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UK to conclude England's 2-metre COVID-19 rule review soon: Minister 20 Jun 2020 - 11:27 am
Social distancing markings are seen outside a Greggs bakery shop, as it reopens following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, Britain June 18, 2020. REUTERS/Carl Recine
Thunberg has hope for climate, despite leaders' inaction 20 Jun 2020 - 10:13 am
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First results of CureVac vaccine trial expected in two months - dpa 19 Jun 2020 - 04:20 pm
The headquarters of German Biotech company CureVac are pictured in Tuebingen, on June 17, 2020. German biotech firm CureVac has won permission to start human trials of a promising coronavirus vaccine, regulators announced, as the global race to stop the p
Russian ex-governor who sued Putin dies of virus pneumonia 19 Jun 2020 - 04:12 pm
Republic of Chuvashia Head Mikhail Ignatyev arrives for a meeting on development programs for Russian regions with low social and economic development rates chaired by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow on October 10, 2019.  / AFP / SPUTNIK / Dmitry
Poland to lift restictions on numbers of aircraft passengers 19 Jun 2020 - 04:04 pm
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Spain expects swift decision on travel corridor with Britain - source 19 Jun 2020 - 04:03 pm
German tourists arrive at the RIU Concordia hotel in Palma de Mallorca on June 15, 2020, as part of a pilot program to reactivate tourism a week before Spain reopens its borders. Spain, one of the world's leading tourist destinations, will next June 21 re
EU leaders agree to extend Russia sanctions: Michel 19 Jun 2020 - 04:00 pm
European Council President Charles Michel attends a virtual meeting with European leaders to discuss the bloc's budget and recovery fund, in Brussels, Belgium June 19, 2020. Olivier Hoslet/Pool via REUTERS
UK PM Johnson says: Don't expect another national lockdown 19 Jun 2020 - 03:50 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson washes his hands at a sink in the playground during a visit to Bovingdon Primary School in Bovingdon, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire on June 19, 2020. AFP / POOL / Steve Parsons
Britain, EU need Brexit agreement in the autumn: Merkel 19 Jun 2020 - 03:42 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks during a press conference on June 19, 2020 in Berlin after a video conference with members of the European Council aiming at discussing the planned economic package for reconstruction after the new coronavirus pandem
Virus already in Italy by December, waste water study finds 19 Jun 2020 - 02:51 pm
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Czechs record biggest daily jump in coronavirus cases in two months 19 Jun 2020 - 02:40 pm
FILE PHOTO: A police officer in a protective suit checks the temperature of a person inside a car at Slovak-Czech border in Drietoma crossing, Slovakia, March 13, 2020. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa
Glaxo’s Covid vaccine partnership with Clover begins human tests 19 Jun 2020 - 11:23 am
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WHO eyes hundreds of millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses before 2021 18 Jun 2020 - 07:32 pm
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Photos of stolen Van Gogh handed to Dutch art sleuth 18 Jun 2020 - 07:27 pm
This handout photograph released by Arthur Brand on June 18, 2020, taken on an unknown date and at an undisclosed location, shows the 1884 painting by Vincent van Gogh called
WHO hopes for hundreds of millions of vaccine doses this year, 2 billion next year 18 Jun 2020 - 01:51 pm
The headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) are pictured during the World Health Assembly (WHA) following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Geneva, Switzerland, May 18, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Denmark will open to most European nations except Sweden, Portugal 18 Jun 2020 - 01:10 pm
Northbound traffic from Germany into Denmark is queuing at the border between the two countries near the town of Krusa on June 15, 2020. AFP / Ritzau Scanpix / Claus Fisker
To protect Putin from Covid-19, Russia isolates war veterans 18 Jun 2020 - 10:50 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to General Director of the state nuclear agency Rosatom Alexei Likhachev during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia June 17, 2020. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS
UK says China and Russia trying to exploit coronavirus crisis 18 Jun 2020 - 09:28 am
Britain's Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Dominic Raab speaks during a daily briefing to update on the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain June 15, 2020. Pippa Fowles/10 Downing Street/Handout via REUTER