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Belarus opposition leader on Russia's wanted list 07 Oct 2020 - 07:29 pm
Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya speaks to reporters after a meeting with Norbert Roettgen (not in picture), politician of Germany's conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party, on October 7, 2020 in Berlin. / AFP / John MACDOUG
Boris Johnson warns of new Covid-19 outbreaks in London and Midlands 07 Oct 2020 - 07:06 pm
FILE PHOTO: People sit at tables outside restaurants in Soho, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, September 20, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
EU buys more Remdesivir to treat 3,400 patients amid shortages 07 Oct 2020 - 02:59 pm
File photo: A lab technician shows the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) treatment drug
Spain unveils huge economic recovery plan amid pandemic 07 Oct 2020 - 02:42 pm
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez speaks during a news conference after a cabinet meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid, Spain, August 25, 2020. REUTERS/Juan Medina/File Photo
Charpentier and Doudna win 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 07 Oct 2020 - 02:12 pm
French microbiologist Emmanuelle Charpentier (L) and professor Jennifer Doudna of the U.S. pose for the media during a visit to a painting exhibition by children about the genome, at the San Francisco park in Oviedo, SPAIN, October 21, 2015. REUTERS/Eloy
Czech COVID-19 cases rising at fastest rate in Europe 07 Oct 2020 - 12:26 pm
A man wearing a face mask walks on a crosswalk as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Prague, Czech Republic, October 1, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny
New Tesco CEO happy with strategy and direction of business 07 Oct 2020 - 10:24 am
Tesco CEO Ken Murphy poses for a portrait outside a Tesco store in Britain, September 30, 2020. Picture taken September 30, 2020. Ben Stevens/Parsons Media/Handout
UK's COVID-19 testing system hit by Roche supply problems 07 Oct 2020 - 10:02 am
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Belgium tightens social contact rules as coronavirus cases surge 06 Oct 2020 - 11:41 pm
Belgium's Prime Minister Alexander De Croo, European Council President Charles Michel and Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel react at the start of the second face-to-face European Union summit since the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in B
Rich world could be close to normal by late 2021 if vaccine works - Bill Gates 06 Oct 2020 - 08:20 pm
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Floods in France, Italy swept bodies out of cemeteries 06 Oct 2020 - 05:18 pm
A picture shows sepulchres and a coffin in the partially washed away cemetery of Saint-Dalmas-de-Tende in south-east France, near the Italian border, on October 6, 2020  AFP / Fabien NOVIAL
COVID-19 vaccine may be ready by year-end: WHO's Tedros 06 Oct 2020 - 04:45 pm
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wearing a protective face mask attending a WHO executive board holds a special session on the Covid-19 response at the health agency's headquarters in Geneva, on October 5, 2020. AFP PHOTO / WHO / CHRISTOPHE
GSK to widen COVID-19 antibody treatment trial after safety clearance 06 Oct 2020 - 03:46 pm
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Covid-19 intubation may be less risky than feared: study 06 Oct 2020 - 03:26 pm
(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 27, 2020 Medical workers tend to a patient infected with COVID-19 at the intensive care unit of the Lariboisiere Hospital of the AP-HP (Assistance Publique - Hopitaux de Paris) in Paris. AFP / JOEL SAGET
Europe starts real-time review of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine 06 Oct 2020 - 03:20 pm
A sign is pictured outside Pfizer Headquarters in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., July 22, 2020. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
Italy prepares to make masks outdoors mandatory 06 Oct 2020 - 02:48 pm
A man rides a bike, as local authorities in the Italian capital Rome order face coverings to be worn at all times out of doors in an effort to counter rising coronavirus disease (COVID-19) infections, in Rome, Italy October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Remo Casilli
Moscow restricts transport for students and elderly as COVID-19 cases jump 06 Oct 2020 - 02:29 pm
An interior view shows the Krylatskoye indoor ice skating arena following the decision of local authorities to turn it into a temporary hospital amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Moscow, Russia October 5, 2020. Sergei Vedyashkin/Moscow N
PM Johnson vows to reshape Britain out of coronavirus crisis 06 Oct 2020 - 02:09 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street to deliver his Conservative Party Conference virtual keynote speech, in London, Britain, October 6, 2020. REUTERS/Toby Melville