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Mass evacuation in Frankfurt as WWII bomb is defused 06 Dec 2020 - 02:25 pm
Police closes a street as people leave their home area in the Gallus district in Frankfurt am Main, western Germany, during an evacuation on early morning of December 6, 2020. AFP / Armando BABANI
'Final throw of the dice': Britain and EU to resume trade talks 06 Dec 2020 - 12:51 pm
File photo: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson meets European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in London, Britain January 8, 2020. Reuters/Toby Melville/File Photo
Britain's Queen Elizabeth may go public after having COVID vaccine, Times reports 06 Dec 2020 - 11:36 am
Britain's Queen Elizabeth speaks with staff during a visit to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton Science Park near Salisbury, Britain October 15, 2020. Ben Stansall/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Britain gets ready for roll-out of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine this week 06 Dec 2020 - 09:49 am
An NHS pharmacy technician holds a vial as she simulates the preparation of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, during a staff training session ahead of the vaccine's rollout next week, at the Royal Free Hospital in London on December 4, 2020. / AFP
Protesters return to French streets to denounce police violence; tear gas fired 05 Dec 2020 - 05:54 pm
A firefighter runs past a burning car during a protest against the
Spain to vaccinate up to 20 million against Covid by June 05 Dec 2020 - 03:40 pm
A healthcare worker attends to a COVID-19 coronavirus patient at the Intensive Unit Care of the Povisa Hospital in Vigo, northwestern Spain, on April 16, 2020. AFP / MIGUEL RIOPA
Blank tribute to Salvini becomes Italian bestseller 05 Dec 2020 - 03:28 pm
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Moscow opens dozens of coronavirus vaccination centers 05 Dec 2020 - 02:58 pm
A nurse wearing a face mask proceeds to vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine at a clinic in Moscow on December 5, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic. AFP / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV
German court upholds ban on coronavirus demonstration 05 Dec 2020 - 02:31 pm
File photo: A demonstrator holds a sign reading
British PM Johnson and EU chief seek to break Brexit impasse 05 Dec 2020 - 02:24 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. AFP
Cuddling in covid: 'Hug bubble' lets seniors feel the magic of touch 05 Dec 2020 - 01:05 pm
Marie-Paule and Marie-Josephe interact with their mother Colette, 97 old, behind a removable plastic sheet inside a bubble structure which allows families to give hugs without risk of contamination or transmission of Covid-19. Reuters/Pascal Rossignol
Moscow starts mass Covid-19 vaccination with its Sputnik V shot 05 Dec 2020 - 11:51 am
A nurse wearing a face mask proceeds to a vaccination against the coronavirus disease by Sputnik V (Gam-COVID-Vac) vaccine at a clinic in Moscow on December 5, 2020. AFP / Kirill Kudryavtsev
WHO warns virus crisis not over as vaccine rollout approaches 05 Dec 2020 - 10:21 am
(Files) This file photo taken on May 13, 2020, shows a member of the Covisan program testing a member of a family confined at home as they reported a suspected case of Covid-19, in Gennevilliers near Paris. AFP / Alain Jocard
Slopes stay open, singing banned as Swiss crack down on COVID-19 04 Dec 2020 - 08:16 pm
Swiss Interior Minister Alain Berset attends a news conference on the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bern, Switzerland, December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
WHO's Tedros says concerned about perception pandemic is over 04 Dec 2020 - 08:03 pm
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of World Health Organization (WHO) speaks at the virtual 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. Christopher Black/WHO/Handou
Norway to use three vaccines to stop COVID-19 from early 2021 04 Dec 2020 - 05:06 pm
A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a
German firm's super-coolers to send vaccines around the world 04 Dec 2020 - 02:50 pm
Ultra-cold refrigerators filled with vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) are pictured at a secret storage facility in the Rhein-Main area, Germany, December 4, 2020. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski
Moscow launches online registration for COVID-19 vaccination 04 Dec 2020 - 02:13 pm
A nurse shows Russia's

Africa

File photo DR Congo's official Ebola death toll exceeds 400
Head of Algeria's Islamist Movement of Society for Peace (MSP) Abdelaali Hassani Cherif casts his ballot during parliamentary elections in Algiers on July 2, 2026. (Photo by AFP) Algerians vote for new parliament with turnout in focus
A general view of houses damaged by landslides and flooding in the Mossikro neighbourhood of Attecoube, a suburb of Abidjan, on June 29, 2026.Photo by CHRIS BOLI / AFP Floods kill 59 in I.Coast since mid-May: government
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Americas

A man looks on at Centennial Park during an extreme-heat warning in Nashville, Tennessee. The heat wave, stretching from the Midwest to the East Coast, will affect as many as 90 million Americans. (Photo by Seth Herald /AFP) Hot spell roasts eastern US as holiday weekend approaches
An international rescue team assists a survivor of Venezuela's twin earthquakes in Catia La Mar, La Guaira State, Venezuela on July 2, 2026, eight days after the quake. Hernan Gil, a 43-year-old security guard, had been buried in the booth of the seven-story building where he worked in Catia La Mar, a coastal area in the state of La Guaira devastated by the disaster. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) Man rescued eight days after Venezuela quakes
People search for their deceased relatives among the debris of a collapsed building in the Los Corales neighbourhood of Caraballeda, La Guaira State, Venezuela on July 1, 2026, following the June 24 twin earthquakes. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) 'I'm going to stay calm': 48 hours under the rubble in Venezuela
This handout photo released by NASA on July 31, 2004, shows the Swift spacecraft being unwrapped in Hangar AE at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP) NASA robot mission aiming to rescue space telescope

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