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Merkel urges Germans to reduce contacts and travel to curb coronavirus 17 Oct 2020 - 01:16 pm
German Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel arrives for a round table meeting on the second day of a two days EU summit, in Brussels, on October 16, 2020. AFP / POOL / OLIVIER HOSLET
Russia receives renewed approval for COVID-19 vaccine trials in India -RDIF 17 Oct 2020 - 12:59 pm
FILE PHOTO: Bottles with Russia's
WHO trial to assess other antibody, antiviral drugs after remdesivir doubt 16 Oct 2020 - 07:35 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference in Geneva Switzerland July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Britain changes vaccine rollout measures for COVID and flu 16 Oct 2020 - 03:47 pm
British Health Secretary Matt Hancock speaks in the House of Commons Chamber about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain, October 15, 2020. UK Parliament/Jessica Taylor/Handout via REUTERS
France to roll out airport testing this month: Minister 16 Oct 2020 - 03:29 pm
Health workers wearing protective gear wait for passengers to be tested for COVID-19 on arrival at Charles de Gaulle airport amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Roissy, near Paris, France July 31, 2020. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/File Pho
Melting Alpine glaciers yield archaeologic troves, but clock ticking 16 Oct 2020 - 03:01 pm
picture taken on October 8, 2020 in Sion shows the hand of Pierre Yves Nicod, curator at archaeological department of the history museum of Canton of Valais showing a shoe from 17th century found in a glacier in the Southern Swiss Canton of Valais. AFP /
Swiss COVID-19 infections hit another record 16 Oct 2020 - 02:37 pm
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Belgium minister in COVID isolation after Oct. 12 EU meeting 16 Oct 2020 - 01:50 pm
Minister for foreign affairs of Belgium Sophie Wilmes and Minister for foreign affairs of Sweden Ann Linde attend a European Foreign Affairs ministers council in Luxembourg October 12, 2020. Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/Pool via REUTERS
WHO defends data after concluding Gilead's remdesivir flopped COVID trial 16 Oct 2020 - 01:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: An ampule of Gilead Sciences COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir is pictured during a news conference at the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, Germany, April 8, 2020, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues. Ulrich Pe
Britain puts Lancashire into highest COVID alert tier 16 Oct 2020 - 01:33 pm
A man wearing a facemask walks past a mural painted as part of the Cities of Hope festival in 2016 and highlighting the effects of mental health, in Ancoats, northern Manchester on October 16, 2020, as the number of cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19
British Air fined $26 Million in UK probe over 2018 data attack 16 Oct 2020 - 01:12 pm
FILE PHOTO: British Airways aircraft are seen stationary on the tarmac of London's Heathrow Airport in west London, August 12, 2005. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo
Britain moves closer to COVID-19 vaccine trials that infect volunteers 16 Oct 2020 - 01:06 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a
Last night out for French cities ahead of virus curfew 16 Oct 2020 - 12:39 pm
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PharmaMar plans phase III trial of cancer drug for COVID-19, shares jump 16 Oct 2020 - 12:09 pm
FILE PHOTO.People pass near a drawing of a person wearing a mask in a wall, due to the coronavirus outbreak, in central Barcelona, Spain, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Albert Gea
WHO warns Europe virus surge of 'great concern' 15 Oct 2020 - 10:35 pm
FILE PHOTO/Newspaper headline on display at Oxford Circus in London as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in London, Britain, March 18, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley
Mask-free Queen ventures outside 'HMS Bubble' to secret lab 15 Oct 2020 - 07:41 pm
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (R) is seen after she unveiled a plaque to officially open the new Energetics Analysis Centre at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) at Porton Down science park near Salisbury, southern England, on October 15,
Swiss virus situation 'deteriorating': minister 15 Oct 2020 - 07:32 pm
FILE PHOTO: A sign is pictured in front of the Swiss Parliament Building (Bundeshaus) during a federal council meeting on the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Bern, Switzerland, April 16, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
EU imposes sanctions on 6 Russians over Navalny poisoning 15 Oct 2020 - 05:38 pm
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny delivers a speech during a rally to demand the release of jailed protesters, who were detained during opposition demonstrations for fair elections, in Moscow, Russia September 29, 2019/File Photo/File P

Africa

(Files) Muhoozi Kainerugaba (C), son of Yoweri Museveni and Uganda's Chief of Defence Forces, inspects a military parade on May 12, 2026. (Photo by Badru Katumba / AFP) Uganda army chief shuts down leading independent media group
A South African fan cheers for her team during the 2026 World Cup Group A football match in Guadalupe, Mexico, on June 24, 2026. (Photo by Julio Cesar Aguilar / AFP) South Africans celebrate in the streets after World Cup advance
Healthcare workers carry on a stretcher a patient suffering from the Ebola virus disease from an ambulance at the Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo on June 23, 2026. (Photo by Benediction MURHABAZI / AFP) Global Ebola risk 'remains low', WHO chief says
Members of specialized response teams enter the morgue of the Evangelical Medical Center of Nyankunde (CME) with the body of a person who died from Ebola virus disease to allow relatives to pay their last respects after washing, disinfection and safe body-wrapping procedures in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo, on June 13, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) DR Congo Ebola outbreak tops 1,000 cases, kills 254

Americas

The turtles were tied in knotted socks when US officials found them (Photo from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service) $1.4m turtle sock smuggling operation earns Chinese man a 2-year prison sentence
People cool off with the water of a fountain in Berlin on June 28, 2026. (Photo by Ralf Hirschberger / AFP) Take brutally hot weather seriously, heatstroke survivor warns
This aerial view shows collapsed buildings in Catia La Mar, La Guaira state, Venezuela, on June 27, 2026, following earthquakes that struck the region. Nearly 1,000 people have been killed and more than 50,000 remain missing after two consecutive earthquakes in Venezuela, where growing anger has been reported over the lack of official aid to swiftly rescue survivors. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) Venezuela quake toll rises to 1,430: national assembly chief
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