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Berlin's beleaguered new airport set for first flights 31 Oct 2020 - 03:23 pm
Climate activists hang banners reading 'opening despite climate crisis' (L) and 'BER : Block, Erase, Recycle' in front of the main Terminal of Berlin's airport
More than 150 evacuated from Russian coronavirus hospital after fire 31 Oct 2020 - 02:08 pm
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UK's Johnson considering new national lockdown for England 31 Oct 2020 - 01:41 pm
Shoppers walk past a sign displaying Covid-19 guidelines, in Bradford, west Yorkshire on October 31, 2020, as the number of cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 rises. AFP / Paul Ellis
England's 'Toothless Tiger' Stiles dies aged 78 30 Oct 2020 - 07:49 pm
May 17, 2000 Nobby Stiles sits in the stands at Wembley, as QXL launch the 'end of an era' auctions Action Images via Reuters/Richard Heathcote/File Photo
Italy posts daily record of over 31,000 new coronavirus cases 30 Oct 2020 - 07:44 pm
Members of medical staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) works in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for the Covid-19 (the novel coromavirus) cases, in the San Filippo Neri hospital in Rome, on October 29, 2020. / AFP / Tiziana FABI
Italy econ minister says avoiding COVID lockdown is "absolute priority" 30 Oct 2020 - 06:05 pm
Italian Economy Minister Roberto Gualtieri speaks at a meeting in Berlin, Germany, September 11, 2020. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Belgian virus cases continue their rise; lockdown considered 30 Oct 2020 - 04:46 pm
A health worker standing in an intensive care unit treats a patient suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at Montlegia CHC clinic in Liege, Belgium October 29, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Swiss ramp up contact-tracing in face of COVID surge 30 Oct 2020 - 04:43 pm
A County of Geneva staff member shows the geographical spread of clusters during an update briefing in the contact tracing unit, as Switzerland enters a second wave of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, October 29, 2020. REUT
Austria's COVID-19 infections leap as nation awaits new restrictions 30 Oct 2020 - 04:08 pm
Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz attends a news conference, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Vienna, Austria October 29, 2020. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner
Greta Thunberg takes climate strike online again as Sweden's COVID-19 cases mount 30 Oct 2020 - 02:14 pm
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg takes part in the rally ''Europe Climate Strike'' in Brussels, Belgium, March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
Spain's Canary Islands impose negative COVID-19 test rule for tourists 30 Oct 2020 - 01:13 pm
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Moscow authorities promise mass vaccination against COVID-19 as Russian cases soar 30 Oct 2020 - 01:02 pm
Commuters wearing face masks to protect against the coronavirus disease enter and leave a metro train in Moscow on October 29, 2020. / AFP / Natalia KOLESNIKOVA
WHO: Europe now has more than 10 million COVID-19 cases 29 Oct 2020 - 11:50 pm
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Russia's COVID-19 vaccine trial slows as focus shifts to second dose 29 Oct 2020 - 08:14 pm
Passengers wear protective face masks in a bus amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Moscow, Russia October 29, 2020. A sign on a window reads:
Thousands of German police plan to hunt out lockdown breakers 29 Oct 2020 - 07:57 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wears a face mask as she attends a session of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Berlin, Germany, October 29, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Disneyland Paris to close again as France orders second virus lockdown 29 Oct 2020 - 07:45 pm
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Spain regions seal off perimeter to avoid new lockdown 29 Oct 2020 - 07:34 pm
A woman takes a look of a sculpture of a
Robots get private view of major pop art show 29 Oct 2020 - 02:59 pm
Philip Colbert poses for a photograph with robots that allow viewers to interactively engage with his Lobsteropolis exhibition at a preview event at the Saatchi Gallery in London, Britain, October 28, 2020. Picture taken October 28, 2020. REUTERS/Simon Da