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Russia applies for WHO emergency use tag for its COVID-19 vaccine 27 Oct 2020 - 11:08 pm
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Arc de Triomphe, Eiffel Tower in Paris evacuated in security alerts: Police 27 Oct 2020 - 07:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: An aerial view shows the deserted Place de l'Etoile and the Arc de Triomphe, during a lockdown imposed to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Paris, France April 4, 2020. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Pascal Rossigno
EU warns not enough COVID vaccines for all in Europe until 2022 27 Oct 2020 - 07:37 pm
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Belgium becomes EU nation with highest rate of COVID-19 infections 27 Oct 2020 - 07:22 pm
A member of the medical personnel at the CHU de Liege hospital looks through a door as they treat patients suffering from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Liege, Belgium October 27, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman
Almost 200 European airports face insolvency, airports body ACI Europe says 27 Oct 2020 - 03:49 pm
FILE PHOTO: A man pushes a baggage cart wearing a mandatory face mask as a
Lithuania upset over soon-to-open Belarus nuke plant 27 Oct 2020 - 03:45 pm
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UK study finds evidence of waning antibody immunity to COVID-19 over time 27 Oct 2020 - 03:33 pm
A woman wearing a protective mask walks near an informational poster, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Warrington, Britain September 22, 2020. REUTERS/Molly Darlington/File Photo
Spain to raise taxes, increase infrastructure spending in 2021 budget 27 Oct 2020 - 01:15 pm
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Spanish second Deputy Prime Minister Pablo Iglesias attend a presentation of the 2021 draft budget at Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, October 27, 2020. Moncloa Palace/Borja Puig de la Bellacasa/Handout via REUTERS
German minister expects 20,000 new daily coronavirus cases at end of week 27 Oct 2020 - 12:56 pm
Face masks are on sale at Wilmersdorfer Strasse shopping street, as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak continues, in Berlin, Germany, October 26, 2020. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch
Spain's COVID-19 state of emergency faces backlash 26 Oct 2020 - 09:39 pm
People walk along an empty street during the first day of the night-time curfew set as part of a state of emergency in an effort to control the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in downtown Ronda, southern Spain late October 25, 2020. REUTER
'We cannot give up,' WHO chief says of pandemic fight 26 Oct 2020 - 09:08 pm
FILE PHOTO: World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a news conference organized by Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the
Anger over Italy virus rules as curfews enforced around Europe 26 Oct 2020 - 08:52 pm
FILE PHOTO: People sit in front of Rome's ancient Colosseum illuminated with colours of the Italian flag in Rome, Italy, May 31, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli/File Photo
Private psychotherapy notes leaked in major Finnish hack 26 Oct 2020 - 07:54 pm
Picture taken on October 24, 2020 shows the psychotherapy centre Vastaamo's office in Pasila, Helsinki. Distressed psychotherapy patients were flooding mental health charities Monday, October 26, 2020, as Finnish police revealed over the weekend that the
Belgian hospitals could run out of intensive care beds in 15 days 26 Oct 2020 - 06:04 pm
People queue to be screened for Covid-19 at a testing station set up at Brussels Airport, in Zaventem, on October 26, 2020. Belgium OUT / AFP / Belga / ERIC LALMAND
Miss airline food? Finnair selling business class meals in supermarket 26 Oct 2020 - 04:14 pm
Marika Nieminen, Head of Finnair kitchen and Juha Stenholm, Finnair Kitchen Chief are pictured in Vantaa, Finland, October 22, 2020. Picture taken October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Attila Cser
'We've missed you,' UK's Camilla tells actors at Olivier stage awards 26 Oct 2020 - 11:13 am
Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall visits a charity's training centre where trials are currently underway to determine whether dogs can act as a diagnostic tool detecting the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Milton Keynes, Britain September 9, 2020.
Oxford COVID-19 vaccine trials produce robust immune response in elderly: FT 26 Oct 2020 - 10:20 am
In this file photo taken on July 21, 2020 a general view is pictured of the offices of British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca PLC in Macclesfield, Cheshire. / AFP / Paul ELLIS
WHO reports third straight daily record in virus cases 25 Oct 2020 - 05:59 pm
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File photo strictly for representational purposes only showing a visitor having their temperature checked by a health worker as part of Ebola prevention measures. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) Namibia says ramping up Ebola preparedness at entry points
A health worker takes the temperature of a traveller after arriving in Bimbo district south-west of Bangui, on October 28, 2026. (Photo by AFP) CAR escalates border screening at border amid DRC Ebola rise
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Americas

Peninsula Indigenous rights activist shot dead by armed individuals in Mexico
(FILES) Members of the Salvadoran military parade during celebrations marking the 205th anniversary of El Salvador's independence, in San Salvador on September 15, 2026. (Photo by MARVIN RECINOS / AFP) El Salvador sends over 2,000 troops to Haiti in missing soldiers rescue
Peninsula 41,000 US Department of Homeland Security names leaked in major hack
Xinhua File photo taken. U.S. Federal Reserve building in Washington, D.C., the United States. US Fed holds interest rates steady, says committed to fighting inflation

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A view of the Kingdom Tower in Riyadh, capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. File photo for representational purposes only. Saudi Arabia suspends travel to and from Kenya as precautionary measure against Ebola
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A flag with the logo of pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca flies outside their facility for biological medicines in Södertälje, south of Stockholm, Sweden on February 8, 2022. Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP.

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