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With tourists gone, Prague's expat workers adapt to replace lost income 19 Mar 2020 - 03:52 pm
FILE PHOTO: An empty medieval Charles Bridge is seen in Prague, as the Czech government restricts movement of people to slow the spread of the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), Czech Republic, March 16, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File Photo
EU Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier has coronavirus 19 Mar 2020 - 02:32 pm
A file photo dated on March 05, 2020 shows European Union Chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier speaking during a press conference after the first round of UK-EU negotiations in Brussels. (Dursun Aydemir - Anadolu Agency)
Russia reports its first coronavirus death 19 Mar 2020 - 12:06 pm
Two women wearing protective face masks to protect from the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, use their smartphone to take a selfie while standing on Red Square in downtown Moscow on March 18, 2020. / AFP / Dimitar DILKOFF
Virus keeps 500 million people home around the world 19 Mar 2020 - 11:58 am
A view shows the deserted Arc de Triomphe as lockdown is imposed to slow the spreading of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Paris, France, March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier
Greece bans gatherings of 10 people and more, effective Thursday 18 Mar 2020 - 07:25 pm
People wear protective face masks as they walk outside closed stores, as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus disease COVID-19), on the main commercial Ermou Street in Athens, Greece, March 18, 2020. REUTERS/Costas Baltas
Uncounted among coronavirus victims, deaths sweep through Italy's nursing homes 18 Mar 2020 - 07:14 pm
Medical workers in protective suits push an isolation stretcher in front of the Columbus Clinic, where patients suffering from coronavirus disease (COVID-19) were moved from Spallanzani Hospital, in Rome, Italy March 16, 2020. Reuters/Remo Casilli
Brussels calling: Can the EU be run by videolink? 18 Mar 2020 - 03:29 pm
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Chairman of Santander's Portuguese unit dies from coronavirus-report 18 Mar 2020 - 02:35 pm
A logo of Santander is seen on a branch in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain January 27, 2016. REUTERS/ Marcelo del Pozo/File Photo
Italy says coronavirus lockdown may need to be extended 18 Mar 2020 - 01:49 pm
A view shows clearer waters by gondolas in Venice's Grand Canal near the Rialto Bridge (Rear L) on March 17, 2020 as a result of the stoppage of motorboat traffic, following the country's lockdown within the new coronavirus crisis. / AFP / ANDREA PATTARO
UK grocers ration goods, bulk up online to deal with virus 18 Mar 2020 - 01:38 pm
People walk past a sign warning customers of product shortages outside a Sainsbury's Local supermarket in central Birmingham, Britain, March 15, 2020 . REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
Panic buying forces British supermarkets to impose limits 18 Mar 2020 - 12:49 pm
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Britons should stop all non-essential travel globally - foreign minister 17 Mar 2020 - 04:29 pm
People wearing protective face masks in Covent Garden, London as the number of coronavirus cases grow around the world. London, Britain, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Dylan Martinez
German CDU leadership contender Merz has coronavirus - spokesman 17 Mar 2020 - 04:29 pm
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WHO confirms two coronavirus cases among its staff 17 Mar 2020 - 01:48 pm
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Greece to shut shops, quarantine all arrivals from abroad 17 Mar 2020 - 12:32 pm
ATHENS - Greece, MARCH 17: A cleaner sweeps with a protective mask as a preventive measure against coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in front of the central building of University of Athens in Greece on March 17, 2020. ( Andreas Papakonstantinou - Anadolu A
France sees recession, announces 45 bn euros in virus business aid 17 Mar 2020 - 10:33 am
A petrol station in the Pigalle area after all non-essential public places including restaurants and cafes have been shut as a precaution to contain the spread of the COVID-19, caused by the novel coronavirus. AFP / JOEL SAGET
Europe locks down as global virus panic spreads 17 Mar 2020 - 10:01 am
Only a few people are pictured in Piccadilly Circus on Sunday afternoon in central London on March 15, 2020. AFP / Tolga Akmen
At 80, Russian great grandmother fired up by passion for ice hockey 16 Mar 2020 - 02:54 pm
Valentina Fyodorova, 80, the captain of a senior women's hockey team, attends a training session in the village of Bereznik in Arkhangelsk region, Russia March 5, 2020. Reuters/Evgenia Novozhenina

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Nigerian dancer Benjamin Daniel Gabriel, 32, dances on stage to set a new world record for the longest individual dance marathon in Lagos on September 29, 2026. (Photo by Tonye Bakare / AFP) Nigerian dancer eyes world record after seven-day marathon

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Argentina's President Javier Milei delivers a speech during the Americas Society/Council of the Americas Argentina unveils passports-for-investment scheme
This aerial view shows an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center adjacent to single-family homes in Stone Ridge, Virginia on August 12, 2026. Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP Amazon vows $1 bn for data center towns, decries 'myths'
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