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Which countries are affected by coronavirus in Europe? 26 Feb 2020 - 11:34 pm
A man wearing mask stands outside the San Siro stadium after Serie A match was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak in Lombardy and Veneto in Milan, Italy, February 23, 2020. Reuters / Daniele Mascolo
Why EU doesn't want to give Brexit Britain plain trade deal 26 Feb 2020 - 06:42 pm
Britain says it wants a simple free trade agreement such as the EU has with Canada or Japan, which would mean significantly more trade frictions than there are currently between the world's largest trading bloc and its fifth biggest economy. (AFP Photo /
Slovenia anti-migrant party leader nominated as PM 26 Feb 2020 - 06:42 pm
Janez Jansa, president of the Slovenian Democratic Party (SDS) addresses media during a press conference after a meeting with Slovenian president Borut Pahor (unseen) in Ljubljana, on February 26, 2020. AFP / Jure Makovec
Concern over Italian fans' visit to France after virus outbreak 26 Feb 2020 - 05:59 pm
Members of sanitation services sanitise a vaporetto public waterbus in Venice on February 26, 2020, after the COVID-19 outbreak has spread to northern Italy. AFP / ANDREA PATTARO
Down Syndrome no obstacle for aspiring French politician 26 Feb 2020 - 02:03 pm
Eleonore Laloux, a young woman with Down syndrome, poses at her home in Arras, northern France, on February 13, 2020. AFP / DENIS CHARLET
Switzerland confirms first case of coronavirus 25 Feb 2020 - 08:57 pm
A staff reads his mobile device after a news conference of the WHO-China joint mission on COVID-19 coronavirus at the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, Switzerland, 25 February, 2020. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
Tear gas on Greek islands in face-off over migrant camps 25 Feb 2020 - 06:48 pm
Riot police walk on a road near the town of Madamados as demonstrators protesting against the construction of a new controversial migrant camp on the northeastern Aegean island of Lesbos, on February 25, 2020. AFP / Manolis Lagoutaris
Assange lawyer accuses US of peddling lies 25 Feb 2020 - 06:48 pm
A supporter of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange posts a sign on the Woolwich Crown Court fence, ahead of a hearing to decide whether Assange should be extradited to the United States, in London, Britain February 25, 2020. Reuters/Henry Nicholls
Syria-bound Swiss man jailed in Bulgaria on terror charges 25 Feb 2020 - 06:48 pm
A Swiss border guard checks a car at the Swiss-Italian border in Ponte Tresa, Switzerland February 24, 2020. Reuters/Arnd Wiegmann
Spain isolates tourists in luxury Tenerife hotel amid virus fears 25 Feb 2020 - 05:50 pm
H10 Costa Adeje Palace Hotel in La Caleta where hundreds of people were confined to their rooms on February 25, 2020 after an Italian tourist was hospitalised with a suspected case of coronavirus. AFP / DESIREE MARTIN
UK horticulture expansion needs workers as well as water: NFU 25 Feb 2020 - 05:22 pm
Representative image. (Reuters / Mike Blake)
Canary Islands hotel locked down over coronavirus 25 Feb 2020 - 05:22 pm
General view taken on February 25, 2020 of the H10 Costa Adeje Palace Hotel in La Caleta, where hundreds of people were confined to their rooms after an Italian tourist was hospitalised with a suspected case of coronavirus. AFP / Desiree Martin
Croatia reports first confirmed coronavirus case in Balkans 25 Feb 2020 - 03:28 pm
A worker from Italy's Senate wearing protective gloves holds a thermometer to check people arriving at the Piazza Madama Senate building in this still image taken from video in Rome, Italy, February 25, 2020. Senato TV/Handout via REUTERS
With once-radical Podemos tamed, Spain's new coalition is happy - for now 24 Feb 2020 - 07:09 pm
Pedro Sanchez is congratulated by Spanish far-left Unidas Podemos coalition leader Pablo Iglesias after winning vote to elect a premier at the Spanish Congress in Madrid on January 7, 2020. AFP / Pierre-Philippe Marcou
Car drives into German carnival parade, several injured 24 Feb 2020 - 06:04 pm
People react at the scene after a car ploughed into a carnival parade injuring several people in Volkmarsen, Germany February 24, 2020. Elmar Schulten/Waldeckische Landeszeitung via Reuters.
US: Free speech no excuse for crimes of WikiLeaks' Assange 24 Feb 2020 - 06:04 pm
File photo: Supporters of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange demonstrate in front of presidential palace regarding his Ecuadorian citizenship in Quito, Ecuador, October 31, 2018. Reuters / Daniel Tapia
Greek island protesters vow to stop new migrant camps 24 Feb 2020 - 06:04 pm
Migrants make their way at a makeshift camp surrounding the Moria migrant camp on the island of Lesbos, Greece, February 18, 2020. Reuters/Alkis Konstantinidis
Italy records fourth death from coronavirus; stock market slides 24 Feb 2020 - 11:36 am
Military officers wearing face masks stand outside Duomo cathedral, closed by authorities due to a coronavirus outbreak, in Milan, Italy February 24, 2020. Reuters/Flavio Lo Scalzo

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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

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