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UK PM Johnson locks down England as UK COVID-19 cases pass 1 million 31 Oct 2020 - 10:20 pm
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a virtual press conference inside 10 Downing Street in central London on October 31, 2020 to announce new lockdown restrictions in an effort to curb rising infections of the novel coronavirus. AFP / Alb
Orthodox priest seriously hurt in France shooting, attacker flees 31 Oct 2020 - 09:32 pm
A French soldier stands behind a cordon on October 31, 2020 in Lyon near the scene where an attacker armed with a sawn-off shotgun wounded an Orthodox priest in a shooting before fleeing, said a police source.AFP / Philippe DESMAZE
England set for new virus lockdown as Slovakia tests population 31 Oct 2020 - 07:49 pm
People walk past a poster by artist Hayden Kay, amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, in London, Britain, October 30, 2020. REUTERS/Henry Nicholls
Gas pipeline blast in southern Iraq kills 3, injures 51, police say 31 Oct 2020 - 04:49 pm
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US citizen kidnapped in Niger rescued in military operation 31 Oct 2020 - 04:39 pm
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Macron says he understands Muslim feelings on controversial cartoons 31 Oct 2020 - 04:33 pm
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Philippines evacuates a million people ahead of super typhoon 31 Oct 2020 - 04:11 pm
Residents wade in a flooded bridge over a swollen river due to heavy rains in Ilagan town, Isabela province north of Manila on October 31, 2020, ahead of Typhoon Goni's landfall in the Philippines. / AFP / Villamor Visaya
Mother, children rescued from Turkey quake rubble; death toll at 28 31 Oct 2020 - 03:58 pm
Search and rescue teams carry Sefer Perincek, mother of three, on a stretcher after pulling her out of the rubble of a collapsed building on October 31, 2020, in Izmir. AFP / OZAN KOSE
Berlin's beleaguered new airport set for first flights 31 Oct 2020 - 03:23 pm
Climate activists hang banners reading 'opening despite climate crisis' (L) and 'BER : Block, Erase, Recycle' in front of the main Terminal of Berlin's airport
Iraq clears sit-in square, a year after mass protests began 31 Oct 2020 - 02:16 pm
Members of the Iraqi security forces clear protesters' encampments during the reopening of the Iraqi capital Baghdad's central Tahrir Square on October 31, 2020. AFP / Sabah ARAR
More than 150 evacuated from Russian coronavirus hospital after fire 31 Oct 2020 - 02:08 pm
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Desert locust is killing agricultural crops in Yemen, inflicting heavy losses on farmers: FAO 31 Oct 2020 - 02:00 pm
FILE PHOTO: A farmer picks locusts from his sorghum farm in Jawaha village near Kamise town Amhara region, Ethiopia October 15, 2020. October 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri
Death toll reaches 28 in quake that hit Turkey, Greek island 31 Oct 2020 - 01:56 pm
An aerial view taken on October 31, 2020, in Izmir shows Rescue workers searching for survivors in a collapsed building after a powerful earthquake struck Turkey's western coast and parts of Greece.  AFP / Ozan KOSE
In final days of campaign, Trump criticizes those fighting coronavirus 31 Oct 2020 - 01:43 pm
FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he prepares to get into a vehicle after arriving aboard Air Force One in Pope Field at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S., October 29, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
UK's Johnson considering new national lockdown for England 31 Oct 2020 - 01:41 pm
Shoppers walk past a sign displaying Covid-19 guidelines, in Bradford, west Yorkshire on October 31, 2020, as the number of cases of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 rises. AFP / Paul Ellis
Free speech has limits, Canada's Trudeau says 31 Oct 2020 - 12:26 pm
Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau on a screen speaks during a joint press conference with European Council President following a virtual EU - Canada Summit in Brussels, on October 29, 2020. / AFP / EPA / Olivier Hoslet
Typhoon Goni gains strength, to hit Philippines early sunday 31 Oct 2020 - 12:04 pm
A handout photo taken on October 31, 2020 from the Facebook page of Philippine Coast Guard, shows personnels from the coast guard evacuating residents from the coastal villages of Buhi town, Camarines Sur province, south of Manila, to a safer place, ahead
Ardern makes room for Greens in New Zealand's Labour government 31 Oct 2020 - 11:31 am
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