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US whistleblower Edward Snowden seeks Russian passport for sake of future son 02 Nov 2020 - 10:47 am
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WHO chief Tedros to quarantine after contact gets COVID-19 02 Nov 2020 - 10:03 am
In this file photo taken on March 11, 2020 shows World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attending a press briefing on COVID-19 at the WHO headquarters in Geneva. The World Health Organization chief said late November 1
Stockholm pauses home COVID-19 testing as system overwhelmed 02 Nov 2020 - 12:24 am
People walk at Westfield Mall of Scandinavia shopping center in Solna, outside Stockholm, Sweden on October 30, 2020, during the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic./ AFP / TT NEWS AGENCY / Amir NABIZADEH
Brexit talks go into another week as EU, UK push to salvage trade deal 01 Nov 2020 - 10:48 pm
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Europe's COVID-19 cases double in 5 weeks, total infections surpass 10 million 01 Nov 2020 - 09:43 pm
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Lockdown in England could be extended, UK minister warns 01 Nov 2020 - 04:02 pm
Pedestrians, some wearing masks because of the coronavirus pandemic, walk in the street in central London on November 1, 2020 as England prepares to enter into a second lockdown in an effort to stem soaring infections. / AFP / JUSTIN TALLIS
Italy has 48 hours to approve new COVID-19 restrictions: Health Minister 01 Nov 2020 - 03:09 pm
Protestors, wearing masks in the colors of the Italian flag, wave flags and a banner reading
Merkel's CDU to elect new leader in mid-January 01 Nov 2020 - 02:22 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel leaves after attending a session of the German lower house of parliament Bundestag, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Berlin, Germany, October 29, 2020. Reuters/Fabrizio Bensch
Over 2.5 million Slovaks take part on first day of nationwide COVID-19 testing 01 Nov 2020 - 01:56 pm
A medic tests a woman for the novel coronavirus COVID-19 during nationwide testing in Bratislava, Slovakia on October 31, 2020. / AFP / VLADIMIR SIMICEK
Clashes in Spain over virus restrictions for second night 01 Nov 2020 - 12:50 pm
Police officers guard during a protest against the closure of bars and gyms, amidst the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Madrid, Spain, November 1, 2020. REUTERS/Javier Barbancho
Glasgow artist launches plastic bag museum 01 Nov 2020 - 10:28 am
British artist Katrina Cobain, 24, poses for photographs with some of her collection of plastic bags from which she intends to start The Plastic Bag Museum in Glasgow on October 28, 2020.  AFP / ANDY BUCHANAN / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY STUART GRAHAM
UK PM Johnson locks down England as UK COVID-19 cases pass 1 million 31 Oct 2020 - 10:20 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. AFP / Alb
Orthodox priest seriously hurt in France shooting, attacker flees 31 Oct 2020 - 09:32 pm
A French soldier stands behind a cordon on October 31, 2020 in Lyon near the scene where an attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun wounded an Orthodox priest in a shooting before fleeing, said a police source.AFP / Philippe DESMAZE
England set for new virus lockdown as Slovakia tests population 31 Oct 2020 - 07:49 pm
People walk past a poster by artist Hayden Kay, amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Macron says he understands Muslim feelings on controversial cartoons 31 Oct 2020 - 04:33 pm
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Berlin's beleaguered new airport set for first flights 31 Oct 2020 - 03:23 pm
Climate activists hang banners reading 'opening despite climate crisis' (L) and 'BER : Block, Erase, Recycle' in front of the main Terminal of Berlin's airport
More than 150 evacuated from Russian coronavirus hospital after fire 31 Oct 2020 - 02:08 pm
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UK's Johnson considering new national lockdown for England 31 Oct 2020 - 01:41 pm
Shoppers walk past a sign displaying Covid-19 guidelines, in Bradford, west Yorkshire on October 31, 2020, as the number of cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 rises. AFP / Paul Ellis