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Ireland lifts local COVID-19 lockdown, national picture still 'uncertain' 31 Aug 2020 - 07:15 pm
FILE PHOTO: A public health information advert is seen on a lampost as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, April 21, 2020 REUTERS/Jason Cairnduff
West accepts Moscow was right to approve COVID vaccine - Russian official 31 Aug 2020 - 07:07 pm
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Berlin zoo's twin panda cubs celebrate 1st birthday 31 Aug 2020 - 04:52 pm
Panda cubs Pit and Paule inspect an ice cake they got for their first birthday in their enclosure at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin on August 31, 2020. / AFP / Tobias SCHWARZ
EU offers 400 mln euros to WHO-led COVID-19 vaccine initiative 31 Aug 2020 - 04:30 pm
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses a news conference following the resignation of the EU trade commissioner Phil Hogan, in Brussels, Belgium, August 27, 2020. Francois Walschaerts/Pool via REUTERS
Tens of thousands march in Belarus capital despite crackdown 30 Aug 2020 - 09:40 pm
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Wildfire forces over 3,100 to evacuate in Spain's Andalusia 30 Aug 2020 - 09:30 pm
A resident observes a wildfire raging near El Buitron in Huelva on August 30, 2020. At least 3,200 people were evacuated because of a fire that has already ravaged some 10,000 hectares in the southwestern Spanish province of Huelva and which remains activ
Fire rages near Greek archaeological site of Mycenae 30 Aug 2020 - 08:23 pm
A firefighter works to put out a wildfire near the archaeological site of Mycenae in the northeastern Peloponnese, on August 30, 2020. A wildfire broke out near the ruins of the Bronze Age stronghold of Mycenae in Greece on August 30, prompting the evacua
Zante flight to Cardiff told to self isolate after COVID cases found 30 Aug 2020 - 07:24 pm
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Latvian art biennial has a coronavirus twist 30 Aug 2020 - 06:17 pm
Rebecca Lamarche-Vadel, chief curator of the RIBOCA2 biennial Riga International Biennial of Contemporary Art titled
Banksy's migrant rescue boat stranded at sea with more than 200 on board 29 Aug 2020 - 04:32 pm
The Louise Michel, a migrants search and rescue ship operating in the Mediterranean sea and financed by British street artist Banksy, is seen at sea, on August 22, 2020. (Chris Grodotzki/Louise Michel/ via Reuters)
Berlin police demand end to 'anti-corona' protests 29 Aug 2020 - 03:19 pm
Demonstrators attend a rally against the government's restrictions following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Berlin, Germany August 29, 2020. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt
As virus rebounds in France, Macron bristles at border rules 28 Aug 2020 - 10:14 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron, wearing a protective face mask, visits a site of pharmaceutical group Seqens, a global leader on the production of active pharmaceutical ingredients, to mobilize innovation and support the research on the coronavirus dise
Mercedes gets big electric van order from Amazon 28 Aug 2020 - 09:57 pm
In this file photo taken on December 17, 2019 this picture shows the logo of US online retail giant Amazon at the distribution center in Moenchengladbach, western Germany. / AFP / INA FASSBENDER
J&J to start mid-stage coronavirus vaccine trials in 3 European countries 28 Aug 2020 - 03:22 pm
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Merkel says pandemic to worsen, vaccine key for return to normality 28 Aug 2020 - 02:53 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel holds her annual summer news conference during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Berlin, Germany, August 28, 2020. REUTERS/Michele Tantussi/Pool
Police exempt cyclists from wearing face masks in Paris 28 Aug 2020 - 01:17 pm
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Polar bear kills man in Norway's Arctic Svalbard archipelago 28 Aug 2020 - 12:56 pm
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Hancock unconcerned if his UK health officials work from home 28 Aug 2020 - 11:08 am
NHS staff member holds an image depicting Britain's?Secretary?of State for?Health Matt Hancock during a protest asking for a pay rise, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in London, Britain August 26, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls NO RES