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Austrian police arrest 14 in dragnet after gunman kills four on rampage 03 Nov 2020 - 07:20 pm
Policemen secure the area around a crime scene in Vienna on November 3, 2020, one day after the shooting at multiple locations across central Vienna. AFP / (Joe Klamar)
Greece re-enters partial novel coronavirus lockdown 03 Nov 2020 - 05:45 pm
People talk while standing by empty terraces in Plaka district of central Athens as cafes bars and restaurants close due to a partial lockdown to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, on November 3, 2020. / AFP / LOUISA GOULIAMAKI
Germany says remdesivir useful for some COVID-19 patients 03 Nov 2020 - 05:36 pm
FILE PHOTO: An ampule of Gilead Sciences COVID-19 antiviral remdesivir is pictured during a news conference at the University Hospital Eppendorf (UKE) in Hamburg, Germany, April 8, 2020. Ulrich Perrey/Pool via REUTERS
New Russian infections soar; UK, Germany widen testing 03 Nov 2020 - 04:53 pm
A municipal worker wearing protective equipment sprays disinfectant on a bus stop near the Novodevichy convent in Moscow on November 3, 2020, amid the ongoing coronavirus disease pandemic. / AFP / Natalia KOLESNIKOVA
Hurricane Eta hits Nicaragua with strong wind and rain: official 03 Nov 2020 - 04:23 pm
A man protects his beach house as Hurricane Eta approaches in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, on November 2, 2020. AFP / INTI OCON
Belgium launches COVID patient air-lifts to Germany 03 Nov 2020 - 04:07 pm
Medics carry a patient infected with Covid-19 into a helicopter as he is transferred from the university hospital in Liege to Koln, Germany, on November 3, 2020. AFP / BELGA / ERIC LALMAND
Belarus cranks up 1st nuclear plant; Lithuania is fearful 03 Nov 2020 - 03:51 pm
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Philippine island left without power after deadly typhoon: Red Cross 03 Nov 2020 - 03:27 pm
This handout photo taken and received from the Philippine Coast Guard on November 2, 2020 shows an aerial view of damaged buildings on the island province of Catanduanes, in the aftermath of Typhoon Goni. / AFP
Swedish PM warns pandemic situation "very serious" as new local restrictions announced 03 Nov 2020 - 03:16 pm
Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven gives a press conference about the situation of the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, at the government headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, on November 3, 2020. / AFP / Jonathan NACKSTRAND
In locked-down Belgium, books are 'essential' 03 Nov 2020 - 02:59 pm
This photograph taken on November 2, 2020, shows books displayed at the Librairie des Abbesses bookstore in the Montmartre district in Paris on November 2, 2020, during the launch of
Tourist boat sinks near Turkish coast; 1 Russian dead 03 Nov 2020 - 02:49 pm
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Britain's new polar ship, "Boaty McBoatface", heads for open seas 03 Nov 2020 - 02:44 pm
People watch as the RSS Sir David Attenborough leaves Liverpool to begin sea trials in New Brighton, Britain, November 3, 2020. REUTERS/Phil Noble
UK to pilot new COVID-19 mass testing approach in Liverpool 03 Nov 2020 - 02:18 pm
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US Election Day begins as polls open in New York, New Jersey, Virginia 03 Nov 2020 - 02:10 pm
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France considers new Paris curfew as lockdown rules are flouted 03 Nov 2020 - 02:08 pm
French Secretary of State and Government's spokesperson Gabriel Attal answers to media after an information meeting chaired by the French Prime minister with political party chiefs on October 27, 2020, in Paris, ahead of the probable announcement of tough
Germany readies exhibition halls, mobile teams for COVID-19 vaccination 03 Nov 2020 - 01:56 pm
Customers wait in line after the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown has been eased around the country and companies open some of its stores, in Munich, Germany, May 12, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert/File Photo
Anxious Americans brace for Election Day with faces masked, stores boarded up 03 Nov 2020 - 01:17 pm
Tom Tillotson drops voters ballots into the ballot box at the Hale House at the historic Balsams Resort during midnight voting as part of the first ballots cast in the United States Presidential Election in Dixville Notch, New Hampshire on November 3, 202
"Extremely dangerous" Hurricane Eta poised to slam into Nicaragua 03 Nov 2020 - 01:02 pm
A man protects his beach house as Hurricane Eta approaches in Bilwi, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, on November 2, 2020. Eta rapidly intensified to a Category 4 hurricane on Monday as it bore down on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua and Honduras, threatening