's big birthday party
US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota (Photo by Mandel Ngan/ AFP) US turns 250 as Trump warns of 'attack' on American identity
Peru president-elect for the Fuerza Popular party, Keiko Fujimori, waves as she gives a statement at her campaign headquarters in the San Borja district of Lima on July 3, 2026. (Photo by AFP) President-elect Fujimori hails 'new chapter' for Peru

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