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Swiss ramp up coronavirus response with $10.5 billion aid package, close schools 13 Mar 2020 - 11:57 pm
(From L) Swiss Economy Minister Guy Parmelin, Swiss Justice Minister Karin Keller-Sutter, Swiss President Simonetta Sommaruga and Swiss Interior Minister Alain Berset attend a press conference on the new preventive measures against the spread of the COVID
Greece hands reins to first woman president 13 Mar 2020 - 01:29 pm
Newly elected Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou thanks the lawmakers during the swearing-in ceremony at the parliament in Athens, greece March 13, 2020. Thanassis Stavrakis/Pool via REUTERS
Bulgaria declares state of emergency over coronavirus 13 Mar 2020 - 01:01 pm
Members of Sofia's Municipality disinfects the biggest market for Chinese goods in Sofia to prevent the spread of the COVID-19, the novel coronavirus, on March 12, 2020. / AFP / NIKOLAY DOYCHINOV
Italy's COVID-19 deaths top 1,000, cases near 13,000 13 Mar 2020 - 11:22 am
ROME, ITALY, MARCH 12: A general view of Trevi Fountain unusually desert, in downtown Rome, Italy, on March 12, 2020. ( Riccardo De Luca - Anadolu Agency )
Italy businesses blame Austria for border traffic jams 12 Mar 2020 - 05:21 pm
Policemen control a car at the border crossing Brenner in Austria, on March 11, 2020. AFP / Johann GRODER
Italian businesses count heavy cost of coronavirus lockdown 12 Mar 2020 - 04:35 pm
A worker sanitises the Doges Palace on St. Mark's square as a measure to fight against the coronavirus contagion in Venice, Italy, March 12, 2020. REUTERS/Manuel Silvestri
Spain's PM to hold meetings via video conference after minister diagnosed with coronavirus 12 Mar 2020 - 01:34 pm
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WHO declares coronavirus a pandemic, urges aggressive action 11 Mar 2020 - 08:16 pm
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a daily press briefing on COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva on March 11, 2020. AFP / Fabrice Coffrini
Roma not travelling to Sevilla for Europa League game 11 Mar 2020 - 04:48 pm
A woman wears a protective face mask at Roma Termini railway station, after the Italian government imposed a virtual lockdown on the north of the country, in Rome, Italy, March 8, 2020. REUTERS/Yara Nardi
Italy's lockdown reshapes family life in time of coronavirus 11 Mar 2020 - 02:33 pm
A person rides a bicycle past Milan Cathedral on the second day of an unprecedented lockdown across all of the country, imposed to slow the outbreak of coronavirus, in Milan, Italy March 11, 2020. Reuters/Flavio Lo Scalzo
No plans to shut UK parliament despite positive coronavirus test 11 Mar 2020 - 02:16 pm
A handout picture released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock (R) speaking during Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in the House of Commons in London on March 10, 2020 /AFP/
Turkish patrol boat rams Greek vessel: coastguard 11 Mar 2020 - 01:32 pm
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French group Biomerieux launches three coronavirus tests 11 Mar 2020 - 11:34 am
FILE PHOTO: Test tube with coronavirus name label is seen in this illustration taken on January 29, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
UK health minister tests positive for coronavirus 11 Mar 2020 - 10:07 am
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Conservative MP Nadine Dorries attends the launch of former British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson's campaign for the Conservative Party leadership, in London, Britain, June 12, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls/File Photo
Russian meddling casts 'dark shadow' over MH17 trial: prosecutors 10 Mar 2020 - 09:41 pm
Prosecutors Thijs Berger, Ward Ferdinandusse and Dedy Woei-a-Tsoi attend the criminal trial against four suspects in the July 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, in Badhoevedorp, Netherlands, March 10, 2020. Reuters/Piroschka Van De Wouw
Colombian police used excessive force during protests: HRW report 10 Mar 2020 - 08:32 pm
A riot policeman kicks a tear gas canister during a protest against the government of Colombia's President Ivan Duque, in Bogota, on November 23, 2019. AFP / Juan Barreto
EU backs Italy's 'bold measures' to fight virus 10 Mar 2020 - 06:42 pm
European Council President Charles Michel attends a conference call with European leaders on Coronavirus, COVID-19, at the European Council, Brussels, Belgium March 10, 2020. Stephanie Leqocq via Reuters
Coronavirus can be mild, say patients, but fear of passing it on weighs heavy 10 Mar 2020 - 05:42 pm
A medical staff member treats a patient infected by the COVID-19 coronavirus at Red Cross Hospital in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on March 10, 2020. AFP / STR

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Police officers stand guard at the entrance of the Alejandro Villanueva Stadium while relatives wait for news after an accident in the stands in Lima on April 3, 2026. (Photo by Connie FRANCE / AFP) One dead, 47 injured after 'incident' at Peru football derby: minister
This screen grab from NASA's feed released on April 3, 2026, shows the four Artemis II crew members (L-R) Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jeremy Hansen, Artemis II mission specialist, NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Artemis II commander, Christina Koch, Artemis II mission specialist and Victor Glover, Artemis II pilot. (Photo by Handout / NASA TV / AFP) Artemis astronauts more than halfway to the Moon, putting Earth in rearview
This handout photo provided by the US Air Force shows an F-15E Strike Eagle taking off for a training sortie at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, on August 22, 2025. (Photo by Master Sgt. Alexandre Montes / US AIR FORCE / AFP) Iran, US race to find crew member of crashed American fighter jet
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A US Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II, also known as the Warthog, departs after receiving fuel in the skies near the border of Iowa and Missouri on July 7, 2020. (Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Vincent De Groot / US AIR FORCE / AFP) LIVE UPDATES: Iran downs two US warplanes as Middle East conflict intensifies
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