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Firefighters attend blaze at London's Westminster underground station 05 Oct 2021 - 01:52 pm
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Trio win physics Nobel for work that helps understand changing climate 05 Oct 2021 - 12:59 pm
Member of the Nobel Committee for Physics Thors Hans Hansson, Secretary General of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Goran K. Hansson, and member of the Nobel Committee for Physics John Wettlaufer announce the winners of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physic
AstraZeneca seeks US emergency approval for Covid antibody 05 Oct 2021 - 12:54 pm
The logo for AstraZeneca is seen outside its North America headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., March 22, 2021. REUTERS/Rachel Wisniewski/File Photo
Two guards taken hostage at French jail 05 Oct 2021 - 12:45 pm
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Russian film crew blasts off to make 1st movie in space 05 Oct 2021 - 12:30 pm
The Soyuz MS-19 spacecraft carrying the crew, formed of Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, film director Klim Shipenko and actress Yulia Peresild, blasts off to the International Space Station (ISS) from the launchpad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhst
Amazon and Google set to attend White House forum on quantum technology 05 Oct 2021 - 11:40 am
The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo
Portugal to give booster COVID-19 shot to older adults 05 Oct 2021 - 11:35 am
A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at a vaccination centre in Seixal, Portugal, September 11, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes/File Photo
Paris landmark sheds its wrapper as art installation ends 05 Oct 2021 - 11:02 am
Rope access technicians work on the removal of the fully wrapped Arc de Triomphe monument, after it was wrapped for an art installation entitled 'L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped' conceived by the late artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, on the Champs-Elysees av
Australia to buy Merck's COVID-19 pill, Victoria cases hit record 05 Oct 2021 - 10:57 am
An experimental COVID-19 treatment pill called molnupiravir being developed by Merck & Co Inc and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, is seen in this undated handout photo released by Merck & Co Inc and obtained by Reuters May 17, 2021. Merck & Co Inc/Handout v
EU regulator backs mRNA vaccine booster for people with weak immunity 05 Oct 2021 - 10:37 am
Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen in this illustration picture taken March 19, 2021. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Japan's dip in Covid-19 cases baffles experts; winter 'nightmare' still a risk 05 Oct 2021 - 10:06 am
File photo: Women wearing protective masks, amid the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, walk on a stair bearing a slogan cheering Japanese team during Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, August 7, 2021. Reuters/Kim Kyung-Hoon/File Photo
Son of late Philippines strongman Marcos to run for presidency - report 05 Oct 2021 - 09:57 am
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Oman announces end of direct impacts of cyclone 05 Oct 2021 - 09:09 am
Locals walk on flooded streets caused by Cyclone Shaheen in Al Musanaa, Al Batina region, Oman, October 4, 2021. Oman News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Senegal records fewest daily COVID-19 cases since outbreak began 04 Oct 2021 - 03:56 pm
Aminata Laye Diagne, a nurse gives a dose of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine to a man at Philippe Senghor Hospital in Dakar, amid a surge of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases in Senegal July 28, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo
Thailand kicks off vaccinations for school students 04 Oct 2021 - 03:49 pm
A high school student receives the Pfizer vaccine for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) ahead of schools reopening in November, at a school in Bangkok, Thailand, October 4, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun
Seven more killed in Oman following tropical storm Shaheen 04 Oct 2021 - 03:38 pm
Streets are flooded as Cyclone Shaheen makes the landfall in Muscat, Oman, October 3, 2021. Oman News Agency/Handout via REUTERS
Sitting pretty? Indian shop workers win the right to a chair 04 Oct 2021 - 03:37 pm
In southern states including Tamil Nadu, big family-run chains dominate the jewellery, sari and clothing segments and hire women from lower middle-class homes to serve their mainly female clientele.
Indian town on edge after 9 die during farm protest 04 Oct 2021 - 03:28 pm
Police forces detain a man during a protest by activists of the youth wing of India's main opposition Congress party outside UP Bhawan, after people were killed when violence broke out in Uttar Pradesh state on Sunday, in New Delhi, India, October 4, 2021