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Russian opposition politician Navalny poisoned, hospitalized 20 Aug 2020 - 09:23 am
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during a rally in support of political prisoners in Prospekt Sakharova Street in Moscow, Russia. Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital after allegedly being poisoned, according to his press secretary. Sefa Kara
France's COVID-19 infections again hit fresh post-lockdown peak 19 Aug 2020 - 11:55 pm
A woman wearing a protective mask walks at the financial and business district of La Defense as France reinforces mask-wearing in public places as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, near Paris, F
Chocolate snow covers Swiss town after malfunction at Lindt unit 19 Aug 2020 - 10:00 pm
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Finland returns travel restrictions for several countries 19 Aug 2020 - 09:33 pm
A medical worker wearing a protective suit and a mask takes a swab sample for a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) test at a drive-through testing station in Salo, Finland August 18, 2020. Lehtikuva/Jussi Nukari via REUTERS
Germany would have missed 2020 climate goal without COVID-19 emissions drop 19 Aug 2020 - 08:46 pm
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French minister's home searched over art gifts 19 Aug 2020 - 07:43 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 24, 2018 French Junior Minister for Public Administration Olivier Dussopt leaves the Elysee presidential palace after a weekly cabinet meeting in Paris. / AFP / LUDOVIC MARIN
Spain reports 3,715 new coronavirus cases in post-lockdown record 19 Aug 2020 - 07:23 pm
A man wearing a facemask walks in the outskirts of Madrid on August 19, 2020, with the Cuatro Torres bussiness area in the background. / AFP / OSCAR DEL POZO
Sweden records highest death tally in 150 years in first six months of 2020 19 Aug 2020 - 05:30 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man wearing a protective mask walks past the Royal Swedish Opera, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Stockholm, Sweden, April 27, 2020. Fredrik Sandberg/ REUTERS
Train derails in northern Italy, one injured 19 Aug 2020 - 03:08 pm
Rescue workers work at the scene where a train derailed near Carnate, Italy August 19, 2020. REUTERS/Daniele Mascolo
UK government and Heathrow work on testing as quarantine alternative 19 Aug 2020 - 01:44 pm
Britain's Secretary of State of Health Matt Hancock arrives in Downing Street, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), London, Britain, May 21, 2020. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo
Sweden’s face mask debate heats up amid Covid resurgence warning 18 Aug 2020 - 10:22 pm
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Ireland ramps up COVID-19 restrictions again as cases surge 18 Aug 2020 - 09:12 pm
Ireland's Prime Minister Micheal Martin leaves a meeting at the EU summit, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium early July 21, 2020. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
France reports over 2,000 new coronavirus infections 18 Aug 2020 - 08:47 pm
Visitors wearing protective face masks queue to enter the Louvre Pyramid in Paris, as France reinforces mask-wearing as part of efforts to curb a resurgence of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) across the country, France, August 13, 2020. REUTERS/Charles
Poland's health minister resigns after virus response criticised 18 Aug 2020 - 07:12 pm
Poland's Health Minister Lukasz Szumowski reacts during a news conference where he announced his resignation in Warsaw, Poland August 18, 2020. Dawid Zuchowicz/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS.
Brazil greenlights human trials for J&J's potential COVID-19 vaccine 18 Aug 2020 - 05:39 pm
The company logo for Johnson & Johnson is displayed on a screen to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the company's listing at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., September 17, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Angela Merkel warns pandemic threat leaves no room to ease restrictions 18 Aug 2020 - 04:42 pm
German Chancellor Angela Merkel takes off her face mask as she arrives for a family photo in front of the Staendehaus former parliament building prior to a North Rhine-Westphalian cabinet meeting on August 18, 2020 in Duesseldorf, western Germany. / AFP /
Queues form at Italian COVID-19 test centres as holidaymakers return 18 Aug 2020 - 04:04 pm
Healthcare workers register people at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) drive in test centre at Rome's San Giovanni hospital in Rome, Italy, August 18, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
France to make mask mandatory in work places: Union 18 Aug 2020 - 02:49 pm
Pedestrians wear face masks as they walk in a congested street market of Lourges, southern France on August 18, 2020. / AFP / Christophe SIMON