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Denmark logs 256 cases of more contagious coronavirus variant 16 Jan 2021 - 08:09 pm
A person uses laboratory equipment as researchers at Aalborg University screen and analyse all the positive Danish coronavirus disease (COVID-19) samples for the new English virus variant
Berlin hands transcripts to Moscow for probe into Navalny poisoning 16 Jan 2021 - 06:34 pm
FILE PHOTO: Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny takes part in a rally to mark the 5th anniversary of opposition politician Boris Nemtsov's murder and to protest against proposed amendments to the country's constitution, in Moscow, Russia February
Portuguese hospitals under pressure as COVID-19 cases reach record 16 Jan 2021 - 05:11 pm
FILE PHOTO: A general view of the cabinets' hallway where medical workers receive the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine at Santa Maria hospital in Lisbon, Portugal, December 28, 2020. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
Centrist Laschet voted leader of Germany's Christian Democrats 16 Jan 2021 - 01:36 pm
North Rhine-Westphalia's State Premier and candidate for the leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Armin Laschet shows a luck coin offered to him by his father in Berlin, Germany January 16, 2021. Odd Andersen/Pool via Reuters
End of Merkel era begins as German CDU picks new party leader 16 Jan 2021 - 09:08 am
File photo: The three candidates for the chairmanship of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, from left to right, Friedrich Merz, Armin Laschet and Norbert Roettgen, pose at the end of a debate at party headquarters in Berlin, Germany, Januar
WHO stops short of advising proof of COVID shots for travel 15 Jan 2021 - 08:04 pm
FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo/File Photo
Schools open, businesses closed as Portugal enters new lockdown 15 Jan 2021 - 06:31 pm
People walk by Rossio square on the first day of the second national lockdown due to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Lisbon, Portugal, January 15, 2021. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes
Italy extends COVID curbs amid third wave risks 15 Jan 2021 - 05:59 pm
A man stands next to his dog with a closed pizzeria in the background, as the region enters the 'yellow zone' after the government relaxed some of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) curbs on weekdays following a strict lockdown over the holidays, at Piazz
Travel ban over Brazilian variant precautionary, UK transport minister says 15 Jan 2021 - 05:33 pm
Passengers from international flights arrive at Heathrow Airport, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, July 29, 2020. REUTERS/ Toby Melville
Pfizer temporarily reduces COVID vaccine deliveries to Europe 15 Jan 2021 - 03:39 pm
Vials with a sticker reading,
Russia to reopen schools as COVID-19 case tally passes 3.5 million 15 Jan 2021 - 02:58 pm
Specialists are seen at Chumakov Federal Scientific Center for Research and Development of Immune-and-Biological Products, which conducts development of Russia's third vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Moscow, Russia January 13, 2021.
Germany tops 2 million coronavirus cases 15 Jan 2021 - 12:23 pm
A zoomed image shows the skyline with its financial district as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues during an extended lockdown in Frankfurt, Germany, January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
After years in a drawer, Tintin painting sells for 3.2 million euros 14 Jan 2021 - 11:19 pm
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UK bans arrivals from South America, Portugal on variant 14 Jan 2021 - 08:52 pm
FILE PHOTO: A traveller wearing a face mask walks at the Terminal 5 at Heathrow Airport, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in London, Britain, July 26, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Italy's former PM Berlusconi in hospital with heart problems: Doctor 14 Jan 2021 - 05:34 pm
Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he is discharged from Milan's San Raffaele hospital, where he was being treated after testing positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and diagnosed with mild pneumonia, in Milan, Italy, S
Snowstorm 'catastrophe' caused $1.7 bln of damage, says Madrid mayor 14 Jan 2021 - 04:37 pm
A man uses a shovel to clean an icy street next to a fallen tree after heavy snowfall in Madrid, Spain, January 14, 2021. REUTERS/Sergio Perez
German public health official sees pandemic under control by year's end 14 Jan 2021 - 02:19 pm
Police guards a vaccination centre temporarily set up at the Erika-Hess ice stadium, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Berlin, Germany, January 14, 2021. Kay Nietfeld/Pool via Reuters
UK looking at ways to protect itself against Brazilian COVID-19 variant, says PM Johnson 13 Jan 2021 - 11:50 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street in London, Britain January 13, 2021. REUTERS/Hannah McKay

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Image representation U.S. Frontier Airlines plane strikes pedestrian on Denver runway
File photo UN Secretary-General calls for avoiding escalation in the Strait of Hormuz
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File photo Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Mexico to cut school year short ahead of World Cup

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Picture: File Photo Royal Oman Police arrests 47 expatriates for labour and residency law violations
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